Poole Road run

7 shops · about 4 minutes on foot · 0.4 km

Poole Road carries 6 of the 7 stops on this run. It starts at Wessex Cancer Support and passes Westbourne Bookshop 1 minute along, with The Mysterious Bookcase just off it on The Arcade, before the route returns to Poole Road and finishes at Barnardo's. The whole walk takes 4 minutes.

View this area on OpenStreetMap

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 Wessex Cancer Support
Charity shop · Poole Road
2
1 min walk
Westbourne Bookshop
Second-hand bookshop · Poole Road · BH4 9BA

Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00
3
1 min walk
The Mysterious Bookcase
Second-hand bookshop · The Arcade · BH4 9AY
4
2 min walk
Marie Curie
Charity shop · Poole Road
5
1 min walk
Save the Children
Charity shop · Poole Road
6
1 min walk
PDSA
Charity shop · Poole Road
7
1 min walk
Barnardo's
Charity shop · Poole Road

Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00

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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
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
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

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