Britains best antiques shops

Last November, in conjunction with Antiques News & Fairs, the organisers of National Antiques Week, we asked readers of Homes & Antiques and the general public to vote for their favourite antiques businesses, from shops and vintage emporia to antiques centres and auction houses, in our Britain's Best Antiques Shops awards.
 

We have had a fantastic response and the votes have now all been counted so we are delighted to reveal that the shortlist, in alphabetical order, for each category is as follows:

 

Best antiques shop
* Blighty Antiques, Cheltenham
* Collinge Antiques, Llandudno Junction
* Phoenix Antiques Barn, Penrith
* Richard Gardner Antiques, Chichester
* Spencer Swaffer Antiques, Arundel

Best specialist shop
* Christopher Clarke Antiques, Stow on the Wold
* Glass Etc, Rye
* Manfred Schotten Antiques, Burford
* Michael & Jo Saffell, Bath
* The Design Gallery, Westerham

Best antiques centre
* Brackley Antique Cellar
* Hemswell Antique Centre, Gainsborough
* Hungerford Arcade
* The Swan at Tetsworth
* Woodbridge Antiques Centre

Best vintage/midcentury shop
* Decoratum, London
* Nanadobbie, Brighton
* Purple Haze, York
* Vintage Emporium, York
* Vintage Treasures, Hinckley

Best auction house
* Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield
* Fellows Auctioneers, Birmingham
* McTear’s Auctioneers, Glasgow
* Rosebery’s Auctioneers, London
* Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn

Congratulations to everyone who's been shortlisted, and thanks to all of you who voted. Kirstie Allsopp will be announcing the winners at the Bath Decorative & Antiques Fair on 8th March. And look out for our feature in the May issue, out 5th April.