Antique stores in Manchester
Antique shops are history you can buy. Manchester, England has 42 mapped right now. That's 42 antique shops mapped around Manchester. 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 Manchester (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Agapanthus and Colourfield Antiques, plus Kurios. If an antique shop's missing from Manchester's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Manchester antique lineup
42 mapped within about 40 km:
Agapanthus
Antique store
Agapanthus is Antique store on 2 Cumber Lane.
2 Cumber Lane
Colourfield Antiques
Antique store
Colourfield Antiques — Antique store.
Kurios
Antique store
Kurios — Antique store, found on 13 King Street in Oldham.
13 King Street, Oldham, OL3 5DL
20th Century Stores
Antique store
20th Century Stores is Antique store on 1-5 Park Street, Stockport.
1-5 Park Street, Stockport, SK1 1EZ
The Old Curiosity Shop
Antique store
The Old Curiosity Shop is Antique store.
Cottage Antiques
Antique store
Cottage Antiques is Antique store.
Insitu Manchester
Antique store
Insitu Manchester is Antique store. Insitu Manchester also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00
F Tomlinson & Son
Antique store
F Tomlinson & Son — Antique store.
The Little Shop
Antique store
The Little Shop is Antique store.
Carlton Emporium
Antique store
Carlton Emporium is Antique store.
Antiques and Fine Things
Antique store
Antiques and Fine Things is Antique store on 28a Town Street, Stockport.
28a Town Street, Stockport, SK6 5AA
Memories Antiques
Antique store
Memories Antiques — Antique store.
Agapanthus Interiors
Antique store
Agapanthus Interiors is Antique store on 75-79 Wellington Street, Stockport.
75-79 Wellington Street, Stockport, SK1 1FE
Room At The Top
Antique store
Room At The Top — Antique store, found on 7 Park Street in Stockport.
7 Park Street, Stockport, SK1 1EZ
Second Time Around
Antique store
Second Time Around — Antique store, found on 701 Oldham Road in Manchester.
701 Oldham Road, Manchester, M35 9AT
Valley Antiques Centre
Antique store
Valley Antiques Centre — Antique store. Also worth knowing about Valley Antiques Centre: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +44 1422 887420; +44 7780 687139
Rooms Todmorden
Antique store
Rooms Todmorden — Antique store, found on 11 Burnley Road in Todmorden. Also worth knowing about Rooms Todmorden: it has a website with more detail.
11 Burnley Road, Todmorden, OL14 7BU
Serendipity Antiques
Antique store
Serendipity Antiques is Antique store on 1 Bridge Street, Huddersfield. Serendipity Antiques also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1 Bridge Street, Huddersfield, HD4 6EL
Phone: +44 7967 919292
Empire House Antiques
Antique store
Empire House Antiques — Antique store, found on 6-8 Wrigley Head in Manchester.
6-8 Wrigley Head, Manchester, M35 9BL
George House
Antique store
George House is Antique store.
Nimbus Antiques
Antique store
Nimbus Antiques — Antique store.
Grant's Bulldog Forge
Antique store
Grant's Bulldog Forge is Antique store.
Collectables & Antiques
Antique store
Collectables & Antiques — Antique store on 8 Rochdale Road. Also worth knowing about Collectables & Antiques: the map lists its hours as Mo-We off; Th-Su 10:30-16:30.
8 Rochdale Road
Hours: Mo-We off; Th-Su 10:30-16:30
Porcupine
Antique store
Porcupine is Antique store.
Andy Thornton
Antique store
Andy Thornton — Antique store, found on Stainland Road in Halifax.
Stainland Road, Halifax, HX4 8AD
Peggys Cove
Antique store
Peggys Cove — Antique store.
Northwich Auction
Antique store
Northwich Auction is Antique store on 6 Runcorn Road, Barnton, Northwich. Northwich Auction also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6 Runcorn Road, Barnton, Northwich, CW8 4EL
Phone: +44 1606 76222
Briggs & Oliver Antiques
Antique store
Briggs & Oliver Antiques — Antique store, found on 16 Huddersfield Road in Holmfirth. Also worth knowing about Briggs & Oliver Antiques: it has a website with more detail.
16 Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth, HD9 2JS
Arthur Lee
Antique store
Arthur Lee — Antique store.
Cobweb Antiques
Antique store
Cobweb Antiques is Antique store on 21b Carr Lane, Huddersfield.
21b Carr Lane, Huddersfield, HD7 5AN
Barnyard Antiques
Antique store
Barnyard Antiques — Antique store, found on Stainland motors Stainland Road in Halifax. Also worth knowing about Barnyard Antiques: it has a website with more detail.
Stainland motors Stainland Road, Halifax, HX4 9AJ
Michael Allcroft Antiques
Antique store
Michael Allcroft Antiques — Antique store, found on 203 Buxton Road in Stockport. Also worth knowing about Michael Allcroft Antiques: the map lists its hours as Th-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa-Su 11:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
203 Buxton Road, Stockport, SK12 2RA
Hours: Th-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa-Su 11:00-16:00
Phone: +44 1663 744014
Granny's Attic
Antique store
Granny's Attic is Antique store.
Bygone Times
Antique store
Bygone Times — Antique store, found on Grove Mill in Chorley.
Grove Mill, Chorley, PR7 5TZ
Levenshulme Antiques Village
Antique store
Levenshulme Antiques Village — Antique store, found on 965 Stockport Road in Manchester. Also worth knowing about Levenshulme Antiques Village: it has a website with more detail.
965 Stockport Road, Manchester, M19 3NP
Buchanans
Antique store
Buchanans is Antique store.
Collectable Bazaar
Antique store
Collectable Bazaar is Antique store.
Trading Post
Antique store
Trading Post is Antique store on 61 Leigh Road, Leigh.
61 Leigh Road, Leigh
Manor Antiques
Antique store
Manor Antiques is Antique store on 53 Masse Road, Altrincham.
53 Masse Road, Altrincham, WA15 9QT
Farrow House Antiques & Collectibles
Antique store
Farrow House Antiques & Collectibles — Antique store.
My Meadow Tree
Antique store
My Meadow Tree is Antique store on Market Place, Stockport.
Market Place, Stockport, SK1 1ES
Serendipity Antiques
Antique store
Serendipity Antiques is Antique store on 1-3 Bridge Street, Huddersfield.
1-3 Bridge Street, Huddersfield, HD4 6EL
What the map tells us about antique stores in Manchester
4 of the 42 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — antique shops keep civilised hours, so the listed times are usually good.
8 have websites listed. Worth a look for specialty areas — every dealer leans somewhere.
The Manchester antique trail
The efficient Manchester antique trail strings these together: Agapanthus on 2 Cumber Lane, Colourfield Antiques, Kurios on 13 King Street, 20th Century Stores on 1-5 Park Street, The Old Curiosity Shop, Cottage Antiques, Insitu Manchester, and F Tomlinson & Son — 42 stops, one logical order. 34 more are listed below.
Antique hunting tips for Manchester
Hunting antiques in Manchester? A few rules help:
- Learn to spot married pieces at Agapanthus. Furniture assembled from mismatched parts — 'married' — is worth far less. Check that everything matches in age and style.
- Ask about restoration at Colourfield Antiques. Has it been restored, and by whom? Honest restoration is fine; hidden restoration is a problem.
- Learn the local estate rhythm. Estate clearances feed the shops. Ask when fresh estate stock typically arrives.
- Check the back and underside. Construction tells the truth: dovetails, screws, saw marks. Flip it over (carefully) before you decide.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Manchester — 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 Manchester can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 42, 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 42 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 Manchester: 42 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.