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Book-hunting route · Sheffield

The Savage Sister and 6 more

7 shops · about 20 minutes on foot · 1.5 km

This Sheffield walk takes 20 minutes across 7 stops, beginning at The Savage Sister and reaching Oxfam Bookshop on Glossop Road 5 minutes later. From there it is 11 minutes to Ben’s Bazaar on Rockingham Gate, then on to British Heart Foundation on The Moor. The route finishes at Charity Emporium.

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 The Savage Sister

    Second-hand shop

  2. 2

    1 min walk

    Vulgar

    Second-hand shop

  3. 3

    5 min walk

    Oxfam Bookshop

    Second-hand bookshop · Glossop Road

  4. 4

    11 min walk

    Ben’s Bazaar

    Charity shop · Rockingham Gate · S1 4JD

  5. 5

    3 min walk

    British Heart Foundation

    Charity shop · The Moor

    Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00; Sun 10:30–16:00

  6. 6

    1 min walk

    St Luke's

    Charity shop · S1 4PB

  7. 7

    1 min walk

    Charity Emporium

    Charity shop

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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 Sheffield, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.

Nearby: Charity shops in Rotherham· Charity shops in Doncaster· Charity shops in Wakefield· Charity shops in Huddersfield

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

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