Record stores in Bristol
Record shops reward the patient digger. Bristol, England has 35 mapped right now. That's 35 record shops mapped around Bristol. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. Check the grading before you pay — a visual grade and a play grade are two different things.
This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Bristol (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include The Centre For Better Grooves and Diverse Vinyl, plus HMV. If a record shop's missing from Bristol's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Bristol record lineup
35 mapped within about 40 km:
The Centre For Better Grooves
Record store
The Centre For Better Grooves — Record store. Also worth knowing about The Centre For Better Grooves: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +44 7736 638568
Diverse Vinyl
Record store
Diverse Vinyl is Record store on 10 Charles Street, Newport. Diverse Vinyl also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-17:30; Sa 10:00-16:00; Su off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
10 Charles Street, Newport, NP20 1JU
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-17:30; Sa 10:00-16:00; Su off
Phone: +44 1633 259661
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store.
Hannah's Music
Record store
Hannah's Music — Record store, found on Moor Street in Chepstow.
Moor Street, Chepstow
The Record Shop
Record store
The Record Shop — Record store, found on 1 Inverness Place in Cardiff.
1 Inverness Place, Cardiff, CF24 4RU
Raves from the Grave
Record store
Raves from the Grave is Record store on 2-3 King Street, Frome. Raves from the Grave also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2-3 King Street, Frome, BA11 1BH
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-17:00
Phone: +44 1373 464666
Retro Record Shop
Record store
Retro Record Shop is Record store on 268 Corporation Road, Newport. Retro Record Shop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu 10:00-16:30; We off; Th off; Fr-Sa 10:00-16:30; Su off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
268 Corporation Road, Newport, NP19 0DZ
Hours: Mo-Tu 10:00-16:30; We off; Th off; Fr-Sa 10:00-16:30; Su off
Phone: +44 1633 927 222
Mint and Sealed
Record store
Mint and Sealed — Record store, found on High Street in Newport. Also worth knowing about Mint and Sealed: the map lists its hours as Mo off; Tu off; We-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su off; it has a website with more detail.
High Street, Newport, NP20 1FX
Hours: Mo off; Tu off; We-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su off
Ghetto Funk
Record store
Ghetto Funk — Record store on 100 Walcot Street.
100 Walcot Street, BA1 5BG
Kriminal Records
Record store
Kriminal Records — Record store. Also worth knowing about Kriminal Records: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:30-16:30; Su off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Newport, NP20 1GD
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:30-16:30; Su off
Phone: +44 7875 386 597
Collector Cave
Record store
Collector Cave is Record store on 184 Cheltenham Road, Bristol.
184 Cheltenham Road, Bristol, BS6 5RB
Payback Records
Record store
Payback Records — Record store. Also worth knowing about Payback Records: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:30-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:30-17:00
Hotwax
Record store
Hotwax is Record store.
Cherry Waves Vinyl
Record store
Cherry Waves Vinyl — Record store on 254b Church Road. Also worth knowing about Cherry Waves Vinyl: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa-Su 11:00-16:00.
254b Church Road
Hours: Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa-Su 11:00-16:00
Black City Records
Record store
Black City Records is Record store on 16 Trenchard Street, Bristol.
16 Trenchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5AN
Resolution Records
Used record store
Resolution Records — Used record store on Unit 1 Green Park Road. Also worth knowing about Resolution Records: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Unit 1 Green Park Road, BA1 1JB
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +44 7900 497890
Elevator Sound
Record store
Elevator Sound — Record store, found on 74 Stokes Croft in Bristol.
74 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QY
Oxfam Books & Music
Record store
Oxfam Books & Music — Record store, found on 1 Canford Lane in Bristol. Also worth knowing about Oxfam Books & Music: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:30-17:00; Su 11:00-15:00; it has a website with more detail.
1 Canford Lane, Bristol, BS9 3DB
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:30-17:00; Su 11:00-15:00
Plastic Wax Records
Record store
Plastic Wax Records is Record store on 222 Cheltenham Road, Bristol. Plastic Wax Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 09:30-17:30; Tu-Fr 09:30-19:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
222 Cheltenham Road, Bristol, BS6 5QU
Hours: Mo 09:30-17:30; Tu-Fr 09:30-19:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +44 117 942 7368
Wanted Records
Record store
Wanted Records is Record store. Wanted Records also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Idle Hands
Record store
Idle Hands is Record store on 20-21 Lower Park Row, Bristol.
20-21 Lower Park Row, Bristol, BS1 5BN
Genesis
Record store
Genesis — Record store, found on 226 Stapleton Road in Bristol.
226 Stapleton Road, Bristol, BS5 0NX
Friendly Records
Record store
Friendly Records — Record store, found on 59 North Street in Bristol. Also worth knowing about Friendly Records: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 11:00-17:00; Su 12:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
59 North Street, Bristol, BS3 1ES
Hours: Tu-Fr 11:00-17:00; Su 12:00-16:00
Phone: +44 117 239 7169
Astro Vinyl
Record store
Astro Vinyl — Record store on 68 Park Row. Also worth knowing about Astro Vinyl: the map lists its hours as Mo 10:00-16:00; Tu-Fr 10:00-17:30; Sa 11:00-17:30; Su 11:00-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
68 Park Row
Hours: Mo 10:00-16:00; Tu-Fr 10:00-17:30; Sa 11:00-17:30; Su 11:00-15:00
Phone: +44 7900 544768
The Rock Shop
Record store
The Rock Shop — Record store.
Idle Hands
Record store
Idle Hands is Record store on 32 City Road, Bristol.
32 City Road, Bristol, BS2 8TP
Longwell Records
Record store
Longwell Records is Record store on Temple Street, Bristol.
Temple Street, Bristol, BS31 1EH
The Music Box Shop
Record store
The Music Box Shop — Record store, found on 36 Bristol Road in Bristol. Also worth knowing about The Music Box Shop: it has a website with more detail.
36 Bristol Road, Bristol, BS14 0PT
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store on 17-18 Milsom Street, Bath. HMV also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
17-18 Milsom Street, Bath, BA1 1DE
Rough Trade
Record store
Rough Trade — Record store, found on Nelson Street in Bristol. Also worth knowing about Rough Trade: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Nelson Street, Bristol, BS1 2BA
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +44 117 427 0463
Nailsea Music Shop
Record store
Nailsea Music Shop is Record store on 79 High Street, Bristol.
79 High Street, Bristol, BS48 1AW
bopdj
Record store
bopdj is Record store.
Bristol
Clevedon Music Shop
Record store
Clevedon Music Shop — Record store, found on 17 Alexandra Road in Clevedon. Also worth knowing about Clevedon Music Shop: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:30-17:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
17 Alexandra Road, Clevedon, BS21 7QH
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:30-17:30
Phone: +44 1275 342090
Waghorn Guitars
Record storeRun by Tom Waghorn
Waghorn Guitars is Record store run by Tom Waghorn on 1 Mill Avenue, Bristol. Waghorn Guitars also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:30-18:30; Sa 10:30-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
1 Mill Avenue, Bristol, BS1 4AJ
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:30-18:30; Sa 10:30-17:00
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store on 24-26 Broadmead, Bristol. HMV also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-18:30; Su 11:00-17:00.
24-26 Broadmead, Bristol, BS1 3HA
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-18:30; Su 11:00-17:00
What the map tells us about record stores in Bristol
17 of the 35 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.
14 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
The Bristol record crawl
The efficient Bristol record crawl strings these together: The Centre For Better Grooves, Diverse Vinyl on 10 Charles Street, HMV, Hannah's Music on Moor Street, The Record Shop on 1 Inverness Place, Raves from the Grave on 2-3 King Street, Retro Record Shop on 268 Corporation Road, and Mint and Sealed on High Street — 35 stops, one logical order. 27 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Bristol
A few things worth knowing before you work through Bristol's record stores:
- Genre-hop at The Centre For Better Grooves. The best finds are in the sections you don't know. Jazz collectors find gold in the classical bins and vice versa.
- Learn to spot reissues at Diverse Vinyl. Reissues are cheaper and often sound great. Originals cost more for the history. Know which you're paying for.
- Learn your labels. Certain labels mean certain quality. A quick education in the labels of your favourite genres pays off fast.
- Go often, dig briefly. Short frequent visits beat rare expeditions. Fifteen minutes twice a week outperforms a monthly dig.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Bristol — 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 Bristol can take a while to appear. The 35 above are only as current as the community map. A record 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 stock — both change by the day. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 35 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 Bristol: 35 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.