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Book-hunting route · Bristol

Cotham Hill run

5 shops · about 6 minutes on foot · 0.6 km

Cotham Hill gives its name to this run of 5 stops covering 6 minutes. Oxfam has 2 branches on the route, starting with Oxfam itself and followed 1 minute later by Oxfam Bookshop. Mind and Brandon Live free come next, both on Cotham Hill, before the walk crosses to Whiteladies Road to finish at YMCA.

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. 1 Oxfam

    Charity shop · Cotham Hill · BS6 6JX

    Mon–Sat 09:30–17:30

  2. 2

    1 min walk

    Oxfam Bookshop

    Second-hand bookshop · Cotham Hill · BS6 6JX

  3. 3

    2 min walk

    Mind

    Charity shop · Cotham Hill · BS6 6LA

    Mon–Sat 09:30–17:30, Sun 11:00–17:00

  4. 4

    3 min walk

    Brandon Live free

    Charity shop · Cotham Hill

  5. 5

    2 min walk

    YMCA

    Charity shop · Whiteladies Road · BS8 2NN

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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 Bristol, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.

Nearby: Charity shops in Bath· Charity shops in Newport· Charity shops in Cardiff· Charity shops in Gloucester

Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.

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