Record Shops in Greater London

For anyone searching for record shops in Greater London, the options range from the historic clusters of Soho to neighbourhood gems across Camden, Hackney, Brixton, Peckham and Notting Hill. Soho’s Berwick Street is still the symbolic heart of London record shopping, sitting alongside a street market that has traded since 1778, and it remains a convenient base for crate-digging on foot. Within a few minutes’ walk you’ll find stalwarts such as Sister Ray (founded in 1989 on Berwick Street) alongside specialist destinations for club music and curation-led browsing—Phonica for electronic, Sounds of the Universe for deep, genre-spanning selections, and Honest Jon’s (established 1974) for everything from jazz and blues to left-field global discoveries. Further east, Rough Trade East inside the Old Truman Brewery is a flagship for new vinyl, exclusives and frequent in-store gigs, while Rough Trade’s story began in west London in 1976. Across the capital, many independents also run pre-orders, listening events and special drops, so it’s easy to plan a full day that pairs record hunting with nearby cafés, galleries and live venues.