Book-hunting route · Inverness

Save the Children and 5 more

6 shops · about 5 minutes on foot · 0.9 km

This Inverness route packs 6 stops into just 5 minutes, starting at Save the Children on Church Street. It runs through Oxfam on Lombard Street and Shelter and Cancer Research UK on Drummond Street, which has 2 shops on the route. It ends at Carr Gomm Chrity Shop, after British Heart Foundation on Union Street.

Open the route in Google Maps Walking directions, stop by stop. The line above follows the streets, routed on OpenStreetMap data.

The stops, in walking order

Starts at the end nearest the city centre. Times are pavement estimates at an easy pace.

  1. 1 Save the Children

    Charity shop · Church Street

    Mon–Sat 10:00–16:30

  2. 2

    2 min walk

    Oxfam

    Charity shop · Lombard Street · IV1 1QQ

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00

  3. 3

    1 min walk

    Shelter

    Charity shop · Drummond Street

  4. 4

    1 min walk

    Cancer Research UK

    Charity shop · Drummond Street · IV1 1QD

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00

  5. 5

    1 min walk

    British Heart Foundation

    Charity shop · Union Street

    Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00; Sun 12:00–16:00

  6. 6

    2 min walk

    Carr Gomm Chrity Shop

    Charity shop

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How the route is built

Shops within about 400 metres of the next one count as one run, walked from the end nearest the centre. Long runs are cut into legs of ten stops or fewer. The distance follows the streets; the minutes are an easy-pace estimate. Opening hours are whatever OpenStreetMap has on record: check the volunteer-run ones before you set out.

See all charity shops in Inverness, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.

Nearby: Charity shops in Aberdeen· Charity shops in Dundee· Charity shops in Stirling· Charity shops in Glasgow

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