Book-hunting route · Bournemouth
Sense and 6 more
7 shops · about 7 minutes on foot · 0.5 km
Sense is the first stop on this walk of 7 stops, which runs to 7 minutes overall. Cats Protection follows 2 minutes along, then Little Lives UK further on. The route ends at Going For Bust, which is 3 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
Sense
Charity shop
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2
1 min walk
Age UKCharity shop
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3
1 min walk
The House Clearance ShopCharity shop
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4
2 min walk
Cats ProtectionCharity shop
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5
1 min walk
Little Lives UKCharity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00
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6
2 min walk
The Salvation ArmyCharity shop
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7
3 min walk
Going For BustCharity shop
Mon–Sat 09:30–16:30
Take Spines with you
7 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
- 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
Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.