Antique stores in Colchester
Antique shops are history you can buy. Colchester, England has 38 mapped right now. That's 38 antique shops mapped around Colchester. 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 Colchester (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Kelvedon Clocks and Maud's Attic, plus Luvly Jubbly. If an antique shop's missing from Colchester's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Colchester antique lineup
38 mapped within about 40 km:
Kelvedon Clocks
Antique store
Kelvedon Clocks is Antique store.
Maud's Attic
Antique store
Maud's Attic is Antique store on 25 St Peters Street, Ipswich.
25 St Peters Street, Ipswich, IP1 1XF
Luvly Jubbly
Antique store
Luvly Jubbly — Antique store.
Merchant House
Antique store
Merchant House is Antique store on 27-29 St Peters Street, Ipswich.
27-29 St Peters Street, Ipswich, IP1 1XF
The House In Town
Antique store
The House In Town — Antique store, found on 23 St Peters Street in Ipswich. Also worth knowing about The House In Town: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
23 St Peters Street, Ipswich, IP1 1XF
Phone: +44 7867544653
Timbers
Antique store
Timbers — Antique store, found on High Street in Sudbury. Also worth knowing about Timbers: it has a website with more detail.
High Street, Sudbury
Rippingales Antiques & Collectables
Antique store
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
Antique store
Market Hill Antiques & Collectables is Antique store on Market Hill, Sudbury.
Market Hill, Sudbury
Times Past Antiques
Antique store
Times Past Antiques is Antique store on IP6 8AL High Street, Ipswich. Times Past Antiques also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
IP6 8AL High Street, Ipswich
Muggeridge Farm
Antique store
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
Woodbridge Antiques Centre
Antique store
Woodbridge Antiques Centre — Antique store, found on 7 Quay Street in Woodbridge. Also worth knowing about Woodbridge Antiques Centre: it has a website with more detail.
7 Quay Street, Woodbridge, IP12 1BX
The old Brewery Antiques
Antique store
The old Brewery Antiques — Antique store, found on Dock Lane in Woodbridge. Also worth knowing about The old Brewery Antiques: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 09:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Dock Lane, Woodbridge, IP12 1PE
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Phone: +44 7585 710180
Vintage Forty-Nine
Antique store
Vintage Forty-Nine is Antique store on 49 Thoroughfare, Woodbridge.
49 Thoroughfare, Woodbridge, IP12 1AH
127 Vintage
Antique store
127 Vintage — Antique store, found on 127 Hamilton Road in Felixstowe. Also worth knowing about 127 Vintage: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-16:00.
127 Hamilton Road, Felixstowe, IP11 7BL
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-16:00
The Curious Fox
Antique store
The Curious Fox — Antique store, found on 48-50 High Street in Ipswich.
48-50 High Street, Ipswich
No 8
Antique store
No 8 is Antique store on 8 Market Place, Sudbury.
8 Market Place, Sudbury, CO10 9QZ
Melford Antiques, Interiors & Lifestyle Centre
Antique store
Melford Antiques, Interiors & Lifestyle Centre — Antique store, found on Hall Street in Sudbury. Also worth knowing about Melford Antiques, Interiors & Lifestyle Centre: it has a website with more detail.
Hall Street, Sudbury, CO10 9JA
Eye-Spy-Vintage
Antique store
Eye-Spy-Vintage is Antique store on Ringers Yard, Sudbury.
Ringers Yard, Sudbury, CO10 9JG
Long Melford Antiques Centre
Antique store
Long Melford Antiques Centre is Antique store on Little St Mary's, Sudbury. Long Melford Antiques Centre also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Little St Mary's, Sudbury, CO10 9HX
Tea & Antiques
Antique store
Tea & Antiques — Antique store, found on 109 High Road East in Felixstowe. Also worth knowing about Tea & Antiques: the map lists its hours as Th-Su 10:00-17:00; PH 10:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
109 High Road East, Felixstowe, IP11 9PS
Hours: Th-Su 10:00-17:00; PH 10:00-17:00
Phone: +44 1394 277789
Aspal Antiques
Antique store
Aspal Antiques is Antique store.
Aspal Emporium
Antique store
Aspal Emporium — Antique store.
Hythe Antiques
Antique store
Hythe Antiques is Antique store on Hythe Station Road, Colchester.
Hythe Station Road, Colchester
Shoulder of Mutton Antiques
Antique store
Shoulder of Mutton Antiques is Antique store.
NaviStitch
Antique store
NaviStitch is Antique store on 28, Manningtree. NaviStitch also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
28, Manningtree, CO11 1AJ
Alexander's Palace
Antique store
Alexander's Palace is Antique store on 331 Holland Road, Clacton-on-Sea.
331 Holland Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 6PD
The Cave
Antique store
The Cave — Antique store, found on 24 Frinton Road in Kirby Cross.
24 Frinton Road, Kirby Cross, CO13 0LE
The Cave
Antique store
The Cave — Antique store, found on Old Pier Street in Walton-on-the-Naze.
Old Pier Street, Walton-on-the-Naze, CO14 8AN
Art Deco & Antiques
Antique store
Art Deco & Antiques — Antique store, found on 24 Connaught Avenue in Frinton-on-Sea.
24 Connaught Avenue, Frinton-on-Sea, CO13 9PR
Unique Antique Shop UK
Antique store
Unique Antique Shop UK — Antique store, found on 173 in Harwich. Also worth knowing about Unique Antique Shop UK: it has a website with more detail.
173, Harwich, CO12 3QB
Suffolk Heritage
Antique store
Suffolk Heritage — Antique store on London Road.
London Road, IP8 3JF
The Shed
Antique store
The Shed — Antique store, found on 1A High Street in Sproughton. Also worth knowing about The Shed: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-16:30; Su 11:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1A High Street, Sproughton, IP8 3AF
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-16:30; Su 11:00-16:00
Phone: +441473748519
Elizabeth Cannon
Antique store
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
The Old Granary
Antique store
The Old Granary — Antique store, found on 5 Maltings Road in Wickford.
5 Maltings Road, Wickford, SS11 7RF
Cromwell House
Antique store
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
Manningtree Emporium
Antique store
Manningtree Emporium — Antique store, found on 15-16 in Manningtree. Also worth knowing about Manningtree Emporium: it has a website with more detail.
15-16, Manningtree, CO11 1UR
Origin Antiques
Antique store
Origin Antiques is Antique store.
Tendring Antiques Centre
Antique store
Tendring Antiques Centre is Antique store on Birchwood Road, Colchester.
Birchwood Road, Colchester
What the map tells us about antique stores in Colchester
6 of the 38 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — antique shops keep civilised hours, so the listed times are usually good.
14 have websites listed. Worth a look for specialty areas — every dealer leans somewhere.
The Colchester antique trail
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Kelvedon Clocks, Maud's Attic on 25 St Peters Street, Luvly Jubbly, Merchant House on 27-29 St Peters Street, The House In Town on 23 St Peters Street, Timbers on High Street, Rippingales Antiques & Collectables on 6 High Street, and Market Hill Antiques & Collectables on Market Hill. That's 38 stops on the Colchester antique trail. 30 more are listed below.
Antique hunting tips for Colchester
A few things worth knowing before you work through Colchester's antique stores:
- Buy the best you can afford at Kelvedon Clocks. One excellent piece beats five mediocre ones. Quality holds value; quantity just holds dust.
- Bring measurements at Maud's Attic. That sideboard is useless if it won't fit through your door. Measure the room and the car before you fall in love.
- Keep receipts and records. For anything valuable, keep the receipt and the dealer's description. Provenance starts with you.
- Learn your periods. Victorian, Art Deco, mid-century — knowing the periods keeps you from paying Georgian prices for 1980s revival.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Colchester — 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 Colchester can take a while to appear. The 38 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 38 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 Colchester: 38 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.