Antique stores in Bedford
Antique shops are history you can buy. Bedford, Bedfordshire has 26 mapped right now. That's 26 antique shops mapped around Bedford. Specialties differ enormously — furniture, jewellery, ephemera — so the shop that matches your interest matters more than the count. Condition is everything and provenance is king — ask about both before anything expensive.
This guide covers every antique store we could verify in and around Bedford (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Vintage Guru and The Antiques Association, plus Anglo-Indian (a-i) Ltd. If an antique shop's missing from Bedford's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Bedford antique lineup
26 mapped within about 40 km:
Vintage Guru
Antique store
Vintage Guru — Antique store, found on St Giles Street in Northampton.
St Giles Street, Northampton
The Antiques Association
Antique store
The Antiques Association — Antique store.
Anglo-Indian (a-i) Ltd
Antique storeRun by Anglo-Indian (a-i) Ltd
Run by Anglo-Indian (a-i) Ltd, Anglo-Indian (a-i) Ltd is Antique store, found on 27 High Street in Bedford. Also worth knowing about Anglo-Indian (a-i) Ltd: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 08:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
27 High Street, Bedford, MK40 1RY
Hours: Mo-Su 08:00-22:00
Phone: +44 7446140946
The Siren Vintage
Antique store
The Siren Vintage is Antique store.
White & McLeod
Antique store
White & McLeod is Antique store.
Sellwells Fenny Antique Centre
Antique store
Sellwells Fenny Antique Centre is Antique store.
W&H Peacock Auction House
Antique store
W&H Peacock Auction House is Antique store on Wallis Way, Bedford.
Wallis Way, Bedford, MK42 0PE
D W Sherwood
Antique store
D W Sherwood — Antique store, found on 59 Little Street in Rushden.
59 Little Street, Rushden, NN10 0LS
Northampton Antiques Emporium
Antique store
Northampton Antiques Emporium — Antique store, found on 7 The Ridings Arcade in Northampton.
7 The Ridings Arcade, Northampton
Unity House Emporium
Antique store
Unity House Emporium is Antique store on 80 Higham Road, Rushden.
80 Higham Road, Rushden, NN10 6DF
Lawson & Lee
Antique store
Lawson & Lee is Antique store.
Amphill Antiques Emporium
Antique store
Amphill Antiques Emporium — Antique store.
Allsorts
Antique store
Allsorts — Antique store.
Past & Presents
Antique store
Past & Presents — Antique store, found on Overstone Road in Northampton.
Overstone Road, Northampton, NN6 0AT
La Cote D'Or
Antique store
La Cote D'Or — Antique store, found on 19 High Street in Huntingdon.
19 High Street, Huntingdon, PE28 0HB
Noah's Yard
Antique store
Noah's Yard — Antique store. Also worth knowing about Noah's Yard: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-16:00.
Kettering
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-16:00
Grandior Furnishings
Antique store
Grandior Furnishings is Antique store.
Back In Time
Antique store
Back In Time — Antique store.
Danny's
Antique store
Danny's is Antique store.
Houghton Antiques
Antique store
Houghton Antiques is Antique store.
Green Man Antiques
Antique store
Green Man Antiques — Antique store. Also worth knowing about Green Man Antiques: it has a website with more detail.
Old & Quirky
Antique store
Old & Quirky is Antique store on 22 Silver Street, Wellingborough. Old & Quirky also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
22 Silver Street, Wellingborough, NN8 1AY
Phone: +44 1933 222499
MacKay's Junk & Disorderly
Antique store
MacKay's Junk & Disorderly is Antique store on 27 The Wynd, Letchworth Garden City. MacKay's Junk & Disorderly also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
27 The Wynd, Letchworth Garden City
Cambs Lock Antiques & Collectables
Antique store
Cambs Lock Antiques & Collectables — Antique store.
Belle and Beast Emporium
Antique store
Belle and Beast Emporium — Antique store, found on 47 Leys Avenue in Letchworth Garden City. Also worth knowing about Belle and Beast Emporium: the map lists its hours as Th-Su 10:00-17:00 || Mo-We "by appointment"; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
47 Leys Avenue, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3EE
Hours: Th-Su 10:00-17:00 || Mo-We "by appointment"
Phone: +44 7757 870633
Dragon Antiques
Antique store
Dragon Antiques is Antique store on Rockingham Road, Kettering.
Rockingham Road, Kettering
What the map tells us about antique stores in Bedford
3 of the 26 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — antique shops keep civilised hours, so the listed times are usually good.
4 have websites listed. Worth a look for specialty areas — every dealer leans somewhere.
The Bedford antique trail
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Vintage Guru on St Giles Street, The Antiques Association, Anglo-Indian (a-i) Ltd on 27 High Street, The Siren Vintage, White & McLeod, Sellwells Fenny Antique Centre, W&H Peacock Auction House on Wallis Way, and D W Sherwood on 59 Little Street. That's 26 stops on the Bedford antique trail. 18 more are listed below.
Antique hunting tips for Bedford
A few things worth knowing before you work through Bedford's antique stores:
- Visit regularly at Vintage Guru. Stock turns over as estates come in. The regulars see the good pieces first — be a regular.
- Check auction results at The Antiques Association. A quick search of recent auction prices tells you what things actually sell for — not what dealers ask.
- Check the back and underside. Construction tells the truth: dovetails, screws, saw marks. Flip it over (carefully) before you decide.
- Keep receipts and records. For anything valuable, keep the receipt and the dealer's description. Provenance starts with you.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Bedford — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new antique store in Bedford can take a while to appear. The 26 above are only as current as the community map. A antique store that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't list prices or authenticate pieces — that's the dealer's job in person. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 26 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Antique store listings for Bedford: 26 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.