Record stores in Banbury
Vinyl hunting in Banbury, England? There are 18 record shops mapped here. That's 18 record shops mapped around Banbury. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. The new-arrivals bin is always the first stop — that's where the good stuff lands before anyone else sees it.
This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Banbury (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include HMV and Music Matters, plus Caswells & Hertitage Music. If a record shop's missing from Banbury's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Banbury record lineup
18 mapped within about 40 km:
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store.
Music Matters
Record store
Music Matters is Record store on 10a Chapel Street, Stratford-upon-Avon. Music Matters also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
10a Chapel Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6EP
Caswells & Hertitage Music
Record storeRun by Caswells & Hertitage Music
Caswells & Hertitage Music is Record store run by Caswells & Hertitage Music on Banbury Road, Brackley.
Banbury Road, Brackley, NN13 6BA
Warwick Guitars
Record store
Warwick Guitars — Record store, found on 54 Smith Street in Warwick.
54 Smith Street, Warwick, CV34 4HS
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store on 4 Princes Walk, Northampton. HMV also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30; Su 10:30-16:30; it has a website with more detail.
4 Princes Walk, Northampton, NN1 2EL
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30; Su 10:30-16:30
Bop Shop
Record store
Bop Shop — Record store.
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store on 21-25 Acorn Walk, Milton Keynes.
21-25 Acorn Walk, Milton Keynes, MK9 3AD
Presto Music
Record store
Presto Music — Record store, found on Regent Grove in Leamington Spa. Also worth knowing about Presto Music: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-17:30; Sa 09:00-17:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Regent Grove, Leamington Spa
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-17:30; Sa 09:00-17:30
Phone: +44 1926 317025
Leamington Record Store
Record store
Leamington Record Store is Record store. Leamington Record Store also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Sa 11:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: We-Sa 11:00-16:00
Phone: +44 7765 676756
Neu
Record store
Neu — Record store.
Head
Record store
Head is Record store on Lower Mall. Head also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30; Su 10:30-16:30.
Lower Mall
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30; Su 10:30-16:30
Off The Record
Record store
Off The Record — Record store.
Fabtronic Group
Record store
Fabtronic Group — Record store, found on Summerhouse Road in Northampton. Also worth knowing about Fabtronic Group: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Summerhouse Road, Northampton, NN3 6GL
Phone: +44 1604 638100
JS Records
Record store
JS Records — Record store on 50 Henley Street.
50 Henley Street, CV37 6QW
Riverman Records
Record store
Riverman Records is Record store on 153 Walton Street, Oxford. Riverman Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
153 Walton Street, Oxford
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-17:00
Phone: +441865553577
Truck Store
Record store
Truck Store — Record store on 101 Cowley Road. Also worth knowing about Truck Store: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-18:00; PH 10:00-17:00.
101 Cowley Road
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-18:00; PH 10:00-17:00
Evesham Music
Record store
Evesham Music — Record store on Herbery Courtyard.
Herbery Courtyard
Truck
Record store
Truck — Record store. Also worth knowing about Truck: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30.
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30
What the map tells us about record stores in Banbury
7 of the 18 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.
4 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
The Banbury record crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: HMV, Music Matters on 10a Chapel Street, Caswells & Hertitage Music on Banbury Road, Warwick Guitars on 54 Smith Street, HMV on 4 Princes Walk, Bop Shop, HMV on 21-25 Acorn Walk, and Presto Music on Regent Grove. That's 18 stops on the Banbury record crawl. 10 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Banbury
A few things worth knowing before you work through Banbury's record stores:
- Inspect the seams at HMV. Split seams and ring wear tell you how a record lived. Light wear is fine; trashed sleeves drag the value.
- Check for warps in the shop at Music Matters. Hold the record at eye level and sight along it. Warps that look minor at home look obvious in the store.
- Genre-hop. The best finds are in the sections you don't know. Jazz collectors find gold in the classical bins and vice versa.
- Handle records properly in the shop. By the edges, never the grooves. Shops notice, and so do the records.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Banbury — 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 record store in Banbury can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 18, or a record 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 stock — both change by the day. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 18 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.
Record store listings for Banbury: 18 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.