We checked 8 places selling Christmas trees near Northampton, from Welford's choose-and-cut farm to Boughton House, for dates and prices. Updated November 2026.

There are eight places to buy a real Christmas tree near Northampton in 2026, and this guide puts them in one place with opening dates, prices where they are published and what each one sells. Most people land on Welford Christmas Tree Farm, where you can choose and cut your own tree; Smiths Farm Shop at Chapel Brampton; Whilton Locks Garden Village near Daventry; and Boughton House near Kettering, which opens on 28 November. Every entry was checked against the seller’s own website on 5 November 2026.

Stock and dates change as the season goes on, so check the website or ring before a special trip. Distances are straight-line miles from Northampton town centre.

Prices and dates at a glance

Five of the eight sellers publish 2026 tree prices or a “from” price. The others price their trees in store.

Seller Trees from Published price for about 6ft
Welford Christmas Tree Farm open now, to 24 December £64 (Nordmann or Fraser fir)
Boughton House, near Kettering 28 November Nordmann from £44.50 (4ft to 8ft)
Smiths Farm Shop, Chapel Brampton date not published not published
Hassett Plant Centre, Pitsford November not published
Northampton Garden Centre, Wootton date not published not published
Whilton Locks Garden Village pot-grown on sale online pot-grown Nordmann up to 175cm £79.99
Bell Plantation, Towcester date not published not published
Cole’s Christmas Trees, Rugby date not published Premier Nordmann £75

Choose and cut your own

1. Welford Christmas Tree Farm, Welford

Will and Ella Miles run this farm at Portly Ford Farm on the Northampton Road, two miles south of Welford village off junction 1 of the A14, about 13 miles north west of Northampton. The farm says Will has grown Christmas trees for more than 20 years and has over 60,000 in the ground.

There are three ways to buy: tag a tree in the plantation from early October and collect it later, choose one in the plantation from mid November and have it cut, or pick from the freshly cut trees in the yard. It is a member of the British Christmas Tree Growers Association, and says its wreaths went to 10 Downing Street in 2011, 2013, 2017 and 2020 and its trees stood inside No. 10 in 2015.

There is also a cafe, a Christmas shop, farm animals, reindeer and a Santa’s grotto.

The full 2026 price list, which runs to 15ft, is on the farm’s tree pages. The farm says the tree yard, cafe and shop are wheelchair accessible but the plantations are uneven, with tree stumps, and not suitable for pushchairs.

It takes cards (not American Express) and cash. Trees over 9ft are by appointment: email elves@welfordchristmastreefarm.co.uk.

Open every day 9am to 4pm, 10 October to 24 December 2026
Price Nordmann or Fraser fir 4ft £45; 5ft £55; 6ft £64; 7ft £73; 8ft £82; Norway spruce 3ft £28 to 6ft £44; blue spruce 6ft £48; pot-grown Nordmann 3ft £59 to 5ft £81
Booking weekend visits need a booked time slot; tag-your-tree and choose-and-cut tickets £10 a car, refunded when you buy a tree
Call 01858 657008
Address Portly Ford Farm, Northampton Road, Welford, NN6 6JF
Website welfordchristmastreefarm.co.uk/pages/christmas-trees
Good for choose and cut, dogs on leads, delivery within 30 miles, cafe, reindeer

Farm shops and plant centres north of the town

2. Smiths Farm Shop, Chapel Brampton

The family farm shop on Brampton Lane began with strawberries sold from an honesty box in 1958, according to its own history. Its Christmas page says it has sold Christmas trees for more than 30 years, that they are cut fresh from a Leicestershire plantation and laid out for sale as soon as they arrive, and that sizes run from 3ft to over 13ft.

Staff net the tree and carry it to your car. The page is not dated and gives no 2026 prices or opening date, so ring before you go.

On 5 November the shop’s site said it was having technical problems with its phone line and gave a temporary number.

Price not published; sizes 3ft to over 13ft
Call 020 4641 9733 (temporary number on the shop's site)
Address Brampton Lane, Chapel Brampton, NN6 8AA
Website smithsfarmshop.co.uk/christmas
Good for cut trees, netting and carrying to the car, farm shop, cafe

3. Hassett Plant Centre, Pitsford

Hassett is a plant centre on the Harborough Road at Pitsford, about four miles north of the town. It says it stocks only Nordmann fir, because the variety holds its needles to Christmas and often into the new year, in sizes from 3ft to 8ft, with real cut trees available in November and December.

Staff will help you pick a narrower tree if you ask and will trim the base to freshen the cut. If the tree will not fit in your car, it delivers across Northamptonshire and as far as Buckingham, Bedford, Milton Keynes and Leicestershire; it says delivery charges may apply.

It has not published tree prices.

Open Mon to Fri 7am to 5pm; Sat 8am to 4pm; Sun 10am to 4pm
Price not published; Nordmann fir 3ft to 8ft
Call 01604 847003
Address Old Quarry Field, Harborough Road, Pitsford, NN6 9RU
Website hassettplantcentre.co.uk/christmas-trees
Good for Nordmann fir, delivery, base trimmed on request

Garden centres

4. Northampton Garden Centre, Wootton

The garden centre on the Newport Pagnell Road at Wootton, on the south side of the town, joined British Garden Centres in 2025. The group’s real tree page says all its stores stock Nordmann fir, which it sources from Ireland, and Fraser fir grown in Wales.

That page is not dated, and its “from £24.99” price for a 3ft to 5ft tree comes with a line about freezing “last year’s prices”, so we have not treated it as a 2026 price. The Wootton centre has not put a 2026 arrival date online.

There is a restaurant and an indoor soft play area on site.

Open Mon to Sat 9am to 6pm; Sun 10am to 4.30pm (tills open 10.30am)
Price 2026 prices not published
Call 01604 765725
Address Newport Pagnell Road, Wootton, NN4 6HP
Website britishgardencentres.com/centres/northampton-garden-centre
Good for Nordmann and Fraser fir, restaurant, soft play

5. Whilton Locks Garden Village, Whilton

Whilton Locks, beside the Grand Union Canal near Daventry and about nine miles west of Northampton, promises “a huge selection of Christmas Trees, Wreaths and some extra special gift ideas” in its Christmas programme. Its online shop lists pot-grown Nordmann firs, which can go into the garden after Christmas, but not its cut trees, so ring for those.

The centre is open every day except Christmas Day and Boxing Day. The Christmas programme also includes Santa’s grotto, ice skating, a dog-friendly Santa Paws grotto at £10 and a wreath-making workshop at £50.

The rink and its session prices are in our ice skating guide.

Open Mon to Sat 9am to 6pm; Sun 10.30am to 4.30pm; closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day
Price pot-grown Nordmann 80 to 100cm £49.99; 100 to 125cm £59.99; 125 to 150cm £69.99; 150 to 175cm £79.99; cut tree prices not published
Call 01327 843100
Address Whilton Locks, Whilton, Daventry, NN11 2NH
Website whiltonlocksgardenvillage.com/christmas
Good for pot-grown trees, wreaths, Santa's grotto, ice skating

6. Bell Plantation, Towcester

The garden centre on Watling Street at Towcester, about eight miles south of Northampton, says it has “a stunning selection of real and artificial trees” for Christmas 2026. Its tree page talks about fresh trees in general and gives no varieties, prices or arrival date.

Christmas market weekends run every weekend from 14 November, and Breakfast with Santa and a festive afternoon tea are bookable on its site.

Open Mon to Sat 9am to 5.30pm; Sun 10.30am to 4.30pm
Price not published
Call 01327 354126
Address Watling Street, Towcester, NN12 6GX
Website bellplantation.co.uk/christmas-trees
Good for real and artificial trees, Christmas market weekends, cafe, free parking

Further afield

7. Boughton House, near Kettering

The Duke of Buccleuch’s house near Geddington, about 16 miles north east of Northampton, sells British-grown Nordmann firs in its grounds from 4ft to 8ft, with prices from £44.50. It also has a small selection of Fraser firs and pot-grown trees from about 2.5ft to 5.5ft.

Once you have picked a tree, staff wrap it, and the gift shop and locally made wreaths are open alongside. The tree sale runs on Thursdays to Sundays only.

Open Thursdays to Sundays, Saturday 28 November to Sunday 20 December; Thu and Sun 10am to 4pm; Fri and Sat 10am to 7pm
Price Nordmann fir 4ft to 8ft from £44.50
Address Boughton House, Kettering, NN14 1BJ
Website boughtonhouse.co.uk/event/christmas-trees
Good for Nordmann and Fraser fir, pot-grown trees, wreaths, gift shop

8. Cole’s Christmas Trees, Rugby

Cole’s is a family-run grower, listed as formerly Cawston Christmas Trees in the Pick Your Own Christmas Tree directory, whose yard is at Water Tower Farm on the Barby Road south of Rugby, about eight miles north west of Daventry. It says it has hundreds of trees on display, and staff trim each one ready for a stand and net it for the journey home.

It delivers on a day you choose across Northamptonshire and Warwickshire: £7.50 to most of the Daventry NN11 postcodes and £12.50 to NN11 1, 2 and 3. It has not yet published the date the yard opens this year.

Open Mon to Sun 10am to 4pm in season; 2026 opening date not published
Price Premier Nordmann 4ft £50; 5ft £65; 6ft £75; Deluxe Nordmann 6ft £85; Premier Norway spruce from £30
Booking order online and choose a delivery day, or visit the yard
Call 01788 220166
Address Water Tower Farm, Barby Road, Rugby, CV22 5QB
Website coleschristmastrees.co.uk
Good for delivery to Daventry, trimmed and netted, cash and cards

After Christmas

West Northamptonshire Council collected real trees on the garden waste round in January last year, and both Northampton recycling centres take them with a booked slot. The 2026 to 2027 dates will go in our Christmas bin collections guide when the council publishes them.

How we chose

We started from the sellers people name when they search for a Christmas tree near Northampton, Daventry and Towcester, and from local guides, then kept only those whose own website says they sell real trees this season. We left out sellers we could not trace to a working website, and national couriers that only deliver. Prices, dates and opening hours are from each seller’s own pages on 5 November 2026; Cole’s prices were read the same day for our sister site in Rugby. Run a place that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@northamptonwire.co.uk. Taken a good photograph of any of these places? Email it to newsdesk@northamptonwire.co.uk and we will add it with your name as the credit.

More for the season: Christmas shopping in Northampton, Christmas markets, where to meet Father Christmas, what’s on this month, things to do in Northampton and our local business directory.

Frequently asked questions

Can I cut my own Christmas tree near Northampton?

Yes. Welford Christmas Tree Farm, about 13 miles north west of Northampton off junction 1 of the A14, lets you choose a tree in its plantation and have it cut from mid November. You can also tag a tree from early October and collect it later. Weekend visits need a booked time slot, and the £10 choose-and-cut ticket is refunded when you buy your tree.

How much is a real Christmas tree near Northampton in 2026?

Welford Christmas Tree Farm publishes its 2026 prices: Nordmann or Fraser fir £45 for 4ft, £64 for 6ft and £82 for 8ft, with Norway spruce from £28 for 3ft. Boughton House says its Nordmann firs start at £44.50. Whilton Locks lists pot-grown Nordmann firs from £49.99 to £79.99. The other garden centres and farm shops in this guide had not published 2026 tree prices on 5 November.

When do Christmas trees go on sale near Northampton?

Welford Christmas Tree Farm is already open, every day from 9am to 4pm until 24 December 2026. Boughton House sells trees from Saturday 28 November to Sunday 20 December, Thursdays to Sundays. Hassett Plant Centre at Pitsford says its cut trees are available in November and December. Bell Plantation, Smiths Farm Shop and Northampton Garden Centre had not published a 2026 date on 5 November.