We checked 6 places to buy a real Christmas tree in St Albans, from Verulamium Park to a Sandridge nursery, for dates and prices. Updated November 2026.

There are six places to buy a real Christmas tree for a St Albans 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 Pines and Needles in Verulamium Park, the only pitch in the city centre, open from 19 November; Carpenters Nursery in Sandridge, which grows most of its trees in Hertfordshire; and Burston and Aylett, the two big garden centres on the North Orbital Road. Every entry was checked against the seller’s own website on 5 November 2026.

Distances are rough straight-line figures from the city centre.

Prices for a Nordmann fir of about 6ft

Seller Nordmann fir of about 6ft Delivery
Pines and Needles £85 Premium, £120 Super Premium (online shop prices) £22.50, or £32.50 with installation (AL1 and AL2)
Jacksons Nurseries £79.99 (slim, 6 to 7ft, delivered) included in the price
Carpenters Nursery not published online homes close to the nursery
Burston Garden Centre not published online not stated
Aylett Nurseries not published online within 20 miles
Notcutts St Albans not published online local charge

The Pines and Needles figures are from its online shop, which serves all its pitches; the St Albans store page does not print its own price list. Jacksons showed reduced prices on 5 November, which may change.

In the city

1. Pines and Needles, Verulamium Park

Pines and Needles is a Christmas tree business with pitches across London and the South East, selling trees it says are grown on its own farms in Scotland. Its St Albans store is on the field about 50 metres north of the Westminster Lodge leisure centre, with road access off Holywell Hill opposite St Albans Abbey station, and there is loading parking next to the store.

It sells Nordmann firs from 3ft to 12ft in two grades: its online shop lists a Premium Nordmann at £45 for 3ft, £85 for 6ft and £205 for 10ft, and a Super Premium at £120 for 6ft. Same-day delivery has to be booked by 2pm and arrives between 3pm and 10pm.

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, 10ft £205; Super Premium 6ft £120 (online shop)
Booking no booking needed to buy; delivery booked at the store
Address Verulamium Park, opposite Westminster Lodge, Holywell Hill, St Albans, AL1 2DL
Website pinesandneedles.com/pages/st-albans-christmas-tree-store
Good for city centre, late opening, delivery to AL1 and AL2 on Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun, installation service

Nurseries and garden centres around the city

2. Carpenters Nursery, Sandridge

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

Staff net the tree and load it into the car, and it sells stands, lights, wreaths and holly. It also delivers to homes close to the nursery.

It does not publish tree prices online.

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, cafe on site

3. Burston Garden Centre, Chiswell Green

Burston Garden Centre is just off junction 21A of the M25, about 2.5 miles south-west of the city centre. It says it stocks only “premium grade” trees and that its real trees arrive towards the end of November, all cut at the same time, so buying later does not mean a fresher tree.

Its range page, still headed 2025, lists Norway spruce, Nordmann, Noble and Fraser firs up to 10ft, plus Lodgepole pine and Blue spruce, and pot-grown Norway spruce and Nordmann. Staff cut a slice off the trunk after you choose, then net the tree.

Prices are not published.

Open Mon to Sat 8.30am to 5.30pm; Sun 10am to 4.30pm (browsing only from 10am to 10.30am)
Food restaurant Mon to Sat 8.30am to 5pm, Sun 10am to 4pm
Price not published online
Call 01727 832444
Address Burston Garden Centre, St Albans, AL2 2DS (off M25 junction 21A)
Website burston.co.uk/christmas-trees-st-albans
Good for six varieties, trees up to 10ft, pot-grown trees, restaurant

4. Aylett Nurseries, North Orbital Road

Aylett Nurseries is a garden centre on the North Orbital Road, about 2.5 miles south of the city centre, whose Christmas shop is open now. 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 also order online, and staff call you to pick the tree and book delivery, which it offers within 20 miles.

Open Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm; Sat 9am to 5.30pm; Sun 10.30am to 4.30pm
Food Seasons Cafe daily; Roots Coffee Bar daily 10am to 3.30pm
Price not published online; general delivery £9.95 to St Albans, Sandridge and London Colney
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, cafe

5. Notcutts St Albans, Smallford

Notcutts St Albans is the garden centre group’s branch on Hatfield Road at Smallford, about 3 miles east of the city centre. Its real tree page said on 5 November that cut and potted trees were “coming soon” to its centres.

It lists the Nordmann fir, as a cut or pot-grown tree, and 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.

No prices are published.

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

Delivery to your door

6. Jacksons Nurseries, delivery to St Albans

Jacksons Nurseries is a grower in Staffordshire that sells trees online and has a St Albans delivery page. On 5 November it listed cut Nordmann, Norway spruce, Noble, Fraser, Lasiocarpa and Korean firs, and potted trees from a 1ft Nordmann at £14.99.

A slim 6 to 7ft Nordmann was £79.99, a 5 to 6ft Noble fir £69.99 and a 4 to 5ft Norway spruce £44.99, all shown as reduced. It also sells cheaper “seconds” trees that miss its top grade, and tree stands.

Price slim Nordmann 6 to 7ft £79.99; Noble fir 5 to 6ft £69.99; Norway spruce 4 to 5ft £44.99; potted Nordmann 1ft £14.99 (reduced prices, 5 November)
Website jacksonsnurseries.co.uk/buy-christmas-tree-delivery-St-Albans.html
Good for delivery, cut and potted trees, budget seconds

Getting rid of the tree in January

Only garden waste subscribers get a tree collected from the kerb. Last Christmas the council said trees should go in the green garden waste bin, or beside it on a garden waste collection day, that trees over 7ft should be cut in half, and that decorations must come off (St Albans City and District Council, Christmas 2025). This year garden waste collections restart on 11 January 2027; our Christmas bin collections page has the dates. Everyone else can take the tree to the St Albans or Harpenden tip, or book a charity collection: in 2025 the council pointed St Albans and Harpenden households to the Hospice of St Francis scheme, which asks for a donation. Its January 2027 dates are not out yet.

How we chose

We started with every seller of real trees within about 3 miles of the city centre that has its own website, then checked each site on 5 November 2026 for 2026 dates, hours, prices and delivery. Where a seller has not updated its page for this year, we say so. We left out the Hertfordshire Garden Centre at Redbourn, because we could not find a website of its own to check, and Littlefield Farm near Harpenden, whose site has not been updated since early 2024. Run a place that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@stalbansdaily.co.uk. Taken a good photograph of any of these places? Email it to newsdesk@stalbansdaily.co.uk and we will add it with your name as the credit.

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I buy a real Christmas tree in St Albans in 2026?

Pines and Needles opens its St Albans pitch in Verulamium Park, on the field just north of Westminster Lodge, from 19 November to 24 December. Carpenters Nursery in Sandridge sells cut and potted trees, mostly grown in Hertfordshire. Burston Garden Centre at Chiswell Green, Aylett Nurseries on the North Orbital Road and Notcutts at Smallford also sell real trees, and Jacksons Nurseries delivers to St Albans.

How much is a real Christmas tree in St Albans in 2026?

Pines and Needles lists a 6ft Premium Nordmann fir at £85 and a 6ft Super Premium at £120 in its online shop. Jacksons Nurseries lists a slim 6 to 7ft Nordmann fir at £79.99 delivered to St Albans. Carpenters, Burston, Aylett and Notcutts do not publish tree prices online, so ask in store.

Can I get a Christmas tree delivered in St Albans?

Yes. Pines and Needles delivers from its Verulamium Park pitch to AL1 and AL2 on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, at £22.50 to drop off or £32.50 with installation. Aylett Nurseries delivers within 20 miles, Carpenters delivers to homes close to the nursery, and Jacksons Nurseries sends trees by courier.