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Book-hunting route · Truro

8 Cathedral Lane and 8 more

9 shops · about 8 minutes on foot · 1.5 km

9 stops make up this Truro route, 8 minutes start to finish, beginning at 8 Cathedral Lane. It passes British Heart Foundation and Cornwall Hospice Care on St Nicholas Street, then runs along River Street, which has 4 shops including Cancer Research UK and British Red Cross. It ends at RSPCA on Little Castle Street.

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 8 Cathedral Lane

    Charity shop

  2. 2

    2 min walk

    Barnardo's

    Charity shop

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

  3. 3

    2 min walk

    British Heart Foundation

    Charity shop · St Nicholas Street · TR1 2RW

  4. 4

    1 min walk

    Cornwall Hospice Care

    Charity shop · St Nicholas Street · TR1 2RW

  5. 5

    2 min walk

    Cornwall Air Ambulance

    Charity shop · River Street · TR1 2RX

  6. 6

    1 min walk

    Cancer Research UK

    Charity shop · River Street · TR1 2SQ

  7. 7

    1 min walk

    Cornwall Air Ambulance

    Charity shop · River Street · TR1 2SJ

  8. 8

    1 min walk

    British Red Cross

    Charity shop · River Street · TR1 2SQ

    Mon–Sat 09:00–16:30

  9. 9

    1 min walk

    RSPCA

    Charity shop · Little Castle Street · TR1 3DL

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

Nearby: Charity shops in Plymouth· Charity shops in Exeter· Charity shops in Swansea· Charity shops in Cardiff

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

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