Book-hunting route · Bournemouth
Christchurch Road run
6 shops · about 7 minutes on foot · 0.8 km
Second To None on Palmerston Road is the start of this one, before it moves onto Christchurch Road 4 minutes later at The Treehouse. Margaret Green Animal Rescue and Boscombe Charity Shop follow along Christchurch Road, which carries 5 of the 6 stops, before the route ends at Naomi and Jack's House. The whole walk takes 7 minutes.
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
Second To None
Second-hand shop · Palmerston Road
Mon–Sat 08:00–16:00
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2
4 min walk
The TreehouseCharity shop · Christchurch Road
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00
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3
1 min walk
Margaret Green Animal RescueCharity shop · Christchurch Road
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4
1 min walk
PramacareCharity shop · Christchurch Road
Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00; Sun,Public holidays closed
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5
2 min walk
Boscombe Charity ShopCharity shop · Christchurch Road
Wed–Sat 11:00–18:00
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6
2 min walk
Naomi and Jack's HouseCharity shop · Christchurch Road
Mon–Sat 09:00–16:30; Sun,Public holidays closed
Take Spines with you
6 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 Bournemouth
- Southbourne Grove run 10 shops · ~11 min
- Mind and 7 more 8 shops · ~7 min
- Cats Protection and 6 more 7 shops · ~4 min
- Poole Road run 7 shops · ~4 min
- Sense and 6 more 7 shops · ~7 min
- High Street run 6 shops · ~4 min
- Seamoor Road run 6 shops · ~4 min
- Marie Curie and 5 more 6 shops · ~7 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 Bournemouth, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Nearby: Charity shops in Poole· Charity shops in Salisbury· Charity shops in Southampton· Charity shops in Winchester
Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.