Book-hunting route · Portsmouth
Portchester Precinct run
4 shops · about 2 minutes on foot · 0.1 km
Wessex Cancer Trust is the first stop on the Portchester Precinct run, which covers 4 stops in 2 minutes. Sue Ryder and Save the Children follow, 1 minute on and both on Portchester Precinct itself. The walk finishes at The Rowan's Hospice on West Street.
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
Wessex Cancer Trust
Charity shop
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2
1 min walk
Sue RyderCharity shop · Portchester Precinct
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00
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3
1 min walk
Save the ChildrenCharity shop · Portchester Precinct
Mon–Sat 09:30–16:00
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4
1 min walk
The Rowan's HospiceCharity shop · West Street · PO16 9UY
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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
- 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.