Antique stores in Maidstone
Hunting antiques in Maidstone, Kent? There are 57 shops mapped here. That's 57 antique shops mapped around Maidstone. 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 Maidstone (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Pope's Cottage Antiques and Luvly Jubbly, plus Quayside Antiques. If an antique shop's missing from Maidstone's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Maidstone antique lineup
57 mapped within about 40 km:
Pope's Cottage Antiques
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Pope's Cottage Antiques is Antique store.
Luvly Jubbly
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Luvly Jubbly — Antique store.
Quayside Antiques
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Quayside Antiques — Antique store.
Wishbarn Antiques
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Wishbarn Antiques is Antique store on 101 High Street, Rye. Wishbarn Antiques also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Fr,Sa,Su 10:00-17:00; Mo 10:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
101 High Street, Rye, TN31 7JN
Hours: Fr,Sa,Su 10:00-17:00; Mo 10:00-16:00
Soldiers of Rye
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Soldiers of Rye is Antique store on 110 High Street, Rye.
110 High Street, Rye, TN31 7JE
Cinque Port Antiques
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Cinque Port Antiques is Antique store on 1 Cinque Ports Street, Rye.
1 Cinque Ports Street, Rye, TN31 7AD
Needles Antiques
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Needles Antiques is Antique store on 15-17 Cinque Ports Street, Rye.
15-17 Cinque Ports Street, Rye, TN31 7AD
Rye Antiques
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Rye Antiques is Antique store on 7b Market Road.
7b Market Road, TN31 7JA
Soap and Salvation
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Soap and Salvation is Antique store on 20-22 Rope Walk, Rye. Soap and Salvation also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
20-22 Rope Walk, Rye, TN31 7NA
Phone: +44 1797 360791
The Mint
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The Mint — Antique store on 54 The Mint.
54 The Mint, TN31 7EW
Rye House Antiques
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Rye House Antiques is Antique store on Wish Street, Rye. Rye House Antiques also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Fr 10:00-16:00; Sa-Su 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Wish Street, Rye, TN31 7DA
Hours: We-Fr 10:00-16:00; Sa-Su 10:00-17:00
Aladdin's Loft
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Aladdin's Loft — Antique store.
The Dandelion Clock Antiques Centre
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The Dandelion Clock Antiques Centre is Antique store.
Where Memories Meet
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Where Memories Meet — Antique store, found on 188 Tonbridge Road in Maidstone.
188 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, ME18 5NS
Tenterden Antiques Centre
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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
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
Pushkin's
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Pushkin's is Antique store on 64 High Street.
64 High Street
Tower Forge
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Tower Forge — Antique store. Also worth knowing about Tower Forge: the map lists its hours as Fr 10:30-17:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 10:30-16:30; PH 10:30-17:00.
Hours: Fr 10:30-17:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 10:30-16:30; PH 10:30-17:00
Cosy Dot Company
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Cosy Dot Company is Antique store on 1 Needles Passage.
1 Needles Passage
antiques
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antiques is Antique store on 19 High Street, Cranbrook. antiques also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo,Tu,Fr,Sa 09:30-18:00+; We,Th,Su off.
19 High Street, Cranbrook, TN17 3EE
Hours: Mo,Tu,Fr,Sa 09:30-18:00+; We,Th,Su off
Re-memories Antiques
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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
The Bonery
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The Bonery — Antique store, found on 49 High Street in Battle.
49 High Street, Battle, TN33 0EN
Antique Jewellery
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Antique Jewellery is Antique store on 29 High Street, Battle.
29 High Street, Battle
Barnaby's
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Barnaby's is Antique store on 50 High Street, Battle.
50 High Street, Battle
Memories & Moonbeams
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Memories & Moonbeams is Antique store on Oxford Street, Whitstable.
Oxford Street, Whitstable
Peter Hoare
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Peter Hoare is Antique store on 14. Peter Hoare also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
14
Sing To The Moon
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Sing To The Moon is Antique store on 48 High Street, Heathfield.
48 High Street, Heathfield, TN21 8JB
Sedlescombe
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Sedlescombe is Antique store on The St. Sedlescombe also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-16:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
The St, TN33 0QB
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-16:30
Phone: +441424871424
Vintage
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Vintage is Antique store on 115 Queensway, Orpington. Vintage also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
115 Queensway, Orpington, BR5 1DG
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.
Chris Thompson Gallery
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Chris Thompson Gallery is Antique store on 9 Cinque Ports Street, Rye.
9 Cinque Ports Street, Rye, TN31 7AD
Marchant & Mills
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Marchant & Mills is Antique store on 9 Lion Street, Rye.
9 Lion Street, Rye
Cottage Style
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Cottage Style — Antique store on 24.
24
Kristies Antiques
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Kristies Antiques — Antique store, found on High Street in Borough Green.
High Street, Borough Green
Rye Antiques
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Rye Antiques is Antique store.
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
Memories
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Memories is Antique store.
Hamilton Antique Market
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Hamilton Antique Market — Antique store, found on Main Road in Sidcup.
Main Road, Sidcup, DA14 6ND
Antinque shop
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Antinque shop — 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
Tinker & Toad
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Tinker & Toad is Antique store on 57 High Street, Heathfield. Tinker & Toad also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
57 High Street, Heathfield, TN21 8HU
Phone: +44 1435 863535
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
Hoof Brocante
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Hoof Brocante is Antique store.
Mr Bentley
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Mr Bentley is Antique store.
Northfleet Hill Antiques
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Northfleet Hill Antiques — Antique store on 36 The Hill.
36 The Hill
Hidden Treasures
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Hidden Treasures — Antique store.
Anchors Away Vintage
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Anchors Away Vintage is Antique store on Harbour Street, Whitstable.
Harbour Street, Whitstable
Geoff Laurens Antiques
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Geoff Laurens Antiques is Antique store on Harbour Street, Whitstable.
Harbour Street, Whitstable
Warehams
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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
Pareglio & Ayres
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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
Down Lane Hall Antiques
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Down Lane Hall Antiques is Antique store.
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
What the map tells us about antique stores in Maidstone
7 of the 57 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — antique shops keep civilised hours, so the listed times are usually good.
11 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 Maidstone antique trail
The efficient Maidstone antique trail strings these together: Pope's Cottage Antiques, Luvly Jubbly, Quayside Antiques, Wishbarn Antiques on 101 High Street, Soldiers of Rye on 110 High Street, Cinque Port Antiques on 1 Cinque Ports Street, Needles Antiques on 15-17 Cinque Ports Street, and Rye Antiques on 7b Market Road — 57 stops, one logical order. 49 more are listed below.
Antique hunting tips for Maidstone
Hunting antiques in Maidstone? A few rules help:
- Learn the local estate rhythm at Pope's Cottage Antiques. Estate clearances feed the shops. Ask when fresh estate stock typically arrives.
- Go to the preview, not just the sale at Luvly Jubbly. Estate and auction previews let you inspect properly. The sale itself is theatre; the preview is work.
- Learn the marks. Maker's marks, hallmarks, factory stamps — they're the ID cards of antiques. A loupe and a marks guide change everything.
- Bring measurements. That sideboard is useless if it won't fit through your door. Measure the room and the car before you fall in love.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Maidstone — 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 Maidstone can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 57, or a antique store we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
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 57 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 Maidstone: 57 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.