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The Shelf, Cork

The Shelf is a bookshop near Dunbar Street in Cork, County Cork, 390 m south of the centre. Izz Cafe and Deep Route Garden­ing are within 30 m.

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Opening hours

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Check the business website Call +353 21 431 2264
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Bookshops
Nearest road
Dunbar StreetThe closest named road, measured here. The map records no address for this place, so this is not a statement about where its door is.
From the centre
390 m south, in a straight line
Phone
+353 21 431 2264
Website
www.theshelf.ie
Wheelchair
Recorded as accessibleOne tag covering the whole place. It does not say whether the entrance, the inside, the toilets or the route to the door are step free, and this page will not say so either.
Parking
Q-Park Grand Parade, 270 m away, 350 spaces
Bus stop
George's Quay (Abbey Court House), 50 m away

The map does not yet record opening hours for The Shelf. Anyone can add it on OpenStreetMap, and this page picks the change up at the next refresh.

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Destination, access and nearby stops

The Shelf is in Cork, County Cork. Routes here end at the building the map records for it. Which door is the way in is not something the map says. Q-Park Grand Parade is 270 m away and the map records it as open to the public.

It is 390 m south of the centre of Cork in a straight line, on Dunbar Street. The nearest stop the map records is George's Quay (Abbey Court House), 50 m away in a straight line.
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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is George's Quay (240921), 40 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • George's Quay 40 m
    buses 220, 206, 203, 216, 207 and 215 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • South Mall 190 m
    buses 213, 203, 215, 207, 215A and 233 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Grand Parade 280 m
    buses 220, 216, 207, 215, 220X and 228 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • South Terrace 330 m
    buses 220, 206, 203, 216, 207 and 215 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Daunt's Square 370 m
    buses 208, 213, 205, 214, 203 and 215 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop

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Events nearby

Not at The Shelf. These are at other venues within a few hundred metres of it.

Within a short walk

What else the map names within four hundred metres of The Shelf, on Dunbar Street and around it.

Also on Dunbar Street

Dunbar Street carries 3 of the places the map names in Cork.

Everything on Dunbar Street

Other bookshops in Cork

Nearest to The Shelf first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from The Shelf, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.

All 22 bookshops in Cork

Questions people ask

Where is The Shelf?
On Dunbar Street in Cork, County Cork, 390 m south of the centre; the nearest car park is 270 m away.
How do you contact The Shelf?
Contact The Shelf on +353 21 431 2264. Visit www.theshelf.ie.
How far is The Shelf from the centre of Cork?
390 m south of the centre, measured in a straight line. The map above can work out the walk along the footpaths from wherever you are.
Are there other bookshops near The Shelf?
22 in Cork altogether. The nearest are Quay Co-op Bookshop on Sober Lane, Eason on Saint Patrick's Street and Dubray on Saint Patrick's Street.
How do you get to The Shelf without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is George's Quay, 40 m away in a straight line, and buses 220, 206, 203, 216, 207 and 215 among others call there, run by Bus Éireann. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you choose.

Where this comes from

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Worked out here
Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.

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