Book-hunting route · Bournemouth
Marie Curie and 5 more
6 shops · about 7 minutes on foot · 0.3 km
6 stops make up this route, taking 7 minutes altogether. It starts at Marie Curie, passing Age UK 1 minute later and Scope 2 minutes after that. It ends at D J Brooking, 4 minutes on from the stop before it.
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
Marie Curie
Charity shop
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2
1 min walk
Age UKCharity shop
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3
2 min walk
ScopeCharity shop
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4
1 min walk
CryshopCharity shop
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5
1 min walk
PramaCharity shop
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6
4 min walk
D J BrookingSecond-hand bookshop
Take Spines with you
6 shops is a lot of spines to read. Let your phone do it.
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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
- Christchurch Road run 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.