Hans Christmas Andersen at Van Arnhem Nursery is located just outside Godalming and is easily accessible from the A3.
Come and visit our smaller farm location, choose from our beautiful fresh home grown Christmas Trees in the standing forest. This is the new home for SANTA! Visit him in his Grotto on the weekends.
We have plenty of free parking on site. Here you can also visit our cute little decorations shop which has lots of sustainable decorations individually chosen to meet our family farm ethos. There are also refreshments every weekend with Outpost Mobile Catering serving hot and cold drinks and food. You can meet the Owls from Owls About Town, and we have face painting and local stallholders
Check our opening times and other FAQs here.
You'll find us just off the A3 at the Godalming/Farnham turn for B3000. Coming northbound turn right over the bridge and then right onto Priorsfield Road, southbound go over the roundabout at Compton up the hill then over the roundabout to Priorsfield Road.
Visit Santa in his new home at a brand new Grotto here at Van Arnhem Nursery. You will find our original much-loved Santa has just ‘moved home’ and will still have the same wonderful charm, he will continue to raise funds for a variety of local charities.
It costs just £6 to visit Santa, and every child will get a gift. Santa will be in his grotto from 10 to 3pm every Saturday and Sunday from 30th November to 15th December.
Weekends at Van Arnhem
On the weekends of
- 30th November/1st December
- 7th/8th December
You can meet the Owls from Owls About Town. See these beautiful birds up close and even have the chance to hold one!
We have local stallholders selling candles, wooden gifts and face painting too
Van Arnhem Nursery
Open 7 days a week
25th November - 22nd December
9am to 4pm
We have plenty of free parking on site.
There are also refreshments every weekend serving hot and cold drinks and food.
At the weekend we have some local stallholders selling candles and wooden gifts, and face painting too!
Decorations Shop
We have a small shop with Christmas Lights, decorations and wreaths available at our site in Godalming.
Here we sell traditional wooden decorations, baubles, lights, stockings, wooden reindeer and snowmen and much more.
If we have not answered your question below, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01483 271770 or email us at trees@hanschristmasandersen.co.uk.
Tree FAQs
No, this is not a service we offer, but that's because most of our home grown Christmas Trees are already cut and standing on spikes, this allows you to look round the tree to choose the perfect one for you. Our trees are harvested throughout the season to ensure that our customers get only the freshest trees.
We sell the traditional Norway Spruce, Nordman Fir and several varieties of Pot Grown trees. You can find more details about our Christmas Tree varieties here.
As we grow the trees ourselves we are able to cut our home grown Christmas Trees up to Christmas Eve so we'll never run out! However there won't be as many trees to choose from at that stage so for the biggest choice don't leave it too late.
Nordman Fir trees are much better at holding their needles if looked after well and watered regularly. For Hans' tips on how to look after your tree see here.
Cranleigh Garden Services deliver trees locally on our behalf. You will need to organise that with them on the day or ahead of time if you know your tree will be too long for your car. You can find contact details for Cranleigh Garden Services and prices on their website. Delivery can only be arranged for trees from Santa Fir Christmas Tree Farm, not our other locations.
It can take 10yrs to grow a 6ft Nordman Fir tree.
Yes, it is very important to water your tree regularly and keep it away from radiators and direct heat. For more information on how to care for your tree check out Hans' tips.
Godalming FAQs
There is a decorations shop at the farm in Shamley Green and a smaller one at Van Arnhem Nursery in Godalming. See here for details.
Yes! Father Christmas has found his new home here in Godalming and will be in his grotto on the weekends. For days and times you can visit Santa, click here.
No it is free to visit the Christmas tree farm and the parking is free.
There is no need to book for the farm or for Father Christmas.
Dogs are very welcome, but must be kept on a lead please, also please ensure you pick up any poop!
We accept all major credit cards as well as cash. We do not accept Diners Club cards.
All our locations have free parking.