Palace Antiques has the big boy patch of what is otherwise known as the antiques mile. If you are…read morelooking for vintage/Edwardian/Victorian/jewellery/clothes - you name it, you stand a good chance of finding it in this street. Most of the owners are all pleasingly eccentric, and very knowledgeable of their trade. This shop is deceptively large, it keeps going on into other rooms, and spills out onto the road. Because of the size of this shop, they can get plenty of furniture in here. There are dressers, cabinets, huge mirrors, chandeliers. They also seem to do an interesting selection of iron statues, I saw one that was about 7 foot high. I was particularly interested by the frame dried and preserved butterflies - there was about 50 different types in one cabinet. Crustacean lovers, there was also an exceptionally large preserved crab in one frame. Please, no one get this for me for Christmas.

Large selection from various periods- housewares, linens, hardware, art, books, clothing, jewelry,…read moreand albums. Antiques from UK to all corners of the earth. Organized with friendly staff.

The road where The Emporium sits on is known as the antiques road. We have about 6 in one street,…read moreall specialising in slightly different genres. The Emporium is the biggest of all the antiques shops in Bridge Road, and the most comprehensive. While it used to be even larger- it took up 3 floors of this grand building - it still is stuffed with an array of antique goodies. There are around 40 sellers in here, each person has their own stand - and their own style. So vintage watch clocks sit along side pop memorabilia which sit alongside 1950's tea sets. There is plenty of vintage fashion and jewellery in here as well. If you pop in, look for a stand owned by a girl called Kirsty - she has some glorious pieces on display. I spied some beautiful 1940's gloves when I was last here, as well as a couple of parasols from the 1950's.