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Book-hunting route · London

British Heart Foundation and 8 more

9 shops · about 11 minutes on foot · 0.9 km

This walk starts at British Heart Foundation and runs 9 stops over 11 minutes. It passes Oxfam and Mind on Camden High Street, then Crisis and Give Me Love on Parkway. Camden High Street carries 3 of the shops on the route, and Parkway carries another 2. Give Me Love, on Parkway, closes it out.

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 British Heart Foundation

    Charity shop

    Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00; Sun 11:00–17:00

  2. 2

    1 min walk

    Scope

    Charity shop

  3. 3

    1 min walk

    Cancer Research UK

    Charity shop

  4. 4

    1 min walk

    Oxfam

    Charity shop · Camden High Street · NW1 7JL

  5. 5

    2 min walk

    Mind

    Charity shop · Camden High Street

  6. 6

    4 min walk

    Variety

    Charity shop

  7. 7

    2 min walk

    TRAID

    Charity shop · Camden High Street

  8. 8

    3 min walk

    Crisis

    Charity shop · Parkway

  9. 9

    1 min walk

    Give Me Love

    Charity shop · Parkway · NW1 7PN

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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 London, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.

Nearby: Charity shops in St Albans· Charity shops in Guildford· Charity shops in Luton· Charity shops in Chelmsford

Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.

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