As ethnic shops and restaurants are to the Cowley Road, so charity shops are to Headington. In an idle 10 minutes I decided to count them.

London Road, North side

• Cancer Research UK
• Oxfam
• Sobell House Hospice

London Road, South side

• British Heart Foundation
• Clic Sargent
• Marie Curie Cancer Care
• Cancer Research UK (again)

Windmill Road

• Helen & Douglas House

So the answer is 8. I think I would have guessed one or two more. But why so many? Is it just the proximity of the hospitals? Or something to do with rents?