Book-hunting route · Birmingham
Bearwood Road run
6 shops · about 7 minutes on foot · 0.5 km
Bearwood Road carries this whole run, 6 stops in 7 minutes from Birmingham Hospice Shop to Bear Bookshop. In between it passes Age UK and Mind, then British Heart Foundation 3 minutes further along. Debra Charity Shop comes just before the finish.
The stops, in walking order
Starts at the end nearest the city centre. Times are pavement estimates at an easy pace.
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1
Birmingham Hospice Shop
Charity shop · Bearwood Road
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2
1 min walk
Age UKCharity shop · Bearwood Road
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3
2 min walk
MindCharity shop · Bearwood Road
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4
3 min walk
British Heart FoundationCharity shop · Bearwood Road
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5
1 min walk
Debra Charity ShopCharity shop · Bearwood Road
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6
1 min walk
Bear BookshopSecond-hand bookshop · Bearwood Road
Take Spines with you
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Other routes in Birmingham
- Barnardo's and 8 more 9 shops · ~24 min
- The Heath Bookshop and 7 more 8 shops · ~8 min
- Barnardo's and 7 more (part 2) 8 shops · ~13 min
- British Heart Foundation Furniture & Electronics and 6 more 7 shops · ~6 min
- High Street run 6 shops · ~4 min
- Boldmere Road run 6 shops · ~5 min
- High Street run (part 2) 6 shops · ~5 min
- Birmingham Hospice and 4 more 5 shops · ~3 min
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
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