Record Stores / United Kingdom

Record Stores in Bristol, United Kingdom

24 record stores — last verified July 2026.

• Astro Vinyl

  Open Hours not listed

  Small city-centre shop, cafe and bookshop on Park Row owned by Alex Reed, selling used vinyl and CDs across metal, punk, psych, funk and soul alongside coffee and books.

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• Black City Records

  Open 10am–7pm today

  The South West's only dedicated heavy metal record shop, founded 2021 by David Savage in Bristol city centre, stocking new and pre-owned metal vinyl, CDs, cassettes and merchandise.

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• The Centre For Better Grooves

  Open Hours not listed

  Used-vinyl shop on Gloucester Road sharing premises with Paul Roberts Hi-Fi, founded by former Fopp/Rise director Gordon Montgomery with a jazz, soul and funk focus and free coffee for browsers.

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• Cherry Waves Vinyl

  Open Hours not listed

  Father-and-son run record shop in St George/Redfield with over 3,700 vinyl records plus CDs, tapes and other formats spanning pre-loved classics to new releases.

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• Collector Cave

  Open Hours not listed

  Independent Cheltenham Road shop run by Guy and Ben selling used vinyl, CDs, DVDs, cassettes and collectables, with monthly open-deck nights for local DJs.

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• Face The Dawn Records

  Open Hours not listed

  Secondhand record stall at the back of St Nicholas Market alongside Wanted Records, Payback Records and The Rock Shop, also selling a small range of secondhand hi-fi equipment.

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• Fred and Alf's Music and Collectables

  Open Hours not listed

  Secondhand vinyl, CD, cassette and vintage audio equipment stall in the indoor market on Regent Street, Kingswood, on Bristol's eastern edge.

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• Disk Frisk

  Open Hours not listed

  Independent second-hand record shop in St Paul's specialising in lost sounds from the late 1970s to early 2000s across a wide range of genres. Web-discovered addition not in the OSM leads.

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• Friendly Records

  Open Hours not listed

  Bedminster record shop open since 2016 selling mainly used vinyl with some new releases across hip-hop, soul, funk, jazz and global genres, plus books, hi-fi gear and prints.

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• HMV

  Open Hours not listed

  Cabot Circus-area HMV store on Broadmead stocking vinyl and CDs on its upper floor alongside DVDs, pop-culture merchandise and a book corner, following a store refurbishment.

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• Hotwax

  Open 10am–5pm today

  New record shop and cafe near Gloucester Road opened October 2025 by Nathan Worm of Worm Disco Club, selling vinyl, art prints and DJ accessories alongside Radical Roasters coffee.

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• Idle Hands

  Open 12pm–6pm today

  Bristol's underground dance-music specialist, vinyl-only across house, techno, garage, dubstep, jungle and bass; closed in 2022 after a decade on City Road and reopened on Lower Park Row in November 2024.

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• Longwell Records

  Open Hours not listed

  Independent record shop with 10,000+ albums and in-store gigs run by Iain Aitchison; relocated from a decade in Keynsham to Clifton Arcade in February 2026.

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• Oxfam Books & Music

  Open 10am–6pm today

  Oxfam charity shop at the top of Park Street specialising in books, vinyl records, CDs and DVDs, opposite Bristol University near Cabot Tower.

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• Payback Records

  Open Hours not listed

  Vinyl-only reggae and dub specialist stall trading in St Nicholas Market for over 25 years, also stocking jazz, soul, rock and hip hop, run by owner Paul Craine.

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• Planet Caravan

  Open Hours not listed

  Permanent record shop fixture inside the Strange Brew venue and cafe-bar on Fairfax Street, stocking new and used vinyl, books and merchandise.

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• Plastic Wax Records

  Open Hours not listed

  Bristol's longest-established second-hand record and CD shop, trading since 1978, with roughly 12,000 albums A-Z by genre and the South West's largest used CD selection.

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• Prime Cuts

  Open Hours not listed

  Basement digging spot beneath Repsycho Clothing on Gloucester Road, servicing collectors and DJs with a large stock of second-hand vinyl across most genres. Web-discovered addition not in the OSM leads.

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• The Rock Shop

  Open Hours not listed

  St Nicholas Market stall run by local promoter Jon Murray selling new and second-hand rock, metal, punk and alternative vinyl, CDs, DVDs and memorabilia, and buying record collections.

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• Rooted Records

  Open 10am–6pm today

  Independent vinyl shop on Gloucester Road in Bishopston, part of Bristol's densest strip of record shops alongside Prime Cuts and The Centre For Better Grooves.

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• Rough Trade

  Open 10am–7pm today

  4,500 sq ft Rough Trade store opened December 2017 in Bristol's city centre, staffed by former Rise Bristol employees, with a Beavertown cafe-bar and a live performance room alongside vinyl, CDs and books.

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• Shall Not Fade Store

  Open Hours not listed

  Record store and creative space run by Bristol-born house/electronic label Shall Not Fade, sharing its St Nicholas Street unit with Plant Works, a plant shop.

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• Specialist Subject Records

  Open Hours not listed

  Vinyl-focused record label and shop sited above music venue The Exchange on Old Market, specialising in punk, hardcore, emo and underground rock, alongside zines, tapes and merch. Web-discovered addition not in the OSM leads.

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• Wanted Records

  Open 10:30am–5:30pm today

  Bristol's destination for rare and collectible vinyl since 2009, specialising in folk, reggae, psychedelic and jazz; moved to a larger High Street space with two listening decks in 2022.

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