Book-hunting route · Birmingham

The Heath Bookshop and 7 more

8 shops · about 8 minutes on foot · 0.6 km

The Heath Bookshop is the first of 8 stops on this walk, which totals 8 minutes. It passes Children's Air Ambulance and Sue Ryder before reaching Acorns on High Street. Barnado's and PDSA follow, and the route ends at Age UK.

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 The Heath Bookshop

    Second-hand bookshop

  2. 2

    1 min walk

    Children's Air Ambulance

    Charity shop

  3. 3

    1 min walk

    Sue Ryder

    Charity shop

  4. 4

    1 min walk

    British Heart Foundation

    Charity shop

  5. 5

    1 min walk

    Acorns

    Charity shop · High Street · B14 7LG

  6. 6

    4 min walk

    Barnado's

    Charity shop

  7. 7

    1 min walk

    PDSA

    Charity shop

  8. 8

    2 min walk

    Age UK

    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

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