Age UK and 8 more

9 shops · about 10 minutes on foot · 0.8 km

10 minutes covers this Manchester run of 9 stops, starting at Age UK on Wilmslow Road. It crosses to RSPCA on Barlow Moor Road, then E.J. Morten Booksellers on Warburton Street, before looping back through Oxfam and Sue Ryder on Wilmslow Road. Wilmslow Road holds 4 of the shops, and the run ends at Cancer Research UK, 1 minute after Sue Ryder.

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 Age UK
Charity shop · Wilmslow Road · M20 2DN

Mon–Sat 09:00–16:45; Sun 11:00–15:45
2
2 min walk
RSPCA
Charity shop · Barlow Moor Road

Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00; Sun 11:00–16:00
3
3 min walk
E.J. Morten Booksellers
Second-hand bookshop · Warburton Street

Mon–Sat 09:30–17:30
4
3 min walk
Mind
Charity shop

Mon–Sat 09:30–17:30; Sun 11:00–17:00
5
1 min walk
Cats Protection
Charity shop

Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00
6
1 min walk
Barnardo's
Charity shop

Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00
7
3 min walk
Oxfam
Charity shop · Wilmslow Road · M20 2DR
8
2 min walk
Sue Ryder
Charity shop · Wilmslow Road · M20 6UH

Mon–Sat 09:30–16:30; Sun 10:00–16:00
9
1 min walk
Cancer Research UK
Charity shop · Wilmslow Road · M20 6UH

Mon–Sat 09:00–17:30; Sun 11:00–15:30

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Other routes in Manchester

Wilbraham Road run 10 shops · ~7 min
House of Books and Friends and 8 more 9 shops · ~18 min
Chapter One and 8 more 9 shops · ~32 min
British Heart Foundation and 6 more 7 shops · ~4 min
Highway Hope Charity General Store and 5 more 6 shops · ~4 min
Moya Cole Hospice and 5 more 6 shops · ~15 min
Beg Steal and Borrow and 4 more 5 shops · ~4 min
Barnardo's and 4 more 5 shops · ~13 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 Manchester, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.

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