We checked 8 places to buy a real Christmas tree near Welwyn Garden City, from a Watton-at-Stone tree farm to doorstep delivery, for dates and prices. Updated November 2026.

There are eight places to buy a real Christmas tree for a Welwyn Garden City or Hatfield home in 2026, and this guide puts them in one place with opening hours, prices where they are published, and delivery. Most people will land on Notcutts at Smallford, the closest garden centre; Festive Trees Hertfordshire, which grows its own trees at Hooks Cross; and Dane End Christmas Tree Farm, which delivers to every AL6 to AL10 postcode. Every entry was checked against the seller’s own website on 5 November 2026.

Distances are straight-line from the town centre.

Prices for a tree of about 6ft

Seller Nordmann fir of about 6ft Delivery to Welwyn Garden City
Jacksons Nurseries £69.99 (6 to 7ft, delivered) AL6, AL7 and AL8
Dane End Christmas Tree Farm £68 (6ft, 2025 list, collect) £17 to AL6 to AL10
Pines and Needles £85 Premium, £120 Super Premium AL1 and AL2 only
Notcutts St Albans not published online local charge
Carpenters Nursery not published online within 2.5 miles of the nursery
Aylett Nurseries not published online within 20 miles
Festive Trees Hertfordshire not published online not stated
The Magic of Christmas not published online not stated

Dane End’s website still shows its 2025 price list, and its online shop showed the same prices on 5 November. Jacksons showed reduced prices on 5 November, which may change.

Garden centres towards Hatfield and St Albans

1. Notcutts St Albans, Smallford

Notcutts St Albans is the garden centre group’s branch on the Hatfield Road at Smallford, about 4 miles south-west of the town centre and the closest garden centre to Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield that sells real trees. On 5 November its real tree page said cut trees were “coming soon” and that potted trees were available now.

It lists the Nordmann fir, cut or pot-grown, with Fraser fir and Norway spruce at selected stores, so ask whether Smallford has all three. Staff net the tree, bag it if you want, and carry it to the car, and it delivers for a local charge.

Open Mon to Sat 9am to 5.30pm; Sun 10.30am to 4.30pm
Food restaurant Mon to Sat 9am to 5pm; Sun 10am to 3.30pm
Price not published online
Call 01727 853224
Address Hatfield Road, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0HN
Website notcutts.co.uk/christmas/christmas-trees/real-christmas-trees
Good for Nordmann cut or potted, carry to car, local delivery, restaurant

2. Carpenters Nursery, Sandridge

Carpenters Nursery is a family-run garden centre and farm shop on St Albans Road at Sandridge, about 5 miles west of the town centre, which calls its shop “Hertfordshire’s oldest farm shop”. It says most of its trees are “grown sustainably in Hertfordshire”, from 2ft to 10ft, and sells cut Nordmann fir and Norway spruce as well as pot-grown trees that can be planted out afterwards.

Staff net the tree and load the car, and it sells stands, lights, wreaths and holly. Its delivery covers only homes within 2.5 miles of the nursery, which leaves out Welwyn Garden City.

It does not publish tree prices.

Open Mon to Sat 9am to 5.30pm; Sun 9.30am to 4.30pm
Price not published online; trees from 2ft to 10ft
Call 01727 853340
Address 106 St Albans Road, Sandridge, St Albans, AL4 9LJ
Website carpentersnursery.co.uk/plants-trees/christmas-trees
Good for Hertfordshire-grown trees, potted trees, farm shop

3. Aylett Nurseries, North Orbital Road

Aylett Nurseries is a garden centre on the North Orbital Road south of St Albans, about 6.5 miles from the town centre. Its tree page, last updated for Christmas 2025, says cut trees are “displayed standing up and un-netted” in a Christmas tree forest, and lists Norway spruce, Nordmann fir (including a slimmer “Slymshape”), Noble fir and Fraser fir from 4ft to 9ft, with potted trees too.

Cut trees come pre-drilled for pin stands. You can order online, and staff call you to choose the tree and book delivery, which it offers within 20 miles.

It does not publish 2026 prices.

Open Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm; Sat 9am to 5.30pm; Sun 10.30am to 4.30pm
Food Seasons Cafe daily
Price not published online
Call 01727 822255
Address North Orbital Road, St Albans, AL2 1DH
Website aylettnurseries.co.uk/christmas-trees-2025
Good for un-netted display, slim trees, online ordering, delivery within 20 miles, cafe

4. Pines and Needles, Verulamium Park, St Albans

Pines and Needles sells Christmas trees from pitches across London and the South East, and says they are grown on its own farms in Scotland. Its nearest store to Welwyn Garden City is on the field about 50 metres north of the Westminster Lodge leisure centre in St Albans, about 7 miles away, with loading parking beside it.

It sells Nordmann firs from 3ft to 12ft in two grades: its online shop lists a Premium Nordmann at £45 for 3ft and £85 for 6ft, and a Super Premium at £120 for 6ft. Its delivery from this store covers only AL1 and AL2, so Welwyn Garden City buyers take the tree home themselves.

Open 19 November to 24 December 2026; Mon to Fri 9am to 9pm; Sat and Sun 8am to 8pm
Price Premium Nordmann 3ft £45, 6ft £85; Super Premium 6ft £120 (online shop)
Address Verulamium Park, opposite Westminster Lodge, Holywell Hill, St Albans, AL1 2DL
Website pinesandneedles.com/pages/st-albans-christmas-tree-store
Good for late opening, two grades of Nordmann, trees up to 12ft

Tree farms and Christmas barns to the north and east

5. Festive Trees Hertfordshire, Hooks Cross

Festive Trees Hertfordshire is a family business at Oak’s Cross Farm, Hooks Cross, on the road between Watton-at-Stone and Stevenage, about 5.5 miles north-east of the town centre. It says it has supplied Christmas trees since 2000 and grows Norway spruce and Nordmann fir on its own plantation, alongside wreaths “made daily from fresh foliage and holly from our plantation”, cast iron and water-holding stands, and decorations.

It is a member of the British Christmas Tree Growers Association. Its website does not give 2026 opening times or prices, so call before you go.

Open 2026 times not published online; call to check
Price not published online
Call 07931 454515
Address Oak's Cross Farm, Hooks Cross, SG14 3RY
Website festivetreeshertfordshire.co.uk
Good for home-grown trees, handmade wreaths, tree stands

6. Dane End Christmas Tree Farm, near Ware

Dane End Christmas Tree Farm, at Highview Farm about 7.5 miles north-east of the town centre, grows Nordmann fir, Fraser fir, Norway spruce and Serbian spruce and is a member of the British Christmas Tree Growers Association. Visitors can walk its floodlit forest or choose from a display area, and there is a coffee shop and a Christmas shop for lights and decorations.

It also sells online: staff pick an un-netted tree from the display for you, and it delivers to AL6, AL7, AL8, AL9 and AL10 for £17, with a £33 minimum spend. Its price list on the website is still the 2025 one.

Open from 21 November, as listed on its site: 21 to 27 November daily 9am to 5pm; 28 November to 13 December weekdays 9am to 7.30pm, weekends 9am to 5pm; 14 to 24 December daily 9am to 5pm
Price 2025 list, Nordmann 4ft £39, 6ft £68, 7ft £83, 8ft £105; Norway spruce 4ft £26, 6ft £39; potted Nordmann from £47
Booking online orders delivered on a day you choose, 7am to 8pm
Call 01920 481923
Address Highview Farm, Dane End, Ware, SG12 0FF
Website christmastree-farm.co.uk
Good for floodlit forest, four varieties, delivery to AL6 to AL10, coffee shop

7. The Magic of Christmas, Walkern

The Magic of Christmas is a seasonal Christmas shop in a barn at the Old Rectory Farm in Walkern, about 9 miles north of the town centre. It calls itself “one of the largest Christmas shops in the south of England” and sells real and artificial trees, with the Nordmann fir its real tree, alongside wreaths, garlands, lights and decorations.

It is open now for 2026, Santa’s grotto bookings are open, and Mulberry’s tearoom serves food on the same site. It does not publish tree prices online.

Open now open for 2026; Mon to Sat 9.30am to 5.30pm; Sun 10am to 4pm
Price not published online
Call 01438 861100
Address The Old Rectory Farm, High Street, Walkern, SG2 7PD
Website themagicofchristmas.net
Good for real and artificial trees, wreaths and garlands, Santa's grotto, tearoom

Delivery to your door

8. Jacksons Nurseries, delivery to AL6, AL7 and AL8

Jacksons Nurseries is a grower at Bagnall, near Stoke-on-Trent, which says it grows its own trees at its family-owned nursery. Its Welwyn Garden City delivery page names AL6, AL7 and AL8 and says it delivers to “all parts of Welwyn Garden City and surrounding areas”; it has a separate Hatfield page.

On 5 November its delivered Nordmann fir was £44.99 for 3 to 4ft, £59.99 for 5 to 6ft and £69.99 for 6 to 7ft, with a slim 6 to 7ft Nordmann at £79.99, all shown as reduced. It also sells Norway spruce, Noble, Fraser, Korean and Lasiocarpa firs, potted trees and cheaper “seconds”.

Price delivered Nordmann 3 to 4ft £44.99, 5 to 6ft £59.99, 6 to 7ft £69.99; slim 6 to 7ft £79.99 (reduced prices, 5 November)
Booking online
Website jacksonsnurseries.co.uk/buy-christmas-tree-delivery-welwyn-garden-city.html
Good for delivery, six cut varieties, potted trees, budget seconds

Getting rid of the tree in January

Isabel Hospice collects real Christmas trees in Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield between 8 and 10 January 2027, raising money for its inpatient unit and Hospice at Home. Its Treecycle page lists the postcode sectors it covers, including AL7 1 to 4, AL8 6 and 7, and parts of AL6, AL9 and AL10. Decorations must come off, and trees over 6ft should be cut in half so they fit in the van. The hospice says it collected more than 1,500 trees last year. Our bin collection page has the council’s Christmas changes.

How we chose

We looked for farms, Christmas shops and garden centres selling real trees within about 10 miles of Welwyn Garden City, and for firms that deliver to AL6 to AL10, and kept only those whose own websites we could read on 5 November 2026. We left out Hatfield Christmas Trees, which sold trees in the grounds of Hatfield House last year, because its website still describes the 2025 season; we will add it when it confirms 2026. Van Hage at Great Amwell did not respond when we tried to read its website.

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More for Christmas: Christmas shopping in Welwyn Garden City, Christmas dinner, Christmas markets, the Christmas lights switch-on, Santa’s grottos, ice skating, Christmas travel, what’s on this month and things to do in Welwyn Garden City. Local businesses are in our directory.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I buy a real Christmas tree near Welwyn Garden City in 2026?

The nearest garden centre is Notcutts at Smallford, on the Hatfield Road about 4 miles from the town centre, and Carpenters Nursery at Sandridge is about 5 miles away. Festive Trees Hertfordshire grows its own trees at Hooks Cross near Watton-at-Stone. Dane End Christmas Tree Farm near Ware opens from 21 November, and The Magic of Christmas at Walkern is already open. Pines and Needles has a pitch in Verulamium Park, St Albans, from 19 November.

Can I get a real Christmas tree delivered in Welwyn Garden City?

Yes. Dane End Christmas Tree Farm delivers to AL6, AL7, AL8, AL9 and AL10 for £17, with a £33 minimum spend. Jacksons Nurseries has a Welwyn Garden City delivery page covering AL6, AL7 and AL8, with a 6 to 7ft Nordmann fir at £69.99 on 5 November.

How do I get rid of my Christmas tree in Welwyn Garden City?

Isabel Hospice collects real trees in most of Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield between 8 and 10 January 2027, with the decorations removed and trees over 6ft cut in half. Its page lists the postcode sectors it covers.