Book-hunting route · Blackpool
Victoria Road West run
8 shops · about 10 minutes on foot · 0.5 km
The Victoria Road West run starts at The Sunshine Room on Victoria Road West and takes in 8 stops over 10 minutes. After 5 minutes you reach British Heart Foundation on Crescent West, then it's back onto Victoria Road West for Oxfam and Cancer Research. 6 of the 8 shops sit on that same street. The run ends at TG Jones.
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
The Sunshine Room
Charity shop · Victoria Road West · FY5 3LA
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2
5 min walk
British Heart FoundationCharity shop · Crescent West · FY5 1AD
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3
1 min walk
Brian House Choildren's HospiceCharity shop · Victoria Road West · FY5 1AG
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4
1 min walk
OxfamCharity shop · Victoria Road West · FY5 1AG
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5
1 min walk
Cancer ResearchCharity shop · Victoria Road West · FY5 1AJ
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6
2 min walk
Cat ProtectionCharity shop · Victoria Road West · FY5 1AJ
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7
2 min walk
Trinity Hospice Charity ShopCharity shop · Victoria Road West · FY5 1AG
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8
1 min walk
TG JonesSecond-hand bookshop · FY5 1BS
Take Spines with you
8 shops is a lot of spines to read. Let your phone do it.
Photograph the shelf and Spines flags the books worth grabbing for your taste. Free to try.
Other routes in Blackpool
- Home Start and 5 more 6 shops · ~13 min
- Cancer Research UK and 4 more 5 shops · ~5 min
- British Red Cross and 4 more 5 shops · ~6 min
- RSPCA and 4 more 5 shops · ~7 min
- Highfield Road run 3 shops · ~4 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 Blackpool, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Nearby: Charity shops in Preston· Charity shops in Lancaster· Charity shops in Wigan· Charity shops in Liverpool
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