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Book-hunting route · Birmingham

Boldmere Road run

6 shops · about 5 minutes on foot · 0.6 km

5 minutes of walking covers this run's 6 stops, starting at Age UK on Boldmere Road. In between it passes Birmingham Settlement shop and St Giles Hospice. Every one of the 6 stops sits on Boldmere Road, finishing at Birmingham Hospice.

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 Age UK

    Charity shop · Boldmere Road · B73 5TJ

  2. 2

    1 min walk

    Birmingham Settlement shop

    Charity shop · Boldmere Road · B73 5TJ

  3. 3

    1 min walk

    Walsall Hospice

    Charity shop · Boldmere Road

  4. 4

    1 min walk

    St Giles Hospice

    Charity shop · Boldmere Road · B73 5TD

  5. 5

    1 min walk

    Acorns Children's Hospice

    Charity shop · Boldmere Road

  6. 6

    2 min walk

    Birmingham Hospice

    Charity shop · Boldmere Road · B73 5UY

    Mon–Sat 09:00–16:30

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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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