Record stores in Ipswich
Ipswich, England has 18 record stores on the map. That's 18 record shops mapped around Ipswich. 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 Ipswich (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Rocket Music Store and Stone Rock Records, plus Vinyl Hunter. If a record shop's missing from Ipswich's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Ipswich record lineup
18 mapped within about 40 km:
Rocket Music Store
Record store
Rocket Music Store is Record store on 6-8 St Nicholas Street, Ipswich. Rocket Music Store also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-17:00; Su off; it has a website with more detail.
6-8 St Nicholas Street, Ipswich, IP1 1TJ
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-17:00; Su off
Stone Rock Records
Record store
Stone Rock Records is Record store on 51 Head Street, Colchester. Stone Rock Records also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
51 Head Street, Colchester
Vinyl Hunter
Record store
Vinyl Hunter is Record store on 56 St Johns Street, Bury St Edmunds. Vinyl Hunter also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-18:00; Fr,Sa 10:00-23:00; Su 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
56 St Johns Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1SN
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-18:00; Fr,Sa 10:00-23:00; Su 10:00-16:00
Phone: +44 1284 725410
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store on Sailmakers, Ipswich. HMV also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30; Su 10:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
Sailmakers, Ipswich
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-17:30; Su 10:00-16:00
Better on Vinyl
Record store
Better on Vinyl — Record store on 3 College Road. Also worth knowing about Better on Vinyl: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3 College Road
Phone: +44 7956 194599
Oxfam Books & Music
Record store
Oxfam Books & Music — Record store, found on Buttermarket in Ipswich. Also worth knowing about Oxfam Books & Music: it has a website with more detail.
Buttermarket, Ipswich, IP1 1BJ
Out of Time Records
Record store
Out of Time Records — Record store, found on 46 Fore Street in Ipswich. Also worth knowing about Out of Time Records: it has a website with more detail.
46 Fore Street, Ipswich, IP4 1JY
Your Vinyl Answer
Record store
Your Vinyl Answer is Record store on 29a High Street, Sudbury. Your Vinyl Answer also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
29a High Street, Sudbury, CO10 8NY
Fred's Bar & Vinyl
Record store
Fred's Bar & Vinyl — Record store, found on 7 Ipswich Street in Stowmarket.
7 Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, IP14 1AB
Buy Gone Vinyl
Record store
Buy Gone Vinyl — Record store, found on 8 Market Place in Diss.
8 Market Place, Diss
Magic Music
Record store
Magic Music — Record store, found on 61-63 in Clacton-on-Sea.
61-63, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1TE
Music Mania
Record store
Music Mania — Record store, found on 18 High Street in Clacton-on-Sea.
18 High Street, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1NR
Sound Solution Consultants
Record store
Sound Solution Consultants is Record store on White House Road, Ipswich. Sound Solution Consultants also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
White House Road, Ipswich, IP1 5LT
Phone: +44 1473 396 332
Manns Music
Record store
Manns Music is Record store on 123 High Street, Colchester.
123 High Street, Colchester
Classics
Record store
Classics — Record store, found on 2a Osborne Street in Colchester.
2a Osborne Street, Colchester, CO2 7DP
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store on 27-30 Culver Square, Colchester. HMV also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
27-30 Culver Square, Colchester, CO1 1WF
Rewind Records
Record store
Rewind Records is Record store on 19d Gaol Lane, Sudbury.
19d Gaol Lane, Sudbury, CO10 1JL
Red Eye Records
Record store
Red Eye Records — Record store, found on 47 Knightsdale Road in Ipswich. Also worth knowing about Red Eye Records: it has a website with more detail.
47 Knightsdale Road, Ipswich, IP1 4JJ
What the map tells us about record stores in Ipswich
3 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.
11 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
The Ipswich record crawl
The efficient Ipswich record crawl strings these together: Rocket Music Store on 6-8 St Nicholas Street, Stone Rock Records on 51 Head Street, Vinyl Hunter on 56 St Johns Street, HMV on Sailmakers, Better on Vinyl on 3 College Road, Oxfam Books & Music on Buttermarket, Out of Time Records on 46 Fore Street, and Your Vinyl Answer on 29a High Street — 18 stops, one logical order. 10 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Ipswich
Digging in Ipswich? A few habits pay off:
- Ask about want-list services at Rocket Music Store. Good shops will keep an eye out for your grails. It takes patience, but the call when it lands is worth it.
- Check the bargain wall rhythm at Stone Rock Records. Shops restock the cheap sections on cycles. Ask when — that's when the fresh bargains land.
- Learn your labels. Certain labels mean certain quality. A quick education in the labels of your favourite genres pays off fast.
- Check the vinyl, not just the sleeve. Slide it out (carefully, by the edges) and look at it in good light. Sleeves lie; vinyl doesn't.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Ipswich — 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 Ipswich can take a while to appear. The 18 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 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 Ipswich: 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.