Book-hunting route · Leicester

Rainbows and 5 more

6 shops · about 4 minutes on foot · 0.2 km

This Leicester walk covers 6 stops in 4 minutes, starting at Rainbows. It passes RSPCA on Forge Corner, then Mind. Age UK has 2 branches on the route, and the walk ends at one of them.

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 Rainbows

    Charity shop

  2. 2

    1 min walk

    RSPCA

    Charity shop · Forge Corner

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00

  3. 3

    2 min walk

    Mind

    Charity shop

  4. 4

    1 min walk

    Age UK

    Charity shop

  5. 5

    1 min walk

    Air Ambulance Charity Shop

    Charity shop

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00

  6. 6

    1 min walk

    Age UK

    Charity shop

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

Nearby: Charity shops in Nottingham· Charity shops in Coventry· Charity shops in Derby· Charity shops in Northampton

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