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Book-hunting route · Stirling

The Book Nook and 5 more

6 shops · about 6 minutes on foot · 0.4 km

6 stops make up this Stirling walk, starting at The Book Nook on Upper Craigs. It's 4 minutes to British Heart Foundation, then on past Strathcarron Hospice and PDSA to Cancer Research UK. The walk ends at Marie Curie on Murray Place, taking 6 minutes in total.

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 Book Nook

    Second-hand bookshop · Upper Craigs · FK8 2DG

    Thu–Tue 08:30–17:30; Wed 08:30–21:00

  2. 2

    4 min walk

    British Heart Foundation

    Charity shop

    Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00; Sun 11:00–16:00

  3. 3

    1 min walk

    Strathcarron Hospice

    Charity shop

  4. 4

    1 min walk

    PDSA

    Charity shop

  5. 5

    1 min walk

    Cancer Research UK

    Charity shop

  6. 6

    1 min walk

    Marie Curie

    Charity shop · Murray Place · FK8 2DD

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

Nearby: Charity shops in Glasgow· Charity shops in Edinburgh· Charity shops in Dundee· Charity shops in Carlisle

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

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