Book-hunting route · Portsmouth
The Precinct run
3 shops · about 2 minutes on foot · 0.1 km
The Precinct run has 3 stops in 2 minutes. It starts at Sue Ryder on Wellington Way, then crosses to The Precinct itself. British Heart Foundation comes 2 minutes on, with Barnardo's 1 minute after that.
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
Sue Ryder
Charity shop · Wellington Way
Mon–Sat 09:30–16:30; Sun closed
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2
2 min walk
British Heart FoundationCharity shop · The Precinct · PO7 7DT
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00
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3
1 min walk
Barnardo'sCharity shop · The Precinct
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00
Take Spines with you
3 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
- Commercial Road run 4 shops · ~7 min
- West Street run 3 shops · ~1 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.