Book-hunting route · Portsmouth
Commercial Road run
4 shops · about 7 minutes on foot · 1.2 km
It takes 7 minutes to cover the 4 stops on the Commercial Road run, starting at Revitalise on Charlotte Street. Cancer Research UK on Commercial Road follows 1 minute later, then British Heart Foundation on Arundel Street 4 minutes after that. The run finishes back at Revitalise, this time on Commercial Road, 3 minutes on.
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
Revitalise
Charity shop · Charlotte Street
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2
1 min walk
Cancer Research UKCharity shop · Commercial Road
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3
4 min walk
British Heart FoundationCharity shop · Arundel Street · PO1 1NB
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4
3 min walk
RevitaliseCharity shop · Commercial Road
Take Spines with you
4 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 Portsmouth
- High Street run 9 shops · ~10 min
- High Street run (part 2) 7 shops · ~7 min
- Debra Charity Shop and 6 more 7 shops · ~14 min
- Sue Ryder and 6 more 7 shops · ~15 min
- London Road run 6 shops · ~4 min
- Portchester Precinct run 4 shops · ~2 min
- West Street run 3 shops · ~1 min
- The Precinct run 3 shops · ~2 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 Portsmouth, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Nearby: Charity shops in Southampton· Charity shops in Winchester· Charity shops in Worthing· Charity shops in Salisbury
Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.