Pick your own Christmas Tree

Booking is essential for the Pick Your Own Christmas Tree event at the plantation. We are unable to accommodate walk-ins unfortunately.

The booking process allows us to regulate the number of people turning up at the plantation at any one time, avoiding over-crowding and making the whole experience more pleasant for everyone.

The check-in process is carefully prepared for each booked ticket, including pre-printed personalised labels. Allowing walk-ins would require details to be taken down by hand which would, in turn, slow down the process and cause queues.

If you are unable to book a time-slot for the PYO Tree event, there are still plenty of pre-cut Rougham Estate trees available to buy from Blackthorpe Barn.

Yes, you can choose up to 3 trees with one time-slot ticket.

If you are coming to the plantation as a group and want up to 3 trees between you, just book one check-in time-slot ticket and let us know the different names for each tree label.
You pay for the first tree online to secure the check-in time and pay for the other trees at the check-in hut (card only).

All 3 trees must be collected during the same collection week, but not necessarily at the same time during that week. Collection weeks run from Saturday morning to Thursday afternoon.

All 3 trees will have the same contact name/email/phone number. These are the contact details of the person who buys the ticket.

By combining your group’s trees into one time-slot ticket, it allows other families to book a ticket to visit the plantation.

The cost to select each tree on the plantation is £15. This is in addition to the cost of the tree.

When you book your check-in time-slot you have the opportunity to enter what you would like to be printed on your personalised name label. Each tree gets its own label, so if you want more than 1 tree, let us know the name for the second (and third) tree too.

Pick a name that is likely to be unique to you and that the person collecting the tree will remember/know. The name you choose for your label will be used to sort the trees for collection at the Barn. Please use mostly alphabetical characters for your tree name label.

We reserve the right to alter any tree name label slightly, if what has been chosen is unsuitable; for example, adding the contact person’s surname to a label with just numbers or removing any offensive words.

At check-in you will be told if any changes have been made to your label, and the name label for your tree will be emailed to you just before the beginning of the collection week, to make sure you know what you are looking for.

If the weather is a bit chilly, dress up warmly – the plantation is all outside. If it’s been raining, do wear wellies.
You may like to bring gloves because the trees can be a bit prickly, and bring a camera to take a picture of your beautiful tree and where it has been growing.
If you feel like it, why not come in your most festive Christmas jumpers and hats!

Bring the family – it’s a great experience for young children.
You are welcome to bring your well-behaved dog on a short lead too.

Kiernan’s Coffee will be with us at the plantation this year, serving coffees, warm drinks and snacks.

You are welcome to come as a family to the plantation to choose your Christmas tree(s). The booking you make is for an arrival time, so that we can manage the check-in process efficiently, not for a specific number of people.

Yes, you are welcome to bring well-behaved dogs on a lead to the Christmas tree plantation when you come to choose your tree.

• Please keep your dog under control at all times and ensure that your dog does not disturb other people’s enjoyment of the premises or block any passageways.

You can choose up to 3 trees from the plantation in one time-slot booking, with a charge of £15 per tree (in addition to the cost of the trees).
You are welcome to have 3 different names on the tags for the 3 trees, just tell us the different names when you make the booking.

We will take payment for the second and third trees when you check in at the plantation (card only).

Once you are checked in at the Christmas tree plantation, you are welcome to stay at the plantation until you find your perfect tree or until closing time.
The later in the day your check-in time is, the less time you will have.
We close the plantation half an hour after the last entry ticket time.

Many people take about half an hour to find their perfect tree. You may spot it as soon as you walk into the plantation or it may take you a little longer to find your tree, but please be aware of our closing time at 2:30pm.

Due to most people wanting Nordmann Fir for the long needle-retention times and softer needles, this is the predominant tree grown on the plantation.
There are some Norway Spruce and Blue Spruce too, but in smaller numbers.

We grow and sell Christmas trees of all sizes, with a wide range of sizes of cut trees available at Blackthorpe Barn.
On the plantation, for the Pick Your Own Trees event, the trees available to choose from have an approximate maximum height of 10ft.
Any trees over 10ft tall must be ordered directly from our Christmas Tree Manager.

Contact Simon Eddell, our Christmas Tree manager, for over-sized tree requests.
Email: simon@roughamestate.com

The nearest toilets to the plantation are at Blackthorpe Barn, about 1 minute’s drive away.
The plantation itself is a field with no facilities.

Unfortunately we cannot change your time-slot due to forecast poor weather. We go ahead with the check-in at the plantation even if the weather is not great.

The only way to change your time-slot booking to visit the plantation is to cancel your booking and re-book a ticket for another time.

Refunds for cancelled time-slot tickets are only given if the cancellation is requested 4 full days before the check-in time.

The PYO Christmas Tree event happens at one of the tree plantations on Rougham Estate. Which plantation is used is decided upon on a year by year basis.

In 2025 the plantation is The Rookery, which isn’t actually at Blackthorpe Barn but is very close and is halfway between the Barn and junction 45 of the A14. You can find the details of how to get there in the Where To Find Us section of the PYO Trees page.

The PYO Christmas Tree event is set up to be as efficient as possible, which means that each tree is labelled with a coloured tag and all trees with that colour label are cut at the same time.
Red labels – Collection Week 1
Blue labels – Collection Week 2
Orange labels – Collection Week 3

We are unable to go and search for your specific tree on the plantation and cut it on another day.

You can collect your tree from Blackthorpe Barn at any point (during our opening times) from the Saturday morning at 9:30 until the Thursday evening 5pm of your chosen collection week. It doesn’t have to be collected at the weekend.

If you haven’t collected your tree by the end of Thursday, your tree will be added to the general cut Christmas trees sales area for anyone else to select and buy.

If you can’t remember when your chosen collection week is, please check your ticket email from Rougham Estate where it will be listed.
We will also send you a reminder email a few days before your chosen collection week starts.

If you book to come to the plantation as a group on one check-in time-slot ticket and choose 3 trees from the plantation, all 3 trees will be ready in the same collection week.

However, you don’t have to pick up all 3 trees at the same time. The collection week runs from Saturday morning to Thursday afternoon. You can collect any of your trees at any time during these six days.

The PYO Christmas tree service is available to you to enhance your Christmas experience, if you would like to.
We open up the plantation for you to visit and find your perfect tree, giving you a personalised weather-proof label with which to tag your tree.

A day or two before your specified collection week we then go to the plantation, search for your chosen tree (double-checking it is indeed your tree!), cut it especially for you, measure and net it and set it aside for you.

The cost for this service is £15.
If you don’t wish to pay this £15, you are very welcome to choose from the pre-cut trees available in the Christmas Tree Sales Area.

CANCELLATIONS AND REBOOKINGS
If you have only booked your time-slot ticket and have not yet been to the plantation to choose your tree, and you need to change either your picking or collection times, you may be able cancel your PYO Christmas Tree ticket and rebook for another time.

You can only receive a refund for your time-slot ticket if you cancel more than 4 full days before you are booked to visit the plantation.

Booking a new time-slot ticket depends on what tickets are still available at the time.
Let us know you want a cancellation/refund for your original booking by filling in our Cancellation and Refund form.

Unfortunately we can’t change your chosen collection week once you have booked your time-slot.
Your tree will be held for you from the Saturday morning of your chosen collection week until closing time on the following Thursday. You have six days to pick it up.
If your tree is not collected by the end of that Thursday, it will be offered for general sale with the other cut trees.

There are a couple of ways to find out what you wrote on your PYO Christmas Tree label:

• Please check your confirmation ticket email titled “Your tickets from Rougham Estate”; your label name will be listed there.
• Please check the email we send out a day or two before your chosen collection week begins. This email will list your tree label name(s) and also your tree label number(s).

Once your tree has been tagged with your colour-coded label, your chosen collection week is locked in.
All the trees with the same colour label are cut at the same time (Red: Week 1, Blue: Week 2, Orange: Week 3).

Your tree will be held for you from the Saturday morning of your chosen collection week until closing time on the following Thursday, so you have six days to pick it up.

If your tree is not collected by the end of that Thursday, it will be offered for general sale with the other cut trees.

Don’t worry if you can’t remember which collection week you selected to come and get your tree. It will be listed on the “Your Tickets from Rougham Estate” email when you made your original booking.

Do you remember which colour label you put on your tree?
The Red Labels are for the first collection week, the Blue Labels are for the second collection week and the Orange Labels are for the final collection week. (See the top of this page for the actual dates this year.)

We will also send you a reminder email just a few days before your collection week begins, listing the name label(s) you chose to put on your tree(s) and the tree label numbers, so that you can be sure that you are coming at the right time and taking home the tree(s) you chose.

To get to the Barn, use this postcode: IP30 9HZ.
Not all events on Rougham Estate happen at Blackthorpe Barn; please check the specific details for the event you wish to attend.
More information on finding us easily can be found on our visitor information page.

Yes, we offer a Christmas tree delivery service within a radius of about 30 miles from Blackthorpe Barn. Depending on where you live, the delivery cost will vary from approximately £20 – £55 depending on distance.

If you are choosing your tree at the Pick Your Own Christmas Tree plantation and you want to have your tree delivered, you pay for your tree and its delivery at the check-in hut (card only).

Please email Simon Eddell, the Christmas Tree Manager, on simon@roughamestate.com for details about delivery.

If you arrive at the plantation and decide that you don’t want to choose a tree from the hundreds of trees available, unfortunately we are unable to give you a refund for your ticket price (the cost for the first tree).
However, if you paid for a second or third tree at the check-in, we will refund the cost for the further trees.

Yes, we have some lovely dog walks around the Estate. Please see our Walks page.

Although Rougham Estate is known for its Christmas tree plantations, there’s lots more to do here too, especially at Christmas!

Roots Café is open all year round at Blackthorpe Barn, as is the Christmas shop at Christmas time, and the Garden Room shop at others times.

For the second weekend of PYO Christmas tree, the renowned Arts and Crafts Fair is also taking place in the medieval thatched barn – just the thing to get you into the mood for Christmas, with makers from around the country selling their hand-crafted goods. You’ll find the perfect Christmas present here.

Don’t forget to visit the fabulous Christmas Shop too, open daily from mid October to a few days before Christmas.

There are also walks of different lengths and difficulties that start at the Barn and take you around the Estate.

At different times of the year we hold other events such as the sunflowers in summer and pumpkins in autumn.
Keep your eye on our social media accounts and our website to see what’s happening here.