Record stores in Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire has 2 record stores on the map. That's 2 record shops mapped around Stratford-upon-Avon. 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 Stratford-upon-Avon (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Music Matters and JS Records. If a record shop's missing from Stratford-upon-Avon's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Stratford-upon-Avon record lineup

2 in Stratford-upon-Avon, plus 7 more around Stratford-upon-Avon below:

What the map tells us about record stores in Stratford-upon-Avon

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 two mapped record stores sit on 10a Chapel Street and 50 Henley Street — close enough to make a single outing of it.

The Stratford-upon-Avon record crawl

The efficient Stratford-upon-Avon record crawl strings these together: Music Matters on 10a Chapel Street and JS Records on 50 Henley Street — 2 stops, one logical order.

Record digging tips for Stratford-upon-Avon

Digging in Stratford-upon-Avon? A few habits pay off:

• Bring a want-list at Music Matters. Write down what you're hunting. Digging is fun, but a list turns luck into strategy.
• Hit the new-arrivals bin first at JS Records. That's where fresh stock lands before anyone else sees it. The good stuff rarely survives the week.
• Bring cash for the small shops. Some independents prefer it, and a cash offer on a stack can occasionally move the price.
• Don't skip the 45s. The singles boxes get less traffic and hide great finds. B-sides are the deep cuts of record shopping.

Good to know

We searched about 25 km around Stratford-upon-Avon — 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 Stratford-upon-Avon 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 Stratford-upon-Avon

7 more within about 25 km of Stratford-upon-Avon, nearest first: