Antique stores in Lincoln
Antique shops are history you can buy. Lincoln, Lincolnshire has 4 mapped right now. That's 4 antique shops mapped around Lincoln. 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 Lincoln (within about 30 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Antiques and Collectibles and Westgate Antiques Centre, plus Carholme Antiques & Collectables. If an antique shop's missing from Lincoln's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Lincoln antique lineup
4 in Lincoln, plus 21 more around Lincoln below:
Antiques and Collectibles
Antique store0.4 km from Lincoln
Antiques and Collectibles is Antique store on 64-65 Steep Hill, Lincoln.
64-65 Steep Hill, Lincoln, LN2 1LR
Westgate Antiques Centre
Antique store0.8 km from Lincoln
Westgate Antiques Centre is Antique store on 24 Westgate, Lincoln.
24 Westgate, Lincoln, LN1 3BD
Carholme Antiques & Collectables
Antique store1.5 km from Lincoln
Carholme Antiques & Collectables — Antique store, found on 108 Hewson Road in Lincoln. Also worth knowing about Carholme Antiques & Collectables: the map lists its hours as Th-Su 10:00-17:00; Mo-We closed.
108 Hewson Road, Lincoln, LN1 1RX
Hours: Th-Su 10:00-17:00; Mo-We closed
Navenby Antiques Center
Antique store13.5 km from Lincoln
Navenby Antiques Center — Antique store, found on 34 High Street in Lincoln. Also worth knowing about Navenby Antiques Center: the map lists its hours as We-Su 10:00-16:00; Mo-Tu closed; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
34 High Street, Lincoln, LN5 0DZ
Hours: We-Su 10:00-16:00; Mo-Tu closed
Phone: +44 1522 811271
What the map tells us about antique stores in Lincoln
2 of the 4 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — antique shops keep civilised hours, so the listed times are usually good.
The Lincoln antique trail
Making a day of it in Lincoln? Work this order: Antiques and Collectibles on 64-65 Steep Hill, Westgate Antiques Centre on 24 Westgate, Carholme Antiques & Collectables on 108 Hewson Road, and Navenby Antiques Center on 34 High Street. That's the antique trail in one sensible loop, no backtracking.
Antique hunting tips for Lincoln
The dealers' own advice, for Lincoln:
- Go to the preview, not just the sale at Antiques and Collectibles. Estate and auction previews let you inspect properly. The sale itself is theatre; the preview is work.
- Learn the marks at Westgate Antiques Centre. Maker's marks, hallmarks, factory stamps — they're the ID cards of antiques. A loupe and a marks guide change everything.
- Check for completeness. Missing handles, finials, leaves, or lids crater value. Count the parts before you count the cost.
- Learn to spot married pieces. Furniture assembled from mismatched parts — 'married' — is worth far less. Check that everything matches in age and style.
Good to know
We searched about 30 km around Lincoln — 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 Lincoln can take a while to appear. The 4 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 4 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 Lincoln
21 more within about 30 km of Lincoln — here are the 15 nearest:
Little Lord Fauntleroy Antiques
Antique store16.6 km from Lincoln
Little Lord Fauntleroy Antiques — Antique store.
Market Place Stores
Antique store17.1 km from Lincoln
Market Place Stores is Antique store on Market Place, Market Rasen.
Market Place, Market Rasen, LN8 5QU
The Guardroom
Antique store19.0 km from Lincoln
The Guardroom is Antique store.
Hemswell Antique Centres Number Two
Antique store19.2 km from Lincoln
Hemswell Antique Centres Number Two is Antique store.
All 'n' Sundry Antiques
Antique store19.2 km from Lincoln
All 'n' Sundry Antiques is Antique store.
Canberra Antiques
Antique store19.2 km from Lincoln
Canberra Antiques is Antique store. Canberra Antiques also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-17:00
Astra Antiques Centre
Antique store19.3 km from Lincoln
Astra Antiques Centre is Antique store on Old RAF Hemswell, Gibson Road, Gainsborough. Astra 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.
Old RAF Hemswell, Gibson Road, Gainsborough, DN21 5TL
Phone: +44 1427 668312
Antiques & Retro
Antique store19.3 km from Lincoln
Antiques & Retro is Antique store.
Vintiques
Antique store23.0 km from Lincoln
Vintiques is Antique store.
Underwood Hall Antiques
Antique store23.2 km from Lincoln
Underwood Hall Antiques is Antique store.
Shabby & Chic
Antique store24.5 km from Lincoln
Shabby & Chic is Antique store.
Gainsborough, DN21 2EA
Alan Read Antiques
Antique store27.8 km from Lincoln
Alan Read Antiques is Antique store on 60-62 West Street, Horncastle.
60-62 West Street, Horncastle, LN9 5AD
The Horncastle Antiques Centre
Antique store28.1 km from Lincoln
The Horncastle Antiques Centre — Antique store, found on 26 Bridge Street in Horncastle.
26 Bridge Street, Horncastle, LN9 5HZ
Barking Dog
Antique store28.3 km from Lincoln
Barking Dog is Antique store.
G Baker Antiques
Antique store28.3 km from Lincoln
G Baker Antiques — Antique store.
Antique store listings for Lincoln: 4 in Lincoln and 21 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.