14 Christmas Day lunch menus around Northampton for 2026, from £60.95 to £105, with children's prices, deposits and the pay-by date. Checked 10 November 2026.
Fourteen pubs and hotels in and around Northampton publish a Christmas Day 2026 menu, and this guide puts their prices, children’s menus and deposits in one place. The lowest are at the Spinney Hill and the Trumpet (£60.95 for three courses) and the Queen Eleanor in Wootton (£62.99). The Hopping Hare in Duston is the dearest at £105, and the village pubs at Chapel Brampton, Milton Malsor and Weedon sit between £80 and £90. The Quays at Billing Aquadrome is now fully booked. Every price was rechecked against the pub’s own page on 10 November 2026.
Christmas Day falls on a Friday this year. One date matters for most of the list: the Greene King, Chef & Brewer and Hungry Horse pubs want full payment and menu choices by Friday 11 December for any table booked by then. Toby Carvery’s deadline is earlier, 1 December.
Northampton
1. The Hopping Hare, Duston
The Hopping Hare is the hotel and restaurant on Hopping Hill Gardens in Duston, and the only independent on this list. Its Christmas 2026 brochure prices Christmas Day lunch at £105 for adults and £55 for children.
The menu opens with a butternut squash and sage soup, a ham hock and confit chicken terrine or beetroot-cured salmon, then roast turkey with chestnut and cranberry stuffing, slow-cooked beef brisket, sea bream or a baked butternut squash with pesto gnocchi. The restaurant takes a £20 a head non-refundable deposit, and wants the full balance and a pre-order two weeks before the day.
Boxing Day is £52, £25 for children.
Price Christmas Day £105, children £55; Boxing Day £52, children £25
Booking £20 a head non-refundable deposit; full balance and pre-order two weeks ahead
Call 01604 580090
Address 18 Hopping Hill Gardens, Duston, Northampton, NN5 6PF
Website hoppinghare.com/christmas.php
Good for independent, hotel rooms, vegetarian main, Boxing Day too
2. The Britannia, Bedford Road
The Britannia is the Chef & Brewer pub on Old Bedford Road. Its Christmas Day page links a menu at £86 for three courses, starting with a hot smoked salmon and prawn cocktail, a Croxton Manor cheese soufflé or a chicken liver and brandy pâté, then hand-carved roast turkey with a pig in blanket and sausage stuffing.
The children’s Christmas Day menu is £37. The pub asks a £10 deposit per adult and £5 per child, and no booking is confirmed until the menu choices are in.
Price Christmas Day £86, children £37
Booking £10 per adult and £5 per child deposit; full payment and choices by 11 December
Call 01604 630437
Address Old Bedford Road, Northampton, NN4 7AA
Website chefandbrewer.com/pubs/northamptonshire/britannia/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for riverside, children's menu, vegetarian main
3. The Spinney Hill, Kettering Road
The Spinney Hill is the Greene King pub on Kettering Road. Its Christmas Day page offers three courses for £60.95, which ties with the Trumpet as the cheapest on this list, and promises “all the trimmings” from sprouts to pigs in blankets.
A £10 a head deposit, children included, secures the table. Menu pre-orders opened on 21 October.
Choices and payment are due by 11 December for anything booked by then, and by 18 December for later bookings.
Price Christmas Day £60.95 for three courses
Booking £10 a head deposit, adults and children; payment and choices by 11 December
Call 01604 642814
Address Kettering Road, Northampton, NN3 6LR
Website greeneking.co.uk/pubs/northamptonshire/spinney-hill/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for cheapest on the list, three courses
4. The Trumpet, Wellingborough Road
The Trumpet is the Greene King pub at 574 Wellingborough Road, heading out of town towards Weston Favell. Its Christmas Day page sets the same £60.95 for three courses as the Spinney Hill and the same terms: a £10 a head deposit for adults and children, with payment and menu choices due by 11 December for tables booked by then.
Price Christmas Day £60.95 for three courses
Booking £10 a head deposit, adults and children; payment and choices by 11 December
Call 01604 406891
Address 574 Wellingborough Road, Northampton, NN3 3JB
Website greeneking.co.uk/pubs/northamptonshire/trumpet/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for cheapest on the list, three courses
5. The Quays, Billing Aquadrome
The Quays is the Greene King pub inside Billing Aquadrome off Crow Lane at Little Billing. Its Christmas Day page offered four courses for £62.99, and now says the pub is fully booked for Christmas Day.
It is worth a call for cancellations after the 11 December deadline, when unpaid tables are released.
Price Christmas Day £62.99 for four courses
Booking fully booked for Christmas Day (pub's page, 10 November)
Call 01604 786705
Address Billing Aquadrome, Crow Lane, Little Billing, NN3 9DA
Website greeneking.co.uk/pubs/northamptonshire/quays/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for four courses, lakeside setting, fully booked
6. The Yeoman of England, Wootton
The Yeoman of England is the Greene King pub on Wootton High Street. Its Christmas Day page offers three courses for £66, with a £10 deposit for each adult and each child, and the group’s 11 December deadline for payment and menu choices.
Price Christmas Day £66 for three courses
Booking £10 deposit per adult and per child; payment and choices by 11 December
Call 01604 762317
Address High Street, Wootton, Northampton, NN4 6LP
Website greeneking.co.uk/pubs/northamptonshire/yeoman-of-england/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for village pub in Wootton, three courses
7. The Queen Eleanor, Wootton
The Queen Eleanor is the Hungry Horse pub on London Road at Wootton. Its Christmas Day page prices three courses at £62.99 for adults and £22.99 for children, the lowest children’s price on this list.
The deposit is £10 a head for adults and £5 for children.
Price Christmas Day £62.99, kids £22.99
Booking £10 per adult and £5 per child deposit; payment and choices by 11 December
Call 01604 762468
Address London Road, Wootton, Northampton, NN4 7JJ
Website hungryhorse.co.uk/pubs/northamptonshire/queen-eleanor/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for cheapest children's price, families
8. The Sixfields, Sixfields Leisure
The Sixfields is the Hungry Horse pub at Sixfields Leisure. Its Christmas Day page prices three courses at £64.99 for adults and £24.99 for children, with a £10 deposit per adult and £5 per child.
Menu pre-orders opened on 21 October.
Price Christmas Day £64.99, kids £24.99
Booking £10 per adult and £5 per child deposit; payment and choices by 11 December
Call 01604 751799
Address Walter Tull Way, Sixfields, Northampton, NN5 5QL
Website hungryhorse.co.uk/pubs/northamptonshire/sixfields/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for families, children's price, parking at Sixfields
9. Toby Carvery East Hunsbury, London Road
The Toby Carvery at East Hunsbury is on London Road on the southern edge of town. Its Christmas Day menu page puts the carvery “at the heart” of Christmas Day dining at £72.99 a head.
The page does not give a children’s price. It asks a £10 deposit for every guest, with full payment and the pre-order due by 1 December.
Before Christmas, the festive menu runs from £15.49 on weekdays, £17.49 on Saturdays and £20.49 on Sundays.
Price Christmas Day £72.99; festive menu from £15.49
Booking £10 a head deposit; full payment and pre-order by 1 December
Address London Road, Northampton, NN4 0TG
Website tobycarvery.co.uk/restaurants/midlands/easthunsburynorthampton/menus/christmasdaymenu
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Good for carvery, festive menu before Christmas
Villages around Northampton
10. The Spencer Arms, Chapel Brampton
The Spencer Arms is the Chef & Brewer pub in the ironstone building on Northampton Road at Chapel Brampton, pictured at the top of this page. Its Christmas Day page links a three-course menu at £86, with hand-carved roast turkey, a Cheddar and leek tart or a roasted squash and sweet potato tart, and a children’s menu at £37.
The deposit is £10 per adult and £5 per child.
Price Christmas Day £86, children £37
Booking £10 per adult and £5 per child deposit; payment and choices by 11 December
Call 01604 842237
Address Northampton Road, Chapel Brampton, NN6 8AE
Website chefandbrewer.com/pubs/northamptonshire/spencer-arms/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for country pub, children's menu, vegetarian main
11. The Greyhound, Milton Malsor
The Greyhound is the Chef & Brewer pub on Towcester Road in Milton Malsor. Its Christmas Day menu is the same three courses as the Spencer Arms, priced higher here at £90, with the children’s menu at £37.
The pub asks a £10 deposit per adult and £5 per child.
Price Christmas Day £90, children £37
Booking £10 per adult and £5 per child deposit; payment and choices by 11 December
Call 01604 858449
Address Towcester Road, Milton Malsor, NN7 3AP
Website chefandbrewer.com/pubs/northamptonshire/greyhound/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for country pub, children's menu
12. The Crossroads, Weedon
The Crossroads is the Chef & Brewer pub and hotel at the A5 and A45 crossroads in Weedon Bec. Its Christmas Day page links the group’s three-course menu at £80, the cheapest of the four Chef & Brewer pubs here, and a children’s menu at £32.
The deposit is £10 per adult and £5 per child.
Price Christmas Day £80, children £32
Booking £10 per adult and £5 per child deposit; payment and choices by 11 December
Call 01327 340354
Address High Street, Weedon, NN7 4PX
Website chefandbrewer.com/pubs/northamptonshire/crossroads/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for hotel, children's menu, easy from the A5 and A45
Towcester and Brackley
13. The Saracens Head Hotel, Towcester
The Saracens Head is the Greene King hotel on Watling Street in the middle of Towcester. Its Christmas Day page links a three-course menu at £89.95, opening with a hot smoked salmon and prawn cocktail, and a children’s menu at £34.95.
The hotel asks a £10 deposit per adult and £5 per child, and no booking is confirmed until the menu choices and deposit are in.
Price Christmas Day £89.95, children £34.95
Booking £10 per adult and £5 per child deposit; payment and choices by 11 December
Call 01327 350414
Address 219 Watling Street, Towcester, NN12 6BX
Website greeneking.co.uk/pubs/northamptonshire/saracens-head-hotel/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for town centre hotel, children's menu, rooms
14. The Green Man Inn, Brackley Hatch
The Green Man Inn is the Chef & Brewer pub on the A43 at Brackley Hatch, between Brackley and Silverstone. Its Christmas Day page links the group’s three-course menu at £86 and a children’s menu at £37, with a £10 deposit per adult and £5 per child.
Price Christmas Day £86, children £37
Booking £10 per adult and £5 per child deposit; payment and choices by 11 December
Call 01280 850209
Address Main Road, Brackley Hatch, NN13 5TX
Website chefandbrewer.com/pubs/northamptonshire/green-man-inn/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for country pub, children's menu, near Silverstone
How we chose
Every place here has a Christmas Day 2026 price on its own website. Most are pub chains, because they were the first around Northampton to publish their 2026 prices. A few are missing: Whittlebury Park’s Christmas Day lunch (£97 in its brochure) is already marked sold out, the Delta Hotels by Marriott Northampton is reserved for Solos Holidays guests over Christmas according to the tour operator, and we could not find a Christmas Day price for the Hilton Northampton. Prices were first gathered on 1 November and rechecked on 10 November 2026, when the Quays had sold out. Christmas menus usually need a deposit and a pre-order, so check the terms when you book.
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For more on Christmas locally, see the Northampton Christmas lights switch-on, the Christmas markets, Father Christmas and Santa’s grottos, Christmas at Delapre Abbey, pantomimes and Christmas shows, Christmas trains, Christmas bin collections and what’s on in Northampton this month. For the rest of the year, see things to do in Northampton, the Daventry constituency best pub awards and the pubs in our Northampton business directory.
Frequently asked questions
Which pubs in Northampton are open on Christmas Day 2026?
Christmas Day 2026 is a Friday. The Spinney Hill, the Trumpet, the Yeoman of England, the Queen Eleanor, the Sixfields, the Britannia, Toby Carvery East Hunsbury and the Hopping Hare in Duston all take Christmas Day lunch bookings in Northampton, and the Spencer Arms in Chapel Brampton, the Greyhound in Milton Malsor, the Crossroads at Weedon, the Saracens Head in Towcester and the Green Man at Brackley Hatch do the same just outside. The Quays at Billing Aquadrome and Whittlebury Park are fully booked.
Where can I have Christmas dinner in Northampton on Christmas Day 2026?
Fourteen pubs and hotels on this list publish a Christmas Day 2026 price. The cheapest are the Spinney Hill on Kettering Road and the Trumpet on Wellingborough Road (£60.95 for three courses) and the Queen Eleanor in Wootton (£62.99). The dearest is the Hopping Hare in Duston at £105. The Quays at Billing Aquadrome and Whittlebury Park are already fully booked.
How much is Christmas Day lunch for children around Northampton?
Published children’s prices are £22.99 at the Queen Eleanor, £24.99 at the Sixfields Hungry Horse, £32 at the Crossroads in Weedon, £34.95 at the Saracens Head in Towcester, £37 at the Spencer Arms, the Britannia, the Greyhound and the Green Man, and £55 at the Hopping Hare.
When do I have to pay for Christmas Day lunch in Northampton?
The Greene King, Chef & Brewer and Hungry Horse pubs on this list want full payment and menu choices by 11 December 2026 for tables booked by then, and stop taking online bookings after 18 December. Toby Carvery East Hunsbury wants full payment and the pre-order by 1 December. The Hopping Hare takes a £20 a head non-refundable deposit and wants the full balance and pre-order two weeks before the day.
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