Book-hunting route · Surrey
Columbia Street run
3 shops · about 11 minutes on foot · 0.8 km
The Columbia Street run in Surrey starts at The Salvation Army and covers three stops in about eleven minutes of walking. Four minutes on is Grand Central Consignment on Carnarvon Street, and Bases Family Thrift Store is a further seven minutes on, back on Columbia Street.
The stops, in walking order
Starts at the end nearest downtown. Times are sidewalk estimates at an easy pace.
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1
The Salvation Army
Thrift store · Columbia Street · V3M1B5
Mon–Sat 10:00–20:00; Sun closed
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2
4 min walk
Grand Central ConsignmentSecondhand store · Carnarvon Street
Sun–Tue 12:00–15:00; Wed–Sat 11:00–16:00
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3
7 min walk
Bases Family Thrift StoreSecondhand store · Columbia Street
Mon–Fri 10:00–16:00
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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 downtown. 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 smaller stores before you set out.
See all thrift stores in Surrey, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Nearby: Thrift stores in Vancouver· Thrift stores in Abbotsford· Thrift stores in Nanaimo· Thrift stores in Victoria
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