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Book-hunting route · Reading

Crockhamwell Road run

4 shops · about 3 minutes on foot · 0.3 km

The Crockhamwell Road run in Reading has 4 stops in 3 minutes. It starts at Thames Hospice, then Oxfam on Crockhamwell Road a minute along, then Sue Ryder a minute after that, and ends at Helen & Douglas House on Crockhamwell Road 2 minutes on. Crockhamwell Road carries 2 of the shops on this run.

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 Thames Hospice

    Charity shop

  2. 2

    1 min walk

    Oxfam

    Charity shop · Crockhamwell Road · RG5 3JP

  3. 3

    1 min walk

    Sue Ryder

    Charity shop · RG5 3JL

  4. 4

    2 min walk

    Helen & Douglas House

    Charity shop · Crockhamwell Road · RG5 3JH

    Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00; Sun closed

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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.

See all charity shops in Reading, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.

Nearby: Charity shops in Guildford· Charity shops in Oxford· Charity shops in Winchester· Charity shops in St Albans

Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.

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