Book-hunting route · Victoria
Beacon Community Services Thrift Store and 4 more
5 shops · about 18 minutes on foot · 1.3 km
The Victoria run starts at Beacon Community Services Thrift Store on Pandora Avenue and covers five stops in about eighteen minutes of walking. Five minutes along is Alphabet city, a used bookstore also on Pandora Avenue, then the route passes Yates Street and Bastion Square. It ends eight minutes later at Russell Books.
The stops, in walking order
Starts at the end nearest downtown. Times are sidewalk estimates at an easy pace.
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1
Beacon Community Services Thrift Store
Thrift store · Pandora Avenue
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2
5 min walk
Alphabet cityUsed bookstore · Pandora Avenue · V8W 1N7
Sun 10:00–16:00
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3
4 min walk
Brica Brac SalvageSecondhand store · Yates Street
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4
3 min walk
Bastion BooksUsed bookstore · Bastion Square
Mon–Sat 11:00–17:00
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5
8 min walk
Russell BooksUsed bookstore
Mon–Sun 09:30–18:00
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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 Victoria, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Nearby: Thrift stores in Nanaimo· Thrift stores in Surrey· Thrift stores in Vancouver· Thrift stores in Abbotsford
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