Antique stores in Southend-on-Sea
Antique shops are history you can buy. Southend-on-Sea, Essex has 28 mapped right now. That's 28 antique shops mapped around Southend-on-Sea. 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 Southend-on-Sea (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Kelvedon Clocks and Luvly Jubbly, plus Aladdin's Loft. If an antique shop's missing from Southend-on-Sea's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Southend-on-Sea antique lineup
28 mapped within about 40 km:
Kelvedon Clocks
Antique store
Kelvedon Clocks is Antique store.
Luvly Jubbly
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Luvly Jubbly — Antique store.
Aladdin's Loft
Antique store
Aladdin's Loft — 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
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
Memories & Moonbeams
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Memories & Moonbeams is Antique store on Oxford Street, Whitstable.
Oxford Street, Whitstable
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Briggsys
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Briggsys is Antique store.
The Bay Emporium
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The Bay Emporium — Antique store.
Northfleet Hill Antiques
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Northfleet Hill Antiques — Antique store on 36 The Hill.
36 The Hill
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
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
Origin Antiques
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Origin Antiques is Antique store.
What the map tells us about antique stores in Southend-on-Sea
2 of the 28 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — antique shops keep civilised hours, so the listed times are usually good.
3 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 Southend-on-Sea antique trail
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Kelvedon Clocks, Luvly Jubbly, Aladdin's Loft, Where Memories Meet on 188 Tonbridge Road, Muggeridge Farm on Maltings Road, Memories & Moonbeams on Oxford Street, Les and Gary's Antiques, and Des and Barry's House of Furniture. That's 28 stops on the Southend-on-Sea antique trail. 20 more are listed below.
Antique hunting tips for Southend-on-Sea
The dealers' own advice, for Southend-on-Sea:
- Check auction results at Kelvedon Clocks. A quick search of recent auction prices tells you what things actually sell for — not what dealers ask.
- Ask about provenance at Luvly Jubbly. Where did it come from? The story matters for value and for your own enjoyment. Good dealers document it.
- Ask for the story. The best dealers know where pieces came from. The story is part of what you're buying.
- 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 40 km around Southend-on-Sea — 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 Southend-on-Sea can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 28, 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 28 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 Southend-on-Sea: 28 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.