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Book-hunting route · Birmingham

Barnardo's and 7 more (part 2)

8 shops · about 13 minutes on foot · 2.3 km

13 minutes covers this walk of 8 stops in Birmingham. It opens at Barnardo's and passes Sense and Cancer Research UK before reaching Midlands Air Ambulance on Queen's Square 2 minutes later. Compton Care and Shelter follow, and the route ends at Aquarius Sandwell.

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 the city centre. Times are pavement estimates at an easy pace.

  1. 1 Barnardo's

    Charity shop

  2. 2

    1 min walk

    Sense

    Charity shop

  3. 3

    1 min walk

    Cancer Research UK

    Charity shop

  4. 4

    1 min walk

    British Heart Foundation

    Charity shop

  5. 5

    2 min walk

    Midlands Air Ambulance

    Charity shop · Queen's Square

  6. 6

    3 min walk

    Compton Care

    Charity shop

  7. 7

    3 min walk

    Shelter

    Charity shop

  8. 8

    5 min walk

    Aquarius Sandwell

    Charity shop

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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 the centre. 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 volunteer-run ones before you set out.

See all charity shops in Birmingham, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.

Nearby: Charity shops in Wolverhampton· Charity shops in Coventry· Charity shops in Worcester· Charity shops in Leicester

Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.

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