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Book-hunting route · Wakefield

Salvation Army and 4 more

5 shops · about 4 minutes on foot · 0.3 km

5 stops make up this short walk, starting at Salvation Army and running 4 minutes in total. It passes Darling Reads and The Pear Tree, then reaches WH Retail. It ends at Age UK on High 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 Salvation Army

    Charity shop

  2. 2

    1 min walk

    Darling Reads

    Second-hand bookshop

  3. 3

    1 min walk

    The Pear Tree

    Second-hand bookshop

  4. 4

    2 min walk

    WH Retail

    Charity shop

  5. 5

    2 min walk

    Age UK

    Charity shop · High Street · WF4 5LE

    Mon–Tue 09:15–16:15; Thu–Sat 09:15–16:15

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

Nearby: Charity shops in Leeds· Charity shops in Huddersfield· Charity shops in Bradford· Charity shops in Halifax

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

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