Christmas Tree Collection 2026
Collection dates: 9-11 January 2026
Registration closes: midnight Monday 5 January 2026
Service area: Selected TA and BA postcodes across Somerset
Register your tree!
Our Somerset Christmas 'treecycling' registration is now OPEN and will close at midnight on Monday 5 January 2026.
Collection dates: 9th – 11th January 2026
We will be collecting trees in the following postcodes: TA1, TA2, TA3, TA4, TA5, TA6, TA7, TA10, TA11, TA12, TA13, TA14, TA15, TA16, TA17, TA18, TA19, TA20, TA21, BA5, BA6, BA7*, BA10*, BA16, BA20, BA22.
*Please note that BA7, Castle Cary, and BA10, Bruton, are NEW for 2026!
We're also working with Children’s Hospice South West for TA1, TA2 and TA3 collections. CHSW will be collecting trees from 9-16 January.
Let your Christmas tree do one last good deed before it leaves your home!
Don’t just take down the decorations – make a difference.
In partnership with national charity, JustHelping, our Somerset Christmas tree collection is back for 2026! The service is hassle-free: we collect your tree from your roadside in exchange for a kind donation, and local tree surgeons will chip it down for use in farms, gardens, and paths.
How it works
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Register online to book your collection slot
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Leave your real tree outside your property on your allocated day
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Our volunteers collect it for recycling
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Local tree surgeons chip trees for reuse on farms, gardens, and pathways
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Your donation helps fund St Margaret’s Hospice.
Simple for you – life-changing for local families.
Your Christmas tree is responsibly ‘treecycled’
Every real Christmas tree we collect is recycled, keeping waste out of landfill and cutting carbon emissions.
Fun Fact: A 2-metre real Christmas tree with no roots has a carbon footprint of 16kg CO2e if it ends up in landfill. We collected around 2000 trees in January 2025…that’s a lot of carbon reduction for Somerset!
Your donation funds hospice care
Every Christmas tree we collect helps St Margaret’s provide compassionate care and support for people with life-limiting illness, free of charge across Somerset.
This campaign is powered by community spirit – hundreds of volunteers, local businesses, and supporters coming together to turn old Christmas trees into something truly meaningful. Whether you’re donating a Christmas tree, volunteering a few hours, or simply spreading the word, you’re helping make a difference that lasts far beyond the festive season.
Volunteer with a van?
We can't run this collection without the incredible support from volunteers and their vans. If you have a van and can help collect trees on 9, 10, 11, 15 and 16 January 2026, we would love to hear from you.
Not got a van? We'd still love your help!
FAQs
All registrations are handled through JustHelping, our national charity partner.
Click here to enter your postcode and book your collection online.
Registration closes at midnight on Monday 5 January 2026. After that, we can’t guarantee collection.
St Margaret’s will be collecting from 9-11 January.
Please note that if your collection is in TA1, TA2 or TA3, Children’s Hospice South West may be collecting your tree from 9-16 January.
We are unable to offer specific dates or times, so please have your tree ready from 8am on Friday 9 January.
Please leave your real tree outside your property by 8am on Friday 9 January 2026, in a visible, accessible, and unobstructed spot on the roadside.
Remove all decorations, lights, and stands.
No – for health and safety, our volunteers cannot enter homes, back gardens, or gated spaces. Trees must be left outside and easy to access.
Yes, if you can. Labelling your tree helps volunteers identify it quickly, and adding a What3Words location is especially useful if your property is hard to find.
Trees are responsibly recycled. They are chipped by local tree surgeons and reused for farms, gardens, and pathways – keeping them out of landfill.
Your donation supports St Margaret’s Hospice, helping provide compassionate, specialist care across Somerset.
