After Christmas,
- Where, when and how to recycle or dispose of your Christmas tree, lights, decorations, etc. Many areas have kerbside collection!
- When Should You Take Down Your Christmas Tree and Decorations After Christmas?
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See these resource pages:
- Our Christmas Tree guide with photos and descriptions of more than 2 dozen varieties of Christmas trees, along with a simple comparison chart! And a PDF print version to take to the farm with you!
- The A-Z of getting your tree and caring for your tree, and
- Tips to make your tree last longer and not drop needles.
- Christmas tree price guide
- A calculator to accurately cost your Christmas or New Year's dinner and print a shopping list
- Christmas dinner statistics - what people eat and how much it costs
Tips:
- ALWAYS call the farm or see their website or Facebook page BEFORE YOU GO to confirm their supply, their hours
prices and whether they have trees, are allowing choose-and-cut or just precut trees; and which attractions or winter activities are available.
All three can change during the short Christmas season, due to weather, demand and the farmer's business conditions! Farms get sold, shut down or run out of trees, and they don't all update me every day, let alone every year. For
more tips to make your trip fun
and successful, click here!
DON'T GO THERE IF YOU CAN'T REACH THEM BY PHONE OR EMAIL OR SEE VERY CURRENT INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITE OR FACEBOOK PAGE! - Many more farms are requiring pre-booking appointments and reservations this year - check on their website.
- If the name of the farm is blue with an underline; that's a link to their website. Click on it for the most current hours and information.
- And please tell the farmer you visit in Sussex that you found their farm here! I need the farmers to realize that you found them here so that they will keep their information up to date!
And if you know of one I missed and want to add it or correct the information, please let me know! There are affiliate links on this page. Read our disclosure policy to learn more.
Updates for April 2024
April: Most Christmas tree farms open on the last Saturday in November; Some open a month earlier to allow you to mark the tree you want while the weather is nicer! Demand for trees will likely be very high this year, and global supply chain issues may reduce supplies of imported trees .Do expect prices to be up about 20%. You can find Christmas tree facts stats and price trends here.
After Christmas, see this page for where, when and how to recycle or dispose of your Christmas tree, lights, decorations, etc. Many areas have kerbside collection!
Christmas tree farms, lots and activities, sorted by county
Click on Resources above, if you need a county map
Sussex
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Sharnfold Farm - Christmas trees
Hailsham Road, Stone Cross, Pevensey. Phone: 01323 768490. Email: farmoffice@sharnfoldfarm.co.uk. Open: UPDATE: December 2023: Sold out of trees; They are closed until next season (2024), when their hours should be: See their website for current hours; Our two types of Christmas Trees will be ready to buy from 1 December. Directions: On B2104 Stone Cross/Hailsham Rd next to Coopers ph. 40 acres PYO crops providing activity for customers from early May to end September Coarse fishing lake for anglers (Tench, Roach, Perch). Our own farm-grown Christmas trees will be available from 1 December in a wonderful array of shapes and sizes. Do you know that there are over 18,000 Christmas trees growing on our patch near Stone Cross in Eastbourne? Remember to order your locally-reared, tasty Christmas meats from the Farm Shop butcher between 1 Sharnfold Farms award winning sausagesNovember and 5 December 2012. These include our own well hung beef (30 days minimum) and award winning sausages, as well as local turkey and other meats that have travelled less than 10 miles. Looking for the perfect Christmas Tree? Tall, short, wide, full we have them all at Sharnfold Farm in Stone Cross (between Eastbourne and Hailsham, East Sussex). From 4ft right up to 16ft!
Christmas tree varieties:
PreCut varieties: Norway Spruce, Nordmann Fir,
East Sussex
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Balcombe Estate Sawmill - Christmas trees
Haywards Heath Road, Balcombe, East Sussex. Phone: 01444 811446. Phone: 07887 868248.Email: sawmill@balcombeestate.co.uk..Open: We will be open for Christmas tree & log sales from November to December 22nd from 10am to 4pm. All our Christmas Trees can be netted and carried to your car. We also supply Christmas Tree Stands and Holly Wreaths, as well as logs & kindling wood for wood burning stoves and open fires. Cash, credit and debit card payments are accepted.
Christmas tree varieties:
PreCut varieties: Norway Spruce, Nordmann Fir, Fraser Fir, Serbian Spruce -
Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm
- Christmas trees- you choose and we cut, Pot Grown (Living Christmas
trees to plant later), Precut Christmas trees, Stands, Wreaths
Catsfield, near Battle, East Sussex Phone: 01424 893750. Email: info@snowtimetrees.com. Open: from Saturday mid-November until Christmas Eve; 9am to 6pm, 7 days a week; LATE OPENING UNTIL 7PM ON FRIDAYS 1ST AND 8TH DECEMBER. We have prime grade real Sussex Christmas Trees from £19.95. Click here for a link to our Facebook page. For more information, see our website. Come and choose your tree at the farm - or order online for delivery to you, if you live within the postcodes listed below. We only deliver within a 15 mile radius of the farm. This includes the following postcodes: BN20-24, BN26-27, TN5, TN6, TN17-21, TN30-40. Let Catsfield recycle your tree after Christmas.
Christmas tree varieties:
You Choose and We cut varieties: Nordman Fir from £38.95; Fraser Fir from £38.95; Serbian Spruce from £32.95; Norway Spruce from £32.95;
Pot Grown Christmas Trees
(formerly Cedar Cottage) (UPDATED: November 05, 2019) - Cheviots Farm - Christmas trees
Cousley Wood, Wadhurst, East Sussex. Phone: 01892 782759. Directions: on B2100, 7 miles south of Tunbridge Wells, near Old Vine PH.We have been selling trees direct to the public for over 30 years! Come and choose your tree whilst it is still growing and have it harvested while you wait.Visit us from the end of November, we are in Cousley Wood, East Sussex. -
Highwood Trees - Christmas trees
83 Tower Ride, Uckfield, East Sussex. Phone: 01825 763536. - Rocklea Farm - Christmas trees
Rocks Lane, High Hurstwood, East Sussex. Phone: ???Does anyone know the phone number for this farm? - Spar - Christmas trees
Broad Oak, Heathfield, East Sussex. Phone: 01435 862989. - Spilsted Farm - Christmas trees
Stream Lane, Sedlesconbe, Near Battle, East Sussex. Tel: 01424721841 or 01424870247. - Sussex Trees
Five Ashes Plantation - pre-cut Christmas trees, Christmas trees- you choose and we cut,
Five Ashes, East Sussex. Phone: 01435 868 412. Open: 8.30am to 5.30pm, from 23rd November to 22nd December. Goddenwick Farm is where the reindeer and pygmy goats live, along with the sheep, donkeys, peacocks, ducks, chickens, alpacas, dogs & cats..We have trees up to 12 foot tall and you can pick your own from the vast plantation. Rudolph and a few of the goats will be in residence at Christmas.
Christmas tree varieties: Nordman Fir, Norway Spruce, Fraser Fir, Korean Fir, and Farmer Tom's Famous Sussex Fir!
2023 prices: some examples:
Nordman Fir: 4ft – £36, 5ft – £45, 6ft – £55, 7ft – £63, 8ft – £80, 9ft – £96, 10ft – £120
Norway Spruce: 4ft – £25, 5ft – £32, 6ft – £40, 7ft – £48, 8ft – £60, 9ft – £82, 10ft – £95;
Fraser Fir, Sussex Fir, Blue Spruce: 4ft – £36, 5ft – £45, 6ft – £55, 7ft – £63, 8ft – £80
Serbian Spruce: £25 – £60
(UPDATED: 22 November 2022 JBS)
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Littledown Farm Christmas Trees - Christmas trees- you choose and we cut, Pot Grown (Living Christmas trees to plant later), Stands, Wreaths, Netting,
live reindeer
Westfield, near Hastings, East Sussex. Phone: 01424 753413. ALternate phone:07734210508. Fax: 01424 753413. Email: clarebaker@icloud.com. Open: 7 days a week starting from last week in November 7.30 am-7.30pm. Supplier to 10 Downing Street A family business, supplying all your christmas tree needs FREE gift with each tree. Grown on site. Currently there are three reindeer available for you to visit when you come to Littledown Farm to choose your tree including our two baby reindeer calves Elgol and Leo that were born this year!
Christmas tree varieties: Blue Spruce, Fraser, Lodgepole Pine, Noble, Nordman, Norway, Scots Pine
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Trees for Christmas - Christmas trees (retail
and wholesale)
10 Warren Road, Reigate, Surrey RH2 0BN. Phone: 01737 245104. Mobile : 07831 644838. Fax: 01737 225619. Email: enquiries@treesforchristmas.co.uk. Open: 7 days a week from 7am to 5pm. We also have larger sizes--12ft plus). All sites will have the Traditional Norway Spruce and low-drop Nordman Fir in sizes up to 7ft and suitable good quality stands. Some sites will also have Blue Spruce. If you want a particular species or larger sizes please give us a ring and we will make sure it is available for you to collect on your chosen day.
2023 Prices: just a few examples here:
Nordmann Firs: 100/125cm 3/4ft £14.5, 125/150cm 4/5ft £18.5, 150/175cm 5/6ft £25.5 , 175/200cm 6/7ft £35, 200/250cm 7/8ft £47, 250/300cm 8/10ft £87.5
Fraser Firs: 120/150cm £15, 150/175cm £22, 175/200cm £31,
200/225cm £38.5, 225/250cm £46.5 , 250/300cm £52.5
Norway Spruce 9ft 50
We will be at the following sites from first Saturday in December, right up to 24th December:
Reigate, Surrey - Morrisons, Bell Street
Open 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 pm weekdays, 9am to 6pm Saturdays and 10am to 4pm on Sundays
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Wilderness Wood
- Christmas trees: cut your own, or choose from hundreds of freshly-cut trees, Free parking, Helpful and knowledgeable staff, Free
netting, Floodlit yard, Delivery, Holly, Mistletoe, Wreaths, Tree
stands, Pots, Decorations, Gifts
Hadlow Down, near Uckfield, East Sussex. Phone: 01825 830 509. Email: acoateswps@gmail.com. Directions: Click here for a map. Open: From December 1 to December 24, 9.00 am to 5.30 pm. A unique family-run working woodland in the beautiful wooded hills of the Sussex High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. 61 acres of beautiful and peaceful woodland. Trails, playground, picnic places, and BBQs, tea room and tea garden, exhibitions. Friendly and informal, great fun for children, and eye-opening for grown-ups. Something to enjoy at all seasons, from bluebell time to the Christmas tree harvest. Buy chestnut poles, garden furniture and other wood products direct from our workshop. Numbers of cut/dig your own are limited, so we recommend you reserve your tree. To reserve, come to the barn and get a label to put your name on. Take this to the plantation and attach it to your chosen tree. Leave a £5 deposit with us, and return nearer Christmas to cut or dig your tree, and pay the balance then. Reservations taken from 28th October. Please Note: There are no trees available in the cut/dig-your own plantation over 6ft tall - all the taller trees are now reserved. There will be 100's of ready-cut trees of all sizes from 3ft - 16ft in the yard from December 2nd. Trees available to order before December 2nd. Ready-cut trees from 3 foot to 10 foot in the yard from November 30.
Christmas tree varieties: Norway spruce - the traditional and most popular tree, Blue spruce - attractive colour, good needle retention, Nordmann fir- popular non-drop variety,
West Sussex
- Sussex Trees Goddenwick Farm - Christmas trees, Reindeer,
pre-cut Christmas trees, Christmas trees- you choose and we cut,
Goddenwick Farm, Lindfield, West Sussex, RH16 2QX. Phone: 01444 689068 Open: weekends 8.30am to 5pm, from 24th November to 22 December. Call or email; we're frequently out on the plantation so will often respond to email enquiries more quickly. . Goddenwick Farm is where the reindeer and pygmy goats live during the year, and five reindeer and most of the goats will be in residence at Christmas time (the others go to Northdown). We also have four alpacas, ducks and peacocks. Trees up to 14' . We also have four alpacas, ducks and peacocks. Trees up to 14' . Goddenwick Farm we have a huge selection of trees to choose from, either pre-cut for you in the barn, or if you're feeling adventurous you can wander through 4 pick-your-own fields. This is also where the reindeer and pygmy goats live, along with the sheep, donkeys, peacocks, ducks, chickens, alpacas, dogs & cats.
Christmas tree varieties: Nordman Fir, Norway Spruce, Fraser Fir, Korean Fir, Lodgepole Pine and Farmer Tom's Famous Sussex Fir!
(UPDATED: 22 November 2022 JBS)