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.

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 downtown. Times are sidewalk estimates at an easy pace.

  1. 1 The Salvation Army

    Thrift store · Columbia Street · V3M1B5

    Mon–Sat 10:00–20:00; Sun closed

  2. 2

    4 min walk

    Grand Central Consignment

    Secondhand store · Carnarvon Street

    Sun–Tue 12:00–15:00; Wed–Sat 11:00–16:00

  3. 3

    7 min walk

    Bases Family Thrift Store

    Secondhand 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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