Book-hunting route · Oxford

Sue Ryder and 6 more

7 shops · about 5 minutes on foot · 0.4 km

Sue Ryder starts this Oxford walk of 7 stops in 5 minutes. It passes British Heart Foundation and Orinoco before reaching Hope Oxford on The Square. The route finishes 2 minutes later at Emmaus Oxford on Barns Road.

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 Sue Ryder

    Charity shop

    Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00

  2. 2

    1 min walk

    British Heart Foundation

    Charity shop

    Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00

  3. 3

    1 min walk

    Shaw Trust

    Charity shop

  4. 4

    1 min walk

    Orinoco

    Charity shop

  5. 5

    1 min walk

    Mercy In Action Outlet Charity Shop

    Charity shop

  6. 6

    2 min walk

    Hope Oxford

    Charity shop · The Square

  7. 7

    2 min walk

    Emmaus Oxford

    Charity shop · Barns Road · OX4 3RQ

    Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00

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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.

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Nearby: Charity shops in Reading· Charity shops in Swindon· Charity shops in Milton Keynes· Charity shops in Cheltenham

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