We checked 6 places to buy a real Christmas tree near Chelmsford, from Longacres to Lathcoats Farm, for 2026 dates and prices. Updated November 2026.

There are six places to buy a real Christmas tree for a Chelmsford home in 2026, and this guide puts them in one place with opening dates, prices where they are published, and delivery. Most people will land on Longacres in Springfield, the one garden centre in the city with 2026 tree prices online; Lathcoats Farm in Galleywood, which grows its own and rents potted trees; and Christmas Wrapped Up near High Easter, a family tree farm that is already open. Every entry was checked against the seller’s own website on 5 November 2026.

Two are in the city, three are farms a short drive out, and one delivers.

Prices for a tree of about 6ft

Seller Tree of about 6ft Smallest tree listed
Longacres Chelmsford (collect) £42 cut Nordmann, 5.7 to 6.5ft (£37.80 online before 22 November) £30 cut Nordmann, 4 to 5ft
Jacksons Nurseries (delivered) £79.99 slim Nordmann, 6 to 7ft £14.99 potted Nordmann, about 1ft
Lathcoats Farm (rental) rental trees stay under about 5ft £15 rental, up to 3ft
Christmas Wrapped Up not published online 4ft
Slamseys not published online 1m Norway spruce
Hurley’s not published online not published

Jacksons’ prices were shown as reduced on its site on 5 November and may change. Longacres’ online discount ends on 22 November.

In Chelmsford

1. Longacres Chelmsford, Springfield

Longacres is a garden centre group with a branch at Homelands Retail Park in Springfield. Its Christmas range includes cut Nordmann firs from 4ft to 12ft and pot-grown Nordmanns, which, it says, have the best chance of surviving in the garden afterwards.

Trees can be pre-ordered online and collected from the Chelmsford store from Friday 27 November, with 10% off orders placed before 22 November. The Green House Cafe is on site, and the centre stays open to 8pm on Thursdays.

Open Mon to Wed, Fri and Sat 8.30am to 5.30pm; Thu 8.30am to 8pm; Sun 10am to 4.30pm; closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day
Price cut Nordmann 4 to 5ft £30; 5 to 6ft £36; 5.7 to 6.5ft £42; 6.5 to 8ft £59; 8 to 9.5ft £99; to £199 for 11 to 13ft; pot-grown Nordmann 3 to 4ft £39.99; 10% off online before 22 November
Booking pre-order online, collect from 27 November
Call 01245 466466
Address Homelands Retail Park, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM2 5PX
Website longacres.co.uk/help/longacres-chelmsford
Good for pre-order and collect, trees to 13ft, pot-grown trees, cafe, dogs welcome outside the cafe

2. Lathcoats Farm, Galleywood

Lathcoats is the apple farm and farm shop on Beehive Lane, best known for its pick-your-own orchards and 50 varieties of English apples. At Christmas it sells its own trees, which, its Christmas page says, you pick in the field ahead of time to be cut fresh for collection.

It also runs a rent-a-tree scheme: you tag a potted tree in the field at least a week before collection, keep it for no more than three or four weeks, and bring it back after Christmas to keep growing, with the option of the same tree the following year. Rental trees start at about 2 to 3ft and reach about 5ft after five years.

The farm’s Christmas page still describes its 2025 trail and late evenings, but the rental booking page is taking bookings now.

Open farm shop Mon to Sat 9am to 5pm; closed Sun and bank holidays; tagging visits Mon to Sat 9am to 4pm
Price rental up to 3ft £15; over 3ft £20; over 4ft £25; £1.50 booking fee; £30 refundable deposit for new customers; cut tree prices not published online
Booking online for rental trees; CM2 delivery can be arranged at the farm shop
Call 01245 353021
Address Lathcoats Farm, Beehive Lane, Galleywood, CM2 8LX
Website eapples.co.uk/events/christmas-experience
Good for rent a tree, home-grown trees, farm shop, coffee house, wreath workshops

Farms a short drive out

3. Christmas Wrapped Up, near High Easter

Christmas Wrapped Up is a family-run tree farm at Easter Hall, between Aythorpe Roding and High Easter, set up by the Jerram family in 1995. It describes itself as 15 minutes from Chelmsford and grows sustainably farmed Nordmann firs and Norway spruces from 4ft to 30ft.

Visitors can walk through the plantation, and there is a shop for decorations, lights, wreaths and garlands, with a Christmas cafe at weekends. It takes phone bookings for local delivery, and it opened for 2026 on 31 October.

The farm asks that small dogs are carried in the decorations area and large dogs wait outside.

Open every day to Sat 19 December, 10am to 4pm; from Thu 19 November to Mon 14 December 9am to 6pm (Sundays to 4pm); Thursdays to 7pm from 19 November to 10 December
Food Christmas cafe weekends 9am to 5pm (Sundays to 4pm), Sun 8 November to Sun 13 December
Price not published online; trees from 4ft to 30ft; cash, card and contactless
Booking no booking to visit; call to arrange delivery
Call 01245 231628
Address Easter Hall, Aythorpe Roding, Dunmow, CM6 1PE
Parking free on site
Toilets on site
Website christmaswrappedup.co.uk
Good for walk the plantation, trees to 30ft, wreaths and garlands, dogs on leads, local delivery

4. Slamseys, Great Notley

Slamseys Farm, beside the A131 south of Great Notley, has sold Christmas trees since the 1970s, when, the family says, Phil Wheaton stood a few outside the farmhouse door and sold out. It now grows its own Nordmann firs and Norway spruces and every November turns its grain store into the Christmas Tree Barn, so trees are chosen under cover.

Sawn trees run from a 1m Norway spruce to a 3m Nordmann, the most popular being a 2m Nordmann, and pot-grown trees are about 1m. It lists Chelmsford among the towns within easy reach.

Dogs are not allowed in the Christmas Tree Barn, except assistance dogs.

Open the Christmas Tree Barn reopens Fri 27 November; hours not yet published
Price not published online; sawn trees 1m to 3m, pot-grown about 1m
Address Slamseys Farm, Blackley Lane, Great Notley, Braintree, CM77 7QW
Access level access into the barn, suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs
Website slamseys.uk/christmas-trees
Good for choosing under cover, home-grown trees, pot-grown trees, no wellies needed

5. Hurley’s Christmas Tree Farm, Battlesbridge

Hurley’s, on the old Woodham Road at Battlesbridge, runs a pumpkin patch in October and a pick-your-own Christmas tree farm in December, and names Chelmsford among the places it serves. It is a long-standing member of the British Christmas Tree Growers Association and says its trees are grown under the association’s code of practice.

No booking is needed. Its farm home page says the tree farm opens from 22 November without giving a year, and its tree site’s hours page was last updated in 2024, so check before you set off.

Open from 22 November and through December, as listed on its site; hours last published as weekdays 9am to 5pm, weekends 8am to 5pm
Price not published online
Booking not needed
Call 07951 734481
Address Hurley's Farm, Woodham Road (Old Road), Battlesbridge, Wickford, SS11 7QL
Website hurleysfarm.co.uk
Good for pick your own tree, BCTGA grower, no booking

Delivery to your door

6. Jacksons Nurseries, delivery to Chelmsford

Jacksons Nurseries is a garden centre and grower at Bagnall, near Stoke-on-Trent, with a delivery page for Chelmsford. It sells cut Nordmann, Norway spruce, Fraser, Noble, Korean and Lasiocarpa firs, potted trees, table-top trees and a cheaper “seconds” range.

You choose a two-day delivery window at checkout, and it says it will beat the price of a tree of the same type and grade elsewhere by 10%.

Price cut Nordmann 3 to 4ft £44.99; slim Nordmann 6 to 7ft £79.99; Norway spruce 4 to 5ft £44.99; Fraser 4 to 5ft £54.99; Noble 5 to 6ft £69.99; potted Nordmann about 3ft £59.99; potted Nordmann about 1ft £14.99
Booking online, choose a two-day delivery window
Website jacksonsnurseries.co.uk/buy-christmas-tree-delivery-chelmsford.html
Good for home delivery, seven varieties, potted trees, budget trees

Also worth knowing

How we chose

We looked for places selling real trees in Chelmsford, farms within a reasonable drive that name Chelmsford among the towns they serve, and firms that deliver to Chelmsford postcodes, and kept only those whose own websites we could read on 5 November 2026. We left out Christmas Among the Trees at Purleigh, whose tourism listing has been taken down and which has no website of its own we could find, West Hyde Christmas Trees at Tillingham, which is a long way out and had no 2026 dates online, and Leigh Trees in Westcliff, which delivers free only to SS postcodes.

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I buy a real Christmas tree in Chelmsford in 2026?

Inside the city, Longacres garden centre at Homelands Retail Park in Springfield sells cut and pot-grown Nordmann firs, with online pre-orders to collect from 27 November, and Lathcoats Farm in Galleywood grows its own trees and rents potted ones. Christmas Wrapped Up near High Easter, which says it is 15 minutes from Chelmsford, is already open every day. Slamseys at Great Notley reopens its Christmas Tree Barn on 27 November.

How much is a real Christmas tree in Chelmsford in 2026?

Longacres lists a cut Nordmann fir of 5.7 to 6.5ft at £42, or £37.80 if ordered online before 22 November, and a 4 to 5ft tree at £30. Jacksons Nurseries delivers a slim 6 to 7ft Nordmann for £79.99. Lathcoats rents potted trees from £15 for up to 3ft. Christmas Wrapped Up, Slamseys and Hurley’s do not publish prices online.

Can I rent a Christmas tree in Chelmsford?

Yes. Lathcoats Farm in Galleywood rents pot-grown trees for three to four weeks: £15 up to 3ft, £20 over 3ft and £25 over 4ft, plus a £30 deposit for new customers. You tag your tree in the field at least a week before collection and return it to the farm after Christmas, and you can rent the same tree the following year.

How do I get rid of a real Christmas tree in Chelmsford?

Last January there were two routes: cut the tree up for your brown garden waste bin if you pay for that service, or register it with Farleigh Hospice’s collection for a donation. The January 2027 hospice dates had not been announced when we checked on 5 November.