Google Maps: fast routes from a fixed point

Whenever I want to find the route to somewhere, say to Cherry Red’s in Birmingham, I go to the address bar in Chrome and type

to Cherry Red's <enter>

This brings up the route from my university:

To get this, open chrome://settings/searchEngines (you’ll have to copy-paste that link), and fill in a new entry:

New engine:Route to
Keyword:to
URL:https://www.google.co.uk/maps/search/from:+university+of+birmingham+to:+%s

To use your own starting place, replace university+of+birmingham with something of your choice without any special characters; replace spaces by plusses.

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