Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Festival

Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Festival Brightlingsea's annual Christmas Tree Festival 2026 will take place at All Saints Church on the 12th and 13th December.

Admission £4:00 adults, children under-16s free. For more details check out our website: www.brightlingseachristmastreefestival.co.uk An average of 100 trees are displayed in St James' Church; all are beautiful, thought provoking or comical and they bring in excess of two and a half thousand people to admire them in return for a small entrance fee. More than 95 local residents bake enough cakes, p

ies, scones, pastries, tarts and refreshments to feed the crowds and in all over 300 people are involved in organising and running the Festival. During the three days of the Festival, choirs, soloists, organists, pianists and instrumentalists play and sing for visitors adding to the delights. There is a special ticket event on Saturday night and the Festival closes with carols for everyone on Sunday evening. There is a special Christmas Stall and a Christmas Pantry that between them sell festive decorations, presents and edible goodies at very reasonable prices.

And the winners of the 2025 Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Festival are (drumroll please):Adult group1st place “Mother Chr...
17/12/2025

And the winners of the 2025 Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Festival are (drumroll please):

Adult group
1st place “Mother Christmas” by Springmead Garden
2nd place “Holy Cow” by Mending Matters

Individual Child
1st place “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” by Amy Carter

Child group
1st place “Chrittermas Tree” by 4th Brightlingsea ‘Ottawa’ Beavers
2nd place “Brightlingsea Gingerbread Tree” by The Colne Community School

It's a glorious day, the festival is open and we look forward to seeing you!
13/12/2025

It's a glorious day, the festival is open and we look forward to seeing you!

03/12/2025

You still have time to enter a tree into the Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Festival, but hurry entries close this Friday.
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A quick reminder that entering a tree into the Christmas Tree Festival couldn’t be simpler, just click on the link below...
19/11/2025

A quick reminder that entering a tree into the Christmas Tree Festival couldn’t be simpler, just click on the link below and fill out the form but hurry entries close on Friday 5th December. 🌲 🌲 🎄

ONLINE ENTRY FOR 2025 IS NOW OPEN Any local individual, organisation, group or business is welcome to enter a tree into the Festival and entry is free of charge. There are also special prizes for j…

We had a great planning meeting for the Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Frstival last night, can’t wait to share all the gr...
29/10/2025

We had a great planning meeting for the Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Frstival last night, can’t wait to share all the great things we’ve got planned, but first you need to get your entries in. Entering a tree is completely free, just follow the link below. 🎄🎄🎄

ONLINE ENTRY FOR 2025 IS NOW OPEN Any local individual, organisation, group or business is welcome to enter a tree into the Festival and entry is free of charge. There are also special prizes for j…

🎄🎄🎄Did you know that it is free to put a Tree into the Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Festival ? The perfect way to get yo...
15/10/2025

🎄🎄🎄Did you know that it is free to put a Tree into the Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Festival ? The perfect way to get your group, organisation or business infront of the public, follow the link below to enter now. 🎄🎄🎄

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Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Festival will take place at All Saints Church on the 13th and 14th of December 2025, and on...
23/09/2025

Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Festival will take place at All Saints Church on the 13th and 14th of December 2025, and on line entries are now open, follow the link below to the website and click on entering on the menu.
https://brightlingseachristmastreefestival.co.uk/

Thank you to everyone who came to and entered a tree into this years Christmas Tree Festival. It was a great weekend. Th...
17/12/2024

Thank you to everyone who came to and entered a tree into this years Christmas Tree Festival. It was a great weekend. The votes have been counted and verified, as they say, and the results are as follows:-
First Place Adult Tree - Essex Handicrafts- Evidence of Elves.
Second Place Adult Tree - Springmead Garden - Springmead Fairies.
First Place Child Group - 4Youth Brightlingsea - We Fish You A Merry Christmas.
Second Place Child Group - Brightlingsea Primary School - Trash to Treasure.
First Place Child Individual - Daisie Crochet Chain - Daisie Willett.

10/12/2024

We can’t wait to welcome everyone to All Saints Church this weekend, 14th and 15th December 2024, for Christmas Tree Festival.

Tomorrow is the final day to enter a Christmas Tree for the Christmas Tree Festival. Entry is free and you can enter onl...
06/12/2024

Tomorrow is the final day to enter a Christmas Tree for the Christmas Tree Festival. Entry is free and you can enter online via the event website - brightlingseachristmasstreefestival.co.uk

If you are looking for inspiration for your tree entries, check out some of our favourites from last year. Enter online ...
24/11/2024

If you are looking for inspiration for your tree entries, check out some of our favourites from last year. Enter online at brightlingseachristmastreefestival.co.uk

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All Saints' Church, Church Road
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