Antique stores in Chelmsford
Antique shops are history you can buy. Chelmsford, Essex has 34 mapped right now. That's 34 antique shops mapped around Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Kelvedon Clocks and Victoria Antiques, plus Luvly Jubbly. If an antique shop's missing from Chelmsford's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Chelmsford antique lineup
34 mapped within about 40 km:
Kelvedon Clocks
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Kelvedon Clocks is Antique store.
Victoria Antiques
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Victoria Antiques — Antique store, found on 180-182 George Lane in London.
180-182 George Lane, London, E18 1AY
Luvly Jubbly
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Luvly Jubbly — Antique store.
Rippingales Antiques & Collectables
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Rippingales Antiques & Collectables — Antique store, found on 6 High Street in Sudbury. Also worth knowing about Rippingales Antiques & Collectables: it has a website with more detail.
6 High Street, Sudbury, CO10 8NY
Market Hill Antiques & Collectables
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Market Hill Antiques & Collectables is Antique store on Market Hill, Sudbury.
Market Hill, Sudbury
Debden Barns
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Debden Barns — Antique store.
Muggeridge Farm
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Muggeridge Farm — Antique store, found on Maltings Road in Wickford. Also worth knowing about Muggeridge Farm: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Maltings Road, Wickford, SS11 7RF
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-17:00
Reuse And Relove
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Reuse And Relove — Antique store.
Clover And Compass
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Clover And Compass — Antique store.
Chase Antiques
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Chase Antiques is Antique store.
Ken’s Flea
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Ken’s Flea — Antique store.
Found In The Attic
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Found In The Attic — Antique store.
Mark Wines Antiques
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Mark Wines Antiques is Antique store.
Les and Gary's Antiques
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Les and Gary's Antiques — Antique store.
Des and Barry's House of Furniture
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Des and Barry's House of Furniture — Antique store.
Hythe Antiques
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Hythe Antiques is Antique store on Hythe Station Road, Colchester.
Hythe Station Road, Colchester
Shoulder of Mutton Antiques
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Shoulder of Mutton Antiques is Antique store.
Lot One Ten
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Lot One Ten — Antique store, found on 78 Hoe Street in London.
78 Hoe Street, London
Cottage Style
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Cottage Style — Antique store on 24.
24
Collectors Fair
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Collectors Fair is Antique store on 59 Station Road, Upminster. Collectors Fair also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
59 Station Road, Upminster
Phone: +44 1708 224410
Elizabeth Cannon
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Elizabeth Cannon is Antique store on 85 Crouch Street, Colchester. Elizabeth Cannon also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
85 Crouch Street, Colchester, CO3 3EZ
Çiço
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Çiço is Antique store on 666 Lea Bridge Road, London.
666 Lea Bridge Road, London
Memories
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Memories is Antique store.
The Old Granary
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The Old Granary — Antique store, found on 5 Maltings Road in Wickford.
5 Maltings Road, Wickford, SS11 7RF
Cromwell House
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Cromwell House is Antique store on 2 Maltings Road, Wickford. Cromwell House also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-17:00.
2 Maltings Road, Wickford, SS11 7RF
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-17:00
Kaizen Antiques & Jewellery
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Kaizen Antiques & Jewellery — Antique store, found on 88 High Street in Rochester.
88 High Street, Rochester
Vintage JuJu
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Vintage JuJu is Antique store on 22 High Street, Rochester.
22 High Street, Rochester
Copperfields
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Copperfields is Antique store on 37 High Street, Rochester.
37 High Street, Rochester
Rainham Goldmine Antiques
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Rainham Goldmine Antiques — Antique store, found on 2 Upminster Road South in Rainham.
2 Upminster Road South, Rainham
Robert Horton Antiques
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Robert Horton Antiques is Antique store on 13 Castle Street, Hertford. Robert Horton Antiques also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
13 Castle Street, Hertford
Phone: +44 1992 587546
Antiques Bought And Sold
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Antiques Bought And Sold is Antique store on 3 Hatch Lane.
3 Hatch Lane
Northfleet Hill Antiques
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Northfleet Hill Antiques — Antique store on 36 The Hill.
36 The Hill
Allsorts Antiques & Collectibles
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Allsorts Antiques & Collectibles — Antique store. Also worth knowing about Allsorts Antiques & Collectibles: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +44 7496 664278
Origin Antiques
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Origin Antiques is Antique store.
What the map tells us about antique stores in Chelmsford
2 of the 34 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — antique shops keep civilised hours, so the listed times are usually good.
3 have websites listed. Worth a look for specialty areas — every dealer leans somewhere.
The Chelmsford antique trail
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Kelvedon Clocks, Victoria Antiques on 180-182 George Lane, Luvly Jubbly, Rippingales Antiques & Collectables on 6 High Street, Market Hill Antiques & Collectables on Market Hill, Debden Barns, Muggeridge Farm on Maltings Road, and Reuse And Relove. That's 34 stops on the Chelmsford antique trail. 26 more are listed below.
Antique hunting tips for Chelmsford
A few things worth knowing before you work through Chelmsford's antique stores:
- Beware the reproduction at Kelvedon Clocks. Good fakes exist for everything collectible. If the price seems too good, assume reproduction until proven otherwise.
- Don't refinish good pieces at Victoria Antiques. Stripping an original finish can destroy most of the value. When in doubt, clean gently and leave it alone.
- Ask about the shop's specialty. Every dealer leans somewhere: furniture, silver, books, textiles. Find the lean that matches your interest.
- Buy the best you can afford. One excellent piece beats five mediocre ones. Quality holds value; quantity just holds dust.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Chelmsford — 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 Chelmsford can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 34 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 34 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 Chelmsford: 34 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.