We checked 10 places selling real Christmas trees to Islington homes, from the Highbury pitch to Boma, for prices and dates. Updated November 2026.
There are 10 places selling real Christmas trees to Islington homes in 2026, and this guide puts them in one place with prices, opening dates and the postcodes each one delivers to. Most people will land on one of the three Pines and Needles pitches inside the borough: at the Alwyne Castle in Highbury, in St John’s churchyard on Holloway Road and at the Tufnell Park Tavern.
Islington has no garden centre selling trees, so the list is three pitches in the borough, three pitches just over the line that deliver into Islington postcodes, two garden centres in Camden, and two London delivery firms with no shop to visit.
Prices for a tree of about 6ft
| Seller | Tree of about 6ft | Smallest tree listed |
|---|---|---|
| Pines and Needles (online shop) | £85 (6ft Premium), £120 (6ft Super Premium) | £45 (3ft Premium) |
| Boma Garden Centre | £89.99 (6 to 7ft Nordmann or Fraser) | £49.99 (3 to 4ft Nordmann) |
| Christmas on the Hill (cut, before delivery) | £80 (6ft) | £56 (4ft) |
| Christmas on the Hill (rental, before delivery and deposit) | £80 (6ft) | £30 (2ft) |
| Creekside Christmas (delivered) | £104.99 (6 to 7ft Nordmann) | £69.99 (3 to 4ft Nordmann) |
Camden Garden Centre does not publish tree prices online. Pines and Needles’ prices are from its online shop; ask at the pitch if the price there differs.
Pop-up pitches in the borough: Pines and Needles
Pines and Needles calls itself a British brand with Scottish roots and runs more than 40 pitches across London and the south of England, selling Nordmann firs it says are grown on its own farms in Scotland, graded Premium or Super Premium. Three of its pitches are inside Islington. All of them keep the same hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 9pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am to 8pm. Staff book delivery for you at the pitch: £52 to drop the tree off, or £75 with installation. Same-day delivery must be booked by 2pm and arrives between 3pm and 10pm.
1. Pines and Needles, Highbury
This pitch is at the Alwyne Castle pub, where St Paul’s Road meets Grange Grove, a short walk from Highbury and Islington station. It opens first of the three and has the widest delivery area of any pitch near the borough: N1, N5 and N7, plus EC1 for Clerkenwell and Finsbury, and E2 and E8 over the line in Hackney.
The store page says there is limited free parking on site, and roadside parking in the evenings and at weekends.
Open Mon 16 November to Thu 24 December; Mon to Fri 9am to 9pm; Sat and Sun 8am to 8pm
Price online shop 3ft £45 to 7ft £110 (Premium); 6ft Super Premium £120; delivery £52, with installation £75
Address Alwyne Castle, 83A St Paul's Road, Highbury, N1 2LY
Parking limited free parking on site; roadside evenings and weekends
Website pinesandneedles.com/pages/highbury-christmas-tree-store
Good for delivery to N1, N5, N7 and EC1, installation, near Highbury Corner
2. Pines and Needles, Upper Holloway
The Upper Holloway pitch is in the churchyard of St John’s Church at 738 Holloway Road, between Archway and Upper Holloway station. It delivers to N4, N7 and N19 inside the borough, and to N6, N8 and NW5 beyond it, but only on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, so plan the day you buy.
Parking is pay and display on St John’s Grove.
Open Tue 17 November to Thu 24 December; Mon to Fri 9am to 9pm; Sat and Sun 8am to 8pm
Price online shop 3ft £45 to 7ft £110 (Premium); 6ft Super Premium £120; delivery £52, with installation £75
Booking deliveries Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday only
Address St John's Church, 738 Holloway Road, N19 3JF
Parking pay and display on St John's Grove
Website pinesandneedles.com/pages/upper-holloway-christmas-tree-store
Good for delivery to N4, N7 and N19, Archway, installation
3. Pines and Needles, Tufnell Park
This pitch is at the Tufnell Park Tavern, 162 Tufnell Park Road, which is on the Islington side of the boundary with Camden. It opens later than the other two and its store page lists only one delivery postcode, N7, so it suits Holloway and Tufnell Park homes.
There is no car park; the page points to local pay and display bays.
Open Fri 20 November to Thu 24 December; Mon to Fri 9am to 9pm; Sat and Sun 8am to 8pm
Price online shop 3ft £45 to 7ft £110 (Premium); 6ft Super Premium £120; delivery £52, with installation £75
Address Tufnell Park Tavern, 162 Tufnell Park Road, N7 0EE
Parking local pay and display
Website pinesandneedles.com/pages/tufnell-park-christmas-tree-store
Good for delivery to N7, installation, Tufnell Park and Holloway
Pitches just over the borough line
These three Pines and Needles pitches are in Haringey and Hackney, but each delivers to Islington postcodes, at the same prices and the same £52 or £75 delivery charge.
4. Pines and Needles, Finsbury Park
The Finsbury Park pitch is at Hornsey Gate, by the park entrance on Endymion Road, on the Haringey side of the park. It delivers to N4, N5, N7 and N19, which covers Finsbury Park, Highbury, Holloway and Archway, and to N8, N15 and N16 beyond.
The store page says pay and display parking runs 10am to 5pm every day and is free before and after.
Open Mon 16 November to Thu 24 December; Mon to Fri 9am to 9pm; Sat and Sun 8am to 8pm
Price online shop 3ft £45 to 7ft £110 (Premium); 6ft Super Premium £120; delivery £52, with installation £75
Address Hornsey Gate, Endymion Road, N4 1EE
Parking pay and display 10am to 5pm, free outside those hours
Website pinesandneedles.com/pages/finsbury-park-christmas-tree-store
Good for delivery to N4, N5, N7 and N19, parking, installation
5. Pines and Needles, Clissold Park
This pitch is in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church on Stoke Newington Church Street, in Hackney. It delivers to N1, N4 and N5, so it is an option for Canonbury, Highbury and Finsbury Park, and to N15, N16, E5 and E8.
The nearest parking it names is Wilmer Place car park.
Open Mon 16 November to Thu 24 December; Mon to Fri 9am to 9pm; Sat and Sun 8am to 8pm
Price online shop 3ft £45 to 7ft £110 (Premium); 6ft Super Premium £120; delivery £52, with installation £75
Address St Mary's Church, Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 9ES
Parking Wilmer Place car park, pay and display
Website pinesandneedles.com/pages/clissold-park-christmas-tree-store
Good for delivery to N1, N4 and N5, installation
6. Pines and Needles, Hoxton
The Hoxton pitch is in the car park of St John the Baptist Church on New North Road, at the St John’s Centre on Pitfield Street, in Hackney. It is the one to know for the south of the borough: it delivers to EC1V, which takes in Angel, St Luke’s and Finsbury, and to the N1 5 and N1 7 postcode districts around New North Road and the Regent’s Canal, as well as E2.
Open Thu 19 November to Thu 24 December; Mon to Fri 9am to 9pm; Sat and Sun 8am to 8pm
Price online shop 3ft £45 to 7ft £110 (Premium); 6ft Super Premium £120; delivery £52, with installation £75
Address St John's Centre, 85 Pitfield Street, N1 6NP
Parking pay and display car park at the church
Website pinesandneedles.com/pages/hoxton-christmas-tree-store
Good for delivery to EC1V and parts of N1, installation
Garden centres in Camden
7. Camden Garden Centre, St Pancras Way
Camden Garden Centre, off St Pancras Way, says it was founded in 1983 by local business people worried about youth unemployment, and that it donates funds to its parent charity to sustain its training scheme. Its Christmas page says that from the end of November every year it is full of trees “from table top size to five metres tall”: Norway spruce, Nordmann and Noble firs, cut and pot-grown.
Staff trim the trunk to fit your stand and net the tree to carry, and it says it delivers “throughout London”. It does not publish tree prices online, so ring for them.
Open Mon to Sat 9am to 5pm; Sun 10am to 4pm (autumn and winter hours); trees from the end of November
Call 020 7387 7080
Address 2 Barker Drive, St Pancras Way, NW1 0JW
Parking free customer car park
Website camdengardencentre.co.uk/christmas
Good for trees up to five metres, pot-grown trees, trunk trimmed to fit, London delivery, free car park
8. Boma Garden Centre, Kentish Town
Boma, on Islip Street in Kentish Town, sells premium cut Nordmann and Fraser firs from 3ft to 10ft. Its site says trees are available for collection and for delivery to every postcode inside the M25 from 23 November to 22 December, and that pre-orders opened on 12 October.
It says each tree is cut at the base to fit a stand, and that the largest trees, 9 to 10ft, may have delivery limits depending on the distance from the centre.
Open Mon to Sat 9am to 5pm; Sun 10am to 4pm; trees from 23 November to 22 December
Price Nordmann 3 to 4ft £49.99; 4 to 5ft £59.99; 5 to 6ft £69.99; 6 to 7ft £89.99; 7 to 8ft £109.99; 8 to 9ft £139.99; 9 to 10ft £179.99; Fraser fir 4 to 5ft £59.99 to 8 to 9ft £139.99
Booking pre-order online for collection or delivery
Call 020 7284 4999
Address 51 to 53 Islip Street, Kentish Town, NW5 2DL
Website bomagardencentre.co.uk/christmas-trees-gifts/real-christmas-trees/cut-christmas-trees
Good for pre-ordering, Nordmann and Fraser firs, delivery inside the M25, trees to 10ft
Delivery and rental firms
9. Christmas on the Hill (delivery and rental)
Christmas on the Hill sells cut trees or rents living ones. Its rental trees are Norway spruces in pots with roots and soil: it delivers one in December, collects it in January, and takes it back to its farm for the rest of the year.
It trims about half an inch off the base of each cut tree before delivery so it takes up water, and says it is aiming to deliver every tree this year by electric vehicle. Delivery and the rental deposit are shown at checkout, so enter your postcode there.
Price cut tree 4ft £56, 5ft £68, 6ft £80, 7ft £100, 8ft £120, up to 12ft £235; rental 2ft £30, 3ft £45, 4ft £55, 5ft £65, 6ft £80, 7ft £95; delivery and rental deposit extra
Booking online, choose delivery and collection dates at checkout
Website christmasonthehill.co.uk
Good for rent a living tree, cut trees to 12ft, January collection
10. Creekside Christmas (delivery only)
Creekside Christmas is an online business with no pitch to visit. It lists Islington among the boroughs it serves, says delivery is free inside the M25, and lets you choose a delivery day between 19 November and 23 December 2026.
The all-day slot, 9am to 10pm, is free; a daytime or evening slot costs £12 more. You can pay extra to have the tree carried in, set up, or set up with lights fitted.
Open deliveries Thu 19 November to Wed 23 December
Price Nordmann delivered 3 to 4ft £69.99; 5 to 6ft £89.99; 6 to 7ft £104.99; 7 to 8ft £119.99; Fraser fir 6 to 7ft £114.99
Booking online, choose a delivery date and slot
Website creeksidechristmas.co.uk
Good for free delivery, Nordmann and Fraser firs, installation
Also worth knowing
- Getting rid of the tree: Islington has not yet published its dates for January 2027. After Christmas 2025 it collected real trees from outside homes on the normal collection day between 5 and 16 January, and residents could also leave them at eight park drop-off points. The details, and this year’s dates when they appear, are on our Christmas bin collections page. Christmas on the Hill also offers a January collection.
- More for December: Christmas shopping in Islington, Christmas dinner in Islington, ice rinks near Islington, the Christmas markets, the lights switch-on, carols and Christmas concerts, what’s on this month and things to do in Islington. Local businesses are in our directory.
How we chose
The list covers the pitches in the borough, the pitches close enough to deliver into Islington postcodes, two garden centres a short trip away, and two firms that deliver across London. Opening dates and delivery postcodes are from each Pines and Needles store page; the pitches have moved their dates before, so check the page before you go. Pines and Needles’ Highgate pitch does not list an Islington postcode for delivery, so we left it out; its Regent’s Park pitch lists N1 among its delivery areas, but the Highbury pitch covers the same postcode. Delivery firms that only publish a generic “Islington” landing page with no prices were left out too.
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Frequently asked questions
Where can I buy a real Christmas tree in Islington in 2026?
Pines and Needles has three pop-up pitches inside the borough: at the Alwyne Castle pub in Highbury from 16 November, in St John’s churchyard on Holloway Road in Upper Holloway from 17 November, and at the Tufnell Park Tavern from 20 November. All three are open to 24 December. Its Finsbury Park, Clissold Park and Hoxton pitches, just over the borough line, also deliver into Islington postcodes.
How much is a real Christmas tree in Islington in 2026?
For a tree of about 6ft, Pines and Needles’ online shop lists £85 for a 6ft Premium Nordmann fir, Boma lists £89.99 for a 6 to 7ft Nordmann or Fraser fir, Christmas on the Hill lists £80 for a 6ft cut tree before delivery, and Creekside Christmas lists £104.99 for a 6 to 7ft Nordmann delivered free inside the M25.
Can I get a Christmas tree delivered in Islington?
Yes. Every Pines and Needles pitch books delivery for £52, or £75 with installation, to its own list of postcodes. Boma delivers to every postcode inside the M25 from 23 November, Creekside Christmas delivers free across Islington from 19 November, and Christmas on the Hill rents living trees and collects them in January.
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