Book-hunting route · Birmingham
High Street run
6 shops · about 4 minutes on foot · 0.2 km
Oxfam Bookshop on High Street is where this run begins, taking in 6 stops over 4 minutes. It passes PDSA and Marie Curie on the way. The run finishes back on High Street at Oxfam, which has 2 branches on this route.
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
Oxfam Bookshop
Second-hand bookshop · High Street · B17 9NN
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2
1 min walk
PDSACharity shop · High Street · B17 9NN
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3
1 min walk
Barnardo'sCharity shop
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4
2 min walk
Marie CurieCharity shop
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5
1 min walk
British Heart FoundationCharity shop
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6
1 min walk
OxfamCharity shop · High Street · B17 9QE
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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
- Boldmere Road run 6 shops · ~5 min
- High Street run (part 2) 6 shops · ~5 min
- Bearwood Road run 6 shops · ~7 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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