We checked 5 places to buy a real Christmas tree near Bedford, from Merri at Oakley to Badger Hill at Maulden, for 2026 dates and prices. Updated November 2026.

There are five places to buy a real Christmas tree for a Bedford home in 2026, and this guide puts them in one place with opening dates, prices and delivery. Most people will land on Merri at Oakley, the nearest field to the town, Badger Hill at Maulden, which is open every day from 21 November, and Stagsden Christmas Trees on the A422. Every entry was checked against the seller’s own website on 5 November 2026.

Distances are straight-line from Bedford town centre, so the drive is a little further.

Dates and prices at a glance

Seller 2026 season Price
Merri, Oakley choose from Sat 28 November to Sun 20 December; tree tagging from 12 November Nordmann fir £45 (3 to 4ft) to £65 (6 to 7ft)
Stagsden Christmas Trees from 21 November not published online
Badger Hill, Maulden every day, Sat 21 November to Sun 13 December Norway spruce from £40 (5 to 6ft); Nordmann fir from £50 (4 to 5ft)
Stoke Goldington Christmas Trees Sun 22 November, then weekends and three Fridays to Sat 19 December not published online
Jacksons Nurseries (delivered) ordering open £44.99 (3 to 4ft Nordmann fir)

Choose from the field

1. Merri, Oakley

Merri is a family farm on Queens Close in Oakley, about three miles north-west of Bedford. Its website says Julian planted the first 5,000 saplings by hand with his father, sold the first trees straight from the farm in 2018, and replants for every tree cut.

All the trees it grows are Nordmann firs. From 28 November you can turn up without booking, walk the plantation, choose a tree and have it cut on the spot; there are also pre-cut Nordmanns from the end of November, some from another UK grower, from £70 for 6ft.

Earlier in November it runs booked tree-tagging sessions, when you pick a tree and it is cut a few days before collection or delivery. It also sells pot-grown trees, stands and wreaths.

Merri delivers trees of 3 to 10ft within 15 miles of Oakley on set days: Thursday 26 November and 2 December, Friday 27 November and 4 December, Saturday 28 November and 5 December, Monday 30 November and 7 December, and Tuesday 1 and 8 December, with a limited earlier slot on Tuesday 24 November. Drops are between 10am and 3pm and the delivery fee is not refundable.

The farm notes that its prices may change with costs.

Open Sat 28 November to Sun 20 December; Mon to Thu 10am to 12 noon, Fri 10am to 2pm, Sat and Sun 9.30am to 3.30pm; Sat 19 and Sun 20 December 10am to 12 noon
Price Nordmann fir 3 to 4ft £45, 4 to 5ft £50, 5 to 6ft £55, 6 to 7ft £65, 7 to 8ft £80, up to £220 for 14 to 15ft; pre-cut from £70 (6ft)
Booking not needed to choose a tree; tree tagging (12 to 22 November) is booked online
Call 07946 519737
Address Queens Close, Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7TB
Website merrichristmastrees.co.uk
Good for home-grown trees, choose and cut, tree tagging, local delivery, pot-grown trees, wreaths

2. Badger Hill, Maulden

Badger Hill is the Humphries family’s tree farm on Clophill Road, Maulden, about seven miles south of Bedford near Ampthill. The family says it has grown crops in Bedfordshire for more than 100 years and has supplied Christmas trees for the last 15.

It sells Norway spruce, Nordmann fir, Fraser fir and noble fir from 4ft up to 30ft, plus pot-grown trees. There is no need to book: turn up, choose a tree and have it wrapped to take away, or order online for collection the next day or for delivery.

Trees from 17ft up are by quote only. The entrance is between numbers 90A and 92 Clophill Road.

It is a member of the British Christmas Tree Growers Association.

Open every day, Sat 21 November to Sun 13 December, 9am to 4pm; outside those dates by arrangement
Price Norway spruce 5 to 6ft £40, 6 to 7ft £50; premium Nordmann fir 4 to 5ft £50, 5 to 6ft £65, 6 to 7ft £75; Fraser fir and noble fir £75; pot-grown Nordmann £75 to £85 (online shop, 5 November 2026)
Booking not needed; online orders for collection or delivery
Call 07787 072190
Address Badger Hill, Clophill Road, Maulden, MK45 2AD
Website badgerhillchristmastreefarm.co.uk
Good for open every day, trees up to 30ft, four kinds of tree, online ordering, delivery, stands and wreaths

3. Stoke Goldington Christmas Trees

Stoke Goldington Christmas Trees is Chris and Jenny Letts’ farm at Stoke Lodge Farm, on Purse Lane south of Olney, about 13 miles west of Bedford. 2026 is its 22nd year of selling from the farm. You walk the fields in wellies, choose a Nordmann fir or Norway spruce from about 2ft to 12ft and over, and the team cuts it down, carries it to the farmyard and nets it for the car.

The farm says a new 19,000-tree plantation opposite the farm buildings starts supplying 5ft Nordmanns this year. It also sells a few potted 3ft Nordmanns, stands, wreaths, logs and its own fruit gins.

Pop-up cafes run in the farmyard on most open days, and last year a Christmas playhouse was added in Spinney Field. It is a member of the British Christmas Tree Growers Association.

Open Sun 22 November; Fri 27, Sat 28 and Sun 29 November; Fri 4, Sat 5 and Sun 6 December; Fri 11, Sat 12 and Sun 13 December; Sat 19 December; 9am to 4pm each day, closed Mon to Thu
Price not published online
Booking not stated; turn up on an open day
Call 01908 551903
Address Stoke Lodge Farm, Purse Lane, Stoke Goldington, MK16 8LW
Website stokegoldingtonchristmastrees.co.uk
Good for pick your own from the field, home-grown trees, farmyard cafe, children's playhouse, potted trees

Pre-cut trees and a Christmas shop

4. Stagsden Christmas Trees

Stagsden Christmas Trees is the Craig family’s business at West End Farm, Stagsden, about four miles west of Bedford off the A422 towards Milton Keynes. It says it has grown and sold Christmas trees there for more than 30 years, and since 2004 has also run a Christmas decorations shop in converted stables and walled Victorian gardens, open for two months a year.

It sells four kinds of tree, Nordmann fir, Norway spruce, Fraser fir and lodgepole pine, and says it sells only premium grade, which it describes as the top 10% of UK-grown trees. You can pre-order a tree by phone or email.

Its home page gives trees from 21 November; its contact page still showed last season’s closing notice on 5 November, so ring before a first visit.

Open trees from 21 November; Mon to Sat 9am to 6pm, Sun 10am to 4pm
Price not published online
Booking pre-order by phone or email
Call 01234 391924
Address West End Farm, West End, Stagsden, MK43 8SZ
Website stagsdenchristmastrees.co.uk
Good for premium grade trees, four kinds of tree, Christmas decorations shop, pre-ordering

Delivered to your door

5. Jacksons Nurseries (delivery to Bedford)

Jacksons Nurseries is a Staffordshire nursery that sells fresh-cut trees online and delivers to Bedford, with a two-day delivery window you choose when ordering. On its Bedford delivery page on 5 November it showed a 3 to 4ft Nordmann fir at £44.99, marked down from £59.99, and it says it will beat the price of a same-grade tree elsewhere by 10%.

Other sizes and kinds are on its Christmas tree pages. This is a postal service, so you do not choose the tree yourself.

Price Nordmann fir 3 to 4ft £44.99 (shown as a reduced price on 5 November 2026)
Booking order online with a two-day delivery window
Call 01782 502741 (web sales)
Website jacksonsnurseries.co.uk/buy-christmas-tree-delivery-bedford.html
Good for home delivery, choice of delivery window, price match

Not in this guide

Barton Xmas Trees at Barton-le-Clay was left out: its delivery page still gave last season’s Saturday dates on 5 November and it sells from a private house. Frosts at Willington and the Podington, Roxton and Seasons garden centres had not said online whether they will sell real cut trees this year. The Greensand Trust’s tree sale at Rushmere Country Park, near Leighton Buzzard, had a 2025 listing but no 2026 dates yet. We will add any of these when they confirm.

After Christmas: recycling the tree

Last winter Bedford Borough Council ran eight free drop-off points for real trees, from 30 December to 11 January, including Jubilee Park, Mowsbury Park, Hillgrounds Road in Kempston and the Barkers Lane recycling centre; the trees were composted at Ravensden. The 2026 dates had not been announced on 5 November. Our Christmas bin collections page has the list and will carry the new dates.

How we chose

We started from the farms that people around Bedford search for and that local roundups have listed over several years, then read each seller’s own website, including its online shop where it has one, on 5 November 2026. We kept only sellers that had posted something for the 2026 season and left out those that had not, saying why above. Prices are the seller’s own and can change; where a seller does not publish prices, we say so rather than guess.

Run a place that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@bedfordtimes.co.uk. Taken a good photograph of any of these places? Email it to newsdesk@bedfordtimes.co.uk and we will add it with your name as the credit.

More for Christmas in Bedford: Christmas markets, Santa’s grottos, Christmas shopping, Christmas dinner, what’s on this month, things to do in Bedford and the local business directory.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I choose my own Christmas tree near Bedford in 2026?

Three growers let you walk the field and pick a tree. Merri at Oakley is open to choose from Saturday 28 November to Sunday 20 December. Badger Hill at Maulden is open every day from Saturday 21 November to Sunday 13 December, 9am to 4pm. Stoke Goldington Christmas Trees, near Olney, opens on Sunday 22 November and then on weekends and three Fridays until Saturday 19 December, 9am to 4pm. Stagsden Christmas Trees sells trees in its yard from 21 November.

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

Merri at Oakley prices its home-grown Nordmann firs by height for 2026: £45 for 3 to 4ft, £55 for 5 to 6ft and £65 for 6 to 7ft. Badger Hill’s online shop lists a 6 to 7ft Norway spruce at £50 and a 6 to 7ft premium Nordmann fir at £75. Jacksons Nurseries showed a 3 to 4ft Nordmann fir for delivery at £44.99 on 5 November. Stagsden and Stoke Goldington do not publish prices online.

Can I get a real Christmas tree delivered in Bedford?

Yes. Merri delivers within 15 miles of Oakley on set days from Tuesday 24 November, Badger Hill delivers online orders in the areas it covers, and Jacksons Nurseries posts cut trees to Bedford addresses.