Antique stores in Durham
Hunting antiques in Durham, County Durham? There are 6 shops mapped here. That's 6 antique shops mapped around Durham. 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 Durham (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include J B Antiques and Bibelot Nook, plus Capercaillie Antiques. If an antique shop's missing from Durham's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Durham antique lineup
6 in Durham, plus 7 more around Durham below:
J B Antiques
Antique store0.6 km from Durham
J B Antiques is Antique store on Market Place, Durham. J B Antiques also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Market Place, Durham, DH1 3NJ
Bibelot Nook
Antique store0.7 km from Durham
Bibelot Nook is Antique store on 35 High Street, Durham. Bibelot Nook also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
35 High Street, Durham, DH1 3UL
Capercaillie Antiques
Antique store2.4 km from Durham
Capercaillie Antiques is Antique store on 25-27 High Street, Durham. Capercaillie Antiques also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Fr 13:00-16:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
25-27 High Street, Durham, DH7 8JG
Hours: Fr 13:00-16:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Phone: +44 191 378 0175
The Old Curio
Antique store6.5 km from Durham
The Old Curio — Antique store. Also worth knowing about The Old Curio: it has a website with more detail.
Durham, DH6 1PA
Steptoes
Antique store8.8 km from Durham
Steptoes — Antique store, found on 146 Front Street in Chester-le-Street.
146 Front Street, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3AY
Those Who Wander
Antique store11.4 km from Durham
Those Who Wander — Antique store, found on 7 Station Road in Durham.
7 Station Road, Durham, DH7 0EX
What the map tells us about antique stores in Durham
1 of the 6 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 Durham antique trail
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: J B Antiques on Market Place, Bibelot Nook on 35 High Street, Capercaillie Antiques on 25-27 High Street, The Old Curio, Steptoes on 146 Front Street, and Those Who Wander on 7 Station Road. That's 6 stops on the Durham antique trail.
Antique hunting tips for Durham
Hunting antiques in Durham? A few rules help:
- Check for completeness at J B Antiques. Missing handles, finials, leaves, or lids crater value. Count the parts before you count the cost.
- Don't overlook ephemera at Bibelot Nook. Old paper — maps, posters, postcards — is affordable, fascinating, and easy to live with.
- Patina is value. Original patina on metal and wood is desirable. Over-polished pieces have lost something irrecoverable.
- Don't be afraid to haggle (politely). Antique prices have room, especially on pieces that have sat a while. Polite offers are expected; lowballing isn't.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Durham — 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 Durham can take a while to appear. The 6 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 6 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.
Worth the trip: more antique stores around Durham
7 more within about 25 km of Durham, nearest first:
Rams Head Antiques
Antique store19.9 km from Durham
Rams Head Antiques — Antique store. Also worth knowing about Rams Head Antiques: it has a website with more detail.
Past and Present
Antique store20.8 km from Durham
Past and Present is Antique store.
S.W. Furniture
Antique store20.8 km from Durham
S.W. Furniture is Antique store on 230 High Street, Gateshead. S.W. Furniture also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 08:30-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
230 High Street, Gateshead, NE8 1AQ
Hours: Mo-Sa 08:30-16:00
Phone: +44 191 478 5154
Kazbat's Den
Antique store21.8 km from Durham
Kazbat's Den is Antique store on Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
Flea Circus
Antique store22.7 km from Durham
Flea Circus is Antique store on 210 Warwick Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Flea Circus also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
210 Warwick Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1BB
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-17:00
Phone: +44 191 447 3727
Fern Avenue Antiques Centre
Antique store23.8 km from Durham
Fern Avenue Antiques Centre — Antique store, found on Fern Avenue in Newcastle upon Tyne. Also worth knowing about Fern Avenue Antiques Centre: the map lists its hours as Mo 10:00-17:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-16:00; Su 11:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Fern Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne
Hours: Mo 10:00-17:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-16:00; Su 11:00-16:00
Phone: +44 191 209 4101
Antiquités Françaises
Antique store23.8 km from Durham
Antiquités Françaises — Antique store, found on 28 Gowan Terrace in Newcastle upon Tyne. Also worth knowing about Antiquités Françaises: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
28 Gowan Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne
Phone: +44 191 212 1949
Antique store listings for Durham: 6 in Durham and 7 more nearby 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.