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Book-hunting route · London

Crisis and 3 more

4 shops · about 13 minutes on foot · 1.0 km

Crisis on Quaker Street opens this London walk, first of 4 stops covering 13 minutes. Brick Lane Bookshop follows 1 minute on, on Brick Lane, then Librería on Hanbury Street 4 minutes after that. It ends at The Common Press on Bethnal Green Road, 8 minutes on from there.

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 Crisis

    Charity shop · Quaker Street · E1 6SW

    Mon–Sun 11:00–18:30

  2. 2

    1 min walk

    Brick Lane Bookshop

    Second-hand bookshop · Brick Lane · E1 6RU

    Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00

  3. 3

    4 min walk

    Librería

    Second-hand bookshop · Hanbury Street · E1 5JP

    Tue–Sat 10:00–18:00; Sun 12:00–18:00

  4. 4

    8 min walk

    The Common Press

    Second-hand bookshop · Bethnal Green Road · E2 6DG

    Tue–Sun 11:00–18:30

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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

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