Book-hunting route · Southampton
Victoria Road run
4 shops · about 3 minutes on foot · 0.7 km
Victoria Road carries all 4 stops on this run, covered in 3 minutes. It starts at Carers Together, then Wearabouts and Farplace Animal Rescue follow a minute apart. It ends at Cryshop.
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
Carers Together
Charity shop · Victoria Road · SO19 9DX
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2
1 min walk
WearaboutsCharity shop · Victoria Road · SO19 9DX
Mon,Tue,Thu–Sat 09:00–17:00; Wed 09:00–14:00; Sun closed
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3
1 min walk
Farplace Animal RescueCharity shop · Victoria Road · SO19 9DY
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00
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4
1 min walk
CryshopCharity shop · Victoria Road · SO19 9DY
Mon–Sat 10:00–16:30; Sun closed
Take Spines with you
4 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 Southampton
- Portswood Road run 8 shops · ~4 min
- CRY Charity Shop and 7 more 8 shops · ~8 min
- Shirley High Street run 6 shops · ~3 min
- Naomi House and Jacksplace and 5 more 6 shops · ~5 min
- Shirley High Street run (part 2) 6 shops · ~5 min
- Above Bar Street run 5 shops · ~4 min
- Cry and 3 more 4 shops · ~4 min
- High Street 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 Southampton, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Nearby: Charity shops in Winchester· Charity shops in Portsmouth· Charity shops in Salisbury· Charity shops in Bournemouth
Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.