Book-hunting route · London
Cecil Court run
10 shops · about 6 minutes on foot · 0.4 km
The Cecil Court run starts at National Gallery Bookshop and covers 9 stops in 6 minutes. Cecil Court itself accounts for 7 of the shops, starting with Goldsboro Books and Watkins Books close together. Further along sit Marchpane and Bryars & Bryars. The run finishes at Tindley & Everett.
The stops, in walking order
Starts at the end nearest the city centre. Times are pavement estimates at an easy pace.
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1
National Gallery Bookshop
Second-hand bookshop
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2
5 min walk
Goldsboro BooksSecond-hand bookshop · Cecil Court · WC2N 4EZ
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3
1 min walk
Watkins BooksSecond-hand bookshop · Cecil Court · WC2N 4EZ
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4
1 min walk
Peter EllisSecond-hand bookshop · Cecil Court
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5
1 min walk
MarchpaneSecond-hand bookshop · Cecil Court · WC2N 4HE
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6
1 min walk
Alice Through The Looking GlassSecond-hand bookshop
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7
1 min walk
London Medal CompanySecond-hand bookshop · Cecil Court · WC2N 4EZ
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8
1 min walk
Bryars & BryarsSecond-hand bookshop · Cecil Court · WC2N 4EZ
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9
1 min walk
Tindley & EverettSecond-hand bookshop · Cecil Court
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10
1 min walk
TenderbooksSecond-hand bookshop · Cecil Court
Take Spines with you
10 shops is a lot of spines to read. Let your phone do it.
Photograph the shelf and Spines flags the books worth grabbing for your taste. Free to try.
Other routes in London
- Oxfam and 9 more 10 shops · ~21 min
- King's Road run 10 shops · ~24 min
- Natalie Galustian Rare Books and 9 more 10 shops · ~28 min
- The Wellspring Bookshop and 9 more 10 shops · ~38 min
- British Heart Foundation and 8 more 9 shops · ~11 min
- Benjamin Spademan and 7 more 8 shops · ~19 min
- Mind and 7 more 8 shops · ~21 min
- Shalimar Books and 7 more 8 shops · ~26 min
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. Distances are straight lines with a pavement allowance, so treat the minutes as a floor. 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
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