Record stores in Hexham
Hexham, Northumberland, England has 2 record stores on the map. That's 2 record shops mapped around Hexham. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. Bring a want-list, but leave room for the find you didn't know you needed.
This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Hexham (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Snap! Records and Tyneside Gallery. If a record shop's missing from Hexham's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Hexham record lineup
2 in Hexham, plus 12 more around Hexham below:
Snap! Records
Record store0.2 km from Hexham
Snap! Records — Record store, found on 20 Market Street in Hexham.
20 Market Street, Hexham, NE46 3NX
Tyneside Gallery
Record store0.4 km from Hexham
Tyneside Gallery is Record store.
What the map tells us about record stores in Hexham
None of the 2 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Record shops keep fairly standard retail hours; daytime visits are a safe bet.
The one mapped record store sits on 20 Market Street — worth combining with whatever else brings you to that side of town.
The Hexham record crawl
The efficient Hexham record crawl strings these together: Snap! Records on 20 Market Street and Tyneside Gallery — 2 stops, one logical order.
Record digging tips for Hexham
Digging in Hexham? A few habits pay off:
- Check Discogs before big purchases at Snap! Records. A quick price check on your phone keeps everyone honest — you and the shop.
- Genre-hop at Tyneside Gallery. The best finds are in the sections you don't know. Jazz collectors find gold in the classical bins and vice versa.
- The listening station is the test. If a record looks questionable, play the loud passages. That's where surface noise shows up.
- Visit on restock days. Shops process collections on rhythms. Ask when new used stock hits the floor and time your visits.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Hexham — 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 Hexham can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 2 that's closed, or a great record store we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
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 2 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.
Worth the trip: more record stores around Hexham
12 more within about 40 km of Hexham, nearest first:
HMV
Record store27.6 km from Hexham
HMV is Record store. HMV also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Beatdown Records
Record store30.8 km from Hexham
Beatdown Records is Record store on Bewick Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Beatdown Records also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Bewick Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5EE
Vinyl Guru
Record store30.8 km from Hexham
Vinyl Guru is Record store on 69 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. Vinyl Guru also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
69 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
Phone: +44 191 2420430
HMV
Record store30.9 km from Hexham
HMV is Record store on 28 Blackettbridge, Newcastle upon Tyne. HMV also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
28 Blackettbridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7XJ
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +44 843 221 0275
Reflex
Record store31.0 km from Hexham
Reflex — Record store, found on 23 Nun Street in Newcastle upon Tyne. Also worth knowing about Reflex: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
23 Nun Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5AG
Phone: +44 191 260 3246
Stay Free Records
Record store31.2 km from Hexham
Stay Free Records — Record store, found on 142 Northumberland Street in Newcastle upon Tyne.
142 Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7DQ
RPM Music
Record store31.2 km from Hexham
RPM Music is Record store on 4 Old George Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne.
4 Old George Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EZ
586 Records
Record store31.8 km from Hexham
586 Records — Record store, found on 65 High Street in Gateshead. Also worth knowing about 586 Records: it has a website with more detail.
65 High Street, Gateshead, NE8 2AP
Air Guitars
Record store32.4 km from Hexham
Air Guitars is Record store.
First for Music
Record store34.3 km from Hexham
First for Music — Record store.
Morpeth
Music Box
Record store39.8 km from Hexham
Music Box — Record store, found on Market Place in Durham. Also worth knowing about Music Box: it has a website with more detail.
Market Place, Durham, DH1 3NJ
The Record Shed
Record store39.8 km from Hexham
The Record Shed is Record store on Market Place, Durham. The Record Shed also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Market Place, Durham, DH1 3NJ
Record store listings for Hexham: 2 in Hexham and 12 more nearby 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.