Record stores in Norwich
Norwich, England has 18 record stores on the map. That's 18 record shops mapped around Norwich. 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 Norwich (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Music Lovers and Good Times, plus Oxfam Books & Music. If a record shop's missing from Norwich's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Norwich record lineup
18 mapped within about 40 km:
Music Lovers
Record store
Music Lovers — Record store, found on 106 High Street in Great Yarmouth.
106 High Street, Great Yarmouth, NR31 6RF
Good Times
Record store
Good Times is Record store on 73 Regent Road, Great Yarmouth.
73 Regent Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2AJ
Oxfam Books & Music
Record store
Oxfam Books & Music — Record store, found on 9-11 Bedford Street in Norwich. Also worth knowing about Oxfam Books & Music: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:30-17:30; Su 11:00-15:00; it has a website with more detail.
9-11 Bedford Street, Norwich, NR2 1AR
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:30-17:30; Su 11:00-15:00
Beatniks
Record store
Beatniks — Record store, found on 50 Magdalen Street in Norwich. Also worth knowing about Beatniks: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-17:30; it has a website with more detail.
50 Magdalen Street, Norwich, NR3 1JE
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:30
Out of Time Records
Record store
Out of Time Records — Record store, found on 4 Magdalen Street in Norwich. Also worth knowing about Out of Time Records: it has a website with more detail.
4 Magdalen Street, Norwich, NR3 1HU
Disc 'N' Dat
Record store
Disc 'N' Dat is Record store on 3 Market Place, North Walsham.
3 Market Place, North Walsham, NR28 9BP
Holt Vinyl Vault
Record store
Holt Vinyl Vault is Record store on 1 Cromer Road, Holt.
1 Cromer Road, Holt, NR25 6AA
Venus Vinyl
Record store
Venus Vinyl — Record store, found on 136 Magdalen Street in Norwich.
136 Magdalen Street, Norwich, NR3 1JD
Dan's Music
Record store
Dan's Music — Record store.
Circular Sound
Record store
Circular Sound is Record store on 5 Saint Benedicts Street, Norwich.
5 Saint Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4PE
Halesworth Music Emporium
Record store
Halesworth Music Emporium is Record store on Bridge Street, Halesworth. Halesworth Music Emporium also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Bridge Street, Halesworth
Phone: +44 7715 342994
Buy Gone Vinyl
Record store
Buy Gone Vinyl — Record store, found on 8 Market Place in Diss.
8 Market Place, Diss
Soundclash
Record store
Soundclash is Record store on 28 Saint Benedicts Street, Norwich. Soundclash also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
28 Saint Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AQ
Ian O'Brien Music
Record store
Ian O'Brien Music — Record store, found on 89 Portersfield Road in Norwich. Also worth knowing about Ian O'Brien Music: it has a website with more detail.
89 Portersfield Road, Norwich, NR2 3JU
East Coast Jazz
Record store
East Coast Jazz — Record store, found on 103 High Street in Lowestoft. Also worth knowing about East Coast Jazz: the map lists its hours as Th,Fr 10:00-13:00,14:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-13:00.
103 High Street, Lowestoft, NR32 1XW
Hours: Th,Fr 10:00-13:00,14:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-13:00
Sound & Vision
Record store
Sound & Vision — Record store, found on 18-32 Station Square in Lowestoft.
18-32 Station Square, Lowestoft, NR32 1BA
Aux
Record store
Aux is Record store on 191 London Road South, Lowestoft.
191 London Road South, Lowestoft
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store on 128-131 Merchants' Hall, Norwich. HMV also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
128-131 Merchants' Hall, Norwich, NR2 1SH
What the map tells us about record stores in Norwich
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.
6 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
The Norwich record crawl
Making a day of it in Norwich? Work this order: Music Lovers on 106 High Street, Good Times on 73 Regent Road, Oxfam Books & Music on 9-11 Bedford Street, Beatniks on 50 Magdalen Street, Out of Time Records on 4 Magdalen Street, Disc 'N' Dat on 3 Market Place, Holt Vinyl Vault on 1 Cromer Road, and Venus Vinyl on 136 Magdalen Street. That's the record crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 10 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Norwich
Digging in Norwich? A few habits pay off:
- Bring cash for the small shops at Music Lovers. Some independents prefer it, and a cash offer on a stack can occasionally move the price.
- Don't skip the 45s at Good Times. The singles boxes get less traffic and hide great finds. B-sides are the deep cuts of record shopping.
- Handle records properly in the shop. By the edges, never the grooves. Shops notice, and so do the records.
- The dollar bin is honest work. Nobody's getting rich off the dollar bin, but the joy-per-dollar ratio is unbeatable. Flip through all of it.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Norwich — 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 Norwich can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 18 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 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 Norwich: 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.