Book-hunting route · Vancouver

Granville Street run

3 shops · about 17 minutes on foot · 1.3 km

The Granville Street run in Vancouver starts at Value Village and heads onto Homer Street six minutes later for Sheer Room. From there it is eleven minutes back to Granville Street for Wildlife Thrift Store. Three stops in seventeen minutes, with Granville Street carrying two of them.

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 Value Village

    Secondhand store · Granville Street · V6Z 1L5

  2. 2

    6 min walk

    Sheer Room

    Secondhand store · Homer Street

    Mon–Sun 11:00–19:00

  3. 3

    11 min walk

    Wildlife Thrift Store

    Secondhand store · Granville Street

    10:00–22:00

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

Nearby: Thrift stores in Surrey· Thrift stores in Nanaimo· Thrift stores in Abbotsford· Thrift stores in Victoria

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