Book-hunting route · Nottingham
Main Street run
7 shops · about 8 minutes on foot · 0.8 km
The Main Street run in Nottingham strings together 7 stops over 8 minutes, starting at Lighthouse Charity Shop. It detours to Scope on Commercial Road 3 minutes in, and British Heart Foundation has 2 shops on the route, one on Main Street and one on Holborn Place. Barnardo's closes it out.
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
Lighthouse Charity Shop
Charity shop · Main Street · NG6 8QD
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2
1 min walk
ExtraCareCharity shop · Main Street · NG6 8QD
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3
3 min walk
ScopeCharity shop · Commercial Road
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4
2 min walk
British Heart FoundationCharity shop · Main Street
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5
1 min walk
Cancer Research UKCharity shop · Main Street
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6
2 min walk
British Heart FoundationCharity shop · Holborn Place · NG6 8FB
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7
3 min walk
Barnardo'sCharity shop · Main Street · NG6 8ET
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Other routes in Nottingham
- Front Street run 10 shops · ~6 min
- Mansfield Road run 9 shops · ~4 min
- High Road run 7 shops · ~3 min
- Eric Rose's Music Inn and 6 more 7 shops · ~13 min
- Bookwise and 6 more 7 shops · ~14 min
- High Road run (part 2) 6 shops · ~4 min
- Woodborough Road run 5 shops · ~3 min
- Carlton Hill run 5 shops · ~5 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. 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 Nottingham, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Nearby: Charity shops in Derby· Charity shops in Leicester· Charity shops in Lincoln· Charity shops in Sheffield
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