Book-hunting route · Portsmouth
High Street run (part 2)
7 shops · about 7 minutes on foot · 0.6 km
Solent Diabetes Association opens this Portsmouth walk of 7 stops in 7 minutes. It moves through RSPCA and Cancer Research UK, then off High Street to Cornerstone Christian Bookshop on Bemisters Lane. It ends at Scope on North Cross Street, 4 minutes further 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
Solent Diabetes Association
Charity shop · High Street · PO12 1DR
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2
1 min walk
RSPCACharity shop · High Street
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3
1 min walk
Cancer Research UKCharity shop · High Street · PO12 1DS
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4
1 min walk
British Heart FoundationCharity shop · High Street · PO12 1DS
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5
1 min walk
The Salvation ArmyCharity shop · High Street · PO12 1DF
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6
2 min walk
Cornerstone Christian BookshopSecond-hand bookshop · Bemisters Lane · PO12 1HB
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7
4 min walk
ScopeCharity shop · North Cross Street
Take Spines with you
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Other routes in Portsmouth
- High Street run 9 shops · ~10 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
- Commercial Road run 4 shops · ~7 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.