Antique stores in Canterbury
Hunting antiques in Canterbury, Kent? There are 35 shops mapped here. That's 35 antique shops mapped around Canterbury. Specialties differ enormously — furniture, jewellery, ephemera — so the shop that matches your interest matters more than the count. The dealers who love their stock love talking about it — ask, and you'll learn more in an hour than any guide teaches.
This guide covers every antique store we could verify in and around Canterbury (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Stablegate Antiques and Aladdin's Loft, plus Tenterden Antiques Centre. If an antique shop's missing from Canterbury's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Canterbury antique lineup
35 mapped within about 40 km:
Stablegate Antiques
Antique store
Stablegate Antiques is Antique store. Stablegate Antiques also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +44 1227 831639
Aladdin's Loft
Antique store
Aladdin's Loft — Antique store.
Tenterden Antiques Centre
Antique store
Tenterden Antiques Centre is Antique store on 66a High Street, Tenterden. Tenterden Antiques Centre also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
66a High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6AU
Phone: +44 1580 765885
The Shop Front Deal
Antique storeRun by Steve
Run by Steve, The Shop Front Deal is Antique store, found on 188 High Street in Deal. Also worth knowing about The Shop Front Deal: the map lists its hours as Sa; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
188 High Street, Deal, CT14 6BL
Hours: Sa
Phone: +44 7793 230331
Quill Antiques
Antique store
Quill Antiques — Antique store, found on 12 Alfred Square in Deal. Also worth knowing about Quill Antiques: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
12 Alfred Square, Deal, CT14 6LR
Phone: +44 1304 375958
Hilton Antiques Emporium & George's Clocks
Antique store
Hilton Antiques Emporium & George's Clocks is Antique store.
Furniture Mart
Antique store
Furniture Mart — Antique store on Fort Hill.
Fort Hill
Re-memories Antiques
Antique store
Re-memories Antiques — Antique store, found on 74 High Street in Tenterden. Also worth knowing about Re-memories Antiques: it has a website with more detail.
74 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6AU
G4 Echelon
Antique store
G4 Echelon — Antique store.
Memories & Moonbeams
Antique store
Memories & Moonbeams is Antique store on Oxford Street, Whitstable.
Oxford Street, Whitstable
Paraphernalia
Antique store
Paraphernalia — Antique store.
Perfectly Swedish
Antique store
Perfectly Swedish — Antique store, found on 5 Corner House Buildings in Hythe. Also worth knowing about Perfectly Swedish: the map lists its hours as Fr,Sa 10:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
5 Corner House Buildings, Hythe, CT21 5BD
Hours: Fr,Sa 10:00-14:00
Phone: +44 7721 066551
Antiquarian Antiques
Antique store
Antiquarian Antiques — Antique store, found on 14 Charlotte Street in Broadstairs.
14 Charlotte Street, Broadstairs
Something Old Something New
Antique store
Something Old Something New is Antique store.
Brocante
Antique store
Brocante is Antique store.
Lydd Antiques
Antique store
Lydd Antiques is Antique store on 28 High Street, Lydd.
28 High Street, Lydd, TN29 9AJ
Bootie Bling
Antique store
Bootie Bling is Antique store on 9 Marine Gardens, Margate.
9 Marine Gardens, Margate, CT9 1UN
Hoof Brocante
Antique store
Hoof Brocante is Antique store.
Briggsys
Antique store
Briggsys is Antique store.
The Bay Emporium
Antique store
The Bay Emporium — Antique store.
Anchors Away Vintage
Antique store
Anchors Away Vintage is Antique store on Harbour Street, Whitstable.
Harbour Street, Whitstable
Geoff Laurens Antiques
Antique store
Geoff Laurens Antiques is Antique store on Harbour Street, Whitstable.
Harbour Street, Whitstable
Warehams
Antique store
Warehams is Antique store on 68 Oxford Street, Whitstable. Warehams also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
68 Oxford Street, Whitstable, CT5 1DG
Billy's Anntiquities
Antique store
Billy's Anntiquities — Antique store, found on 19 High Street in New Romney.
19 High Street, New Romney, TN28 8BN
Branching Out Antiques
Antique store
Branching Out Antiques is Antique store.
Hidden Treasures
Antique store
Hidden Treasures — Antique store.
Pareglio & Ayres
Antique store
Pareglio & Ayres — Antique store, found on 102 Wincheap in Canterbury. Also worth knowing about Pareglio & Ayres: it has a website with more detail.
102 Wincheap, Canterbury, CT1 3RS
Christopher Buck Antiques
Antique store
Christopher Buck Antiques — Antique store, found on 56 - 60 Sandgate High Street in Folkestone.
56 - 60 Sandgate High Street, Folkestone
Decorative Antiques
Antique store
Decorative Antiques is Antique store on 57 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate.
57 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, CT20 3AH
Nordens
Antique store
Nordens — Antique store, found on 43 Sandgate High Street in Sandgate.
43 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate
Old Bank Antiques
Antique store
Old Bank Antiques — Antique store, found on 12 Market Street in Sandwich.
12 Market Street, Sandwich, CT13 9DA
Fleur de France
Antique store
Fleur de France — Antique store, found on 14 Market Street in Sandwich.
14 Market Street, Sandwich, CT13 9DA
M.W.Fitch Antiques
Antique store
M.W.Fitch Antiques — Antique store, found on 68 Tontine Street in Folkestone.
68 Tontine Street, Folkestone, CT20 1JP
Jones & Co
Antique store
Jones & Co is Antique store on Unit 1 Spring House, Hythe.
Unit 1 Spring House, Hythe, CT21 5JL
Anthony Charles
Antique storeRun by Anthony Charles
Run by Anthony Charles, Anthony Charles is Antique store, found on 25 High Street in Hythe.
25 High Street, Hythe, CT21 5AD
What the map tells us about antique stores in Canterbury
2 of the 35 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — antique shops keep civilised hours, so the listed times are usually good.
5 have websites listed. Worth a look for specialty areas — every dealer leans somewhere.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on Harbour Street, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
The Canterbury antique trail
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Stablegate Antiques, Aladdin's Loft, Tenterden Antiques Centre on 66a High Street, The Shop Front Deal on 188 High Street, Quill Antiques on 12 Alfred Square, Hilton Antiques Emporium & George's Clocks, Furniture Mart on Fort Hill, and Re-memories Antiques on 74 High Street. That's 35 stops on the Canterbury antique trail. 27 more are listed below.
Antique hunting tips for Canterbury
Hunting antiques in Canterbury? A few rules help:
- Check for woodworm (honestly) at Stablegate Antiques. Old furniture sometimes has it. Look for the telltale holes, ask the dealer, and know it's treatable but real.
- Ask about provenance at Aladdin's Loft. Where did it come from? The story matters for value and for your own enjoyment. Good dealers document it.
- Learn to spot married pieces. Furniture assembled from mismatched parts — 'married' — is worth far less. Check that everything matches in age and style.
- Check the smalls. The glass cases of small items — buttons, tools, oddments — reward the patient browser disproportionately.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Canterbury — 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 Canterbury can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 35 that's closed, or a great antique store we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
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 35 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 Canterbury: 35 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.