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H Fairhead Ltd — Forest Nursery

🕐 Opening Hours

Monday	9:00 – 17:00
Tuesday	9:00 – 17:00
Wednesday	9:00 – 17:00
Thursday	9:00 – 17:00
Friday	9:00 – 17:00
Saturday	9:00 – 17:00
Sunday	10:00 – 16:00

A small nursery — hours may vary seasonally, so call before a long journey.
Hours may vary on bank holidays — always verify before visiting.

🌿 What’s Here

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Plants, herbs & compost
A good selection for the size, including herbs, with composts and soils alongside.

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Fence panels
Fencing and timber sold here too, at prices reviewers rate well.

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Christmas trees
A regular annual fixture for local customers, with delivery available.

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Cheaper than competitors
Reviewers who have compared explicitly say it undercuts larger nurseries nearby.

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All outdoors
Entirely open-air and rarely crowded — a point several reviewers make in its favour.

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Local delivery
Small orders have been dropped off locally at no charge.

⭐ What Visitors Commonly Mention

Themes from recent public Google reviews sampled September 2026 — editorial summaries, not verbatim quotes. Bars show relative prominence within the sample, not counts of all 27 reviews.

Staff helpfulness

Most mentioned

Plant quality

Frequent

Value for money

Frequent

Christmas trees

Regular

Fencing & sundries

Occasional

Sentiment summary: Small, local and very highly rated. The owners are named in most reviews and the tone is affectionate rather than transactional — people describe going back year after year, mainly for plants and Christmas trees, and being looked after each time. Price comes up repeatedly as better than larger competitors. One customer, isolating at home, had a very small order delivered free of charge, which is the kind of thing that shows up in a 4.9.

Source: Google Maps public review data, sampled September 2026. This page is not a review platform and does not collect first-party reviews.

📍 Getting Here

🚇 By Tube
Loughton is on the Central line, roughly a mile away — one of the few Essex nurseries genuinely reachable by Underground.

🚌 By Bus
Loughton is well served, with stops a short walk from Nursery Road.

🚗 By Car
On Nursery Road at Loughton, on the edge of Epping Forest. Parking on site.

🚲 By Bike
Easy from Loughton and Buckhurst Hill, with Epping Forest routes nearby.

Coordinates: 51.6469881, 0.0459002 · Open in Google Maps ↗

🗺 Nearby Garden Centres

Other garden centres from our Essex listings. Distances are straight-line estimates; drive times will be longer.

Garden Centre	Area	Distance	Rating	Reviews	Notable For
Connaught Farm Nurseries	Loughton	~2 km SW	4.1 ★	83	Mature trees; cash only
Abridge Garden Centre	Abridge	~7 km E	4.5 ★	298	£1 reduced shelf
Matthews Plants	Roydon	~11 km N	4.9 ★	614	Grower, exceptional rating
Bonnies Oak	Roydon	~12 km N	4.4 ★	343	Fruit trees, aquatics

All centres listed on allgardencentres.co.uk. Ratings from Google Maps public data, September 2026.

📊 How It Compares Locally

Benchmarked against 65 Essex garden centres tracked on this site (September 2026 data).

A small, all-outdoor local nursery on Nursery Road at Loughton with plants, composts and fence panels, run by owners reviewers name and thank — and cheaper than many bigger competitors. (this listing)

4.9 ★

Essex average (65 centres)

4.45 ★

Highest in dataset

5 ★

A small, all-outdoor local nursery on Nursery Road at Loughton with plants, composts and fence panels, run by owners reviewers name and thank — and cheaper than many bigger competitors. rates above the Essex average (4.9 vs 4.45 ★ county mean).

65 Essex garden centres tracked on allgardencentres.co.uk. All Google public rating data, September 2026.

☑️ Before You Go

Genuinely walkable from Loughton Central line station — unusual for a nursery in this county.
The whole site is outdoors, so dress for the weather.
They sell fence panels and timber as well as plants.
Christmas trees are an annual fixture and can be delivered.
It is small, so ring ahead if you need something specific.

🔍 Data & Source Confidence

✅ Business name confirmed

✅ Full address present

✅ Phone number verified

✅ Official website linked

✅ Google rating (public data)

✅ Opening hours sourced

✅ GPS coordinates verified

⚠️ Owner not yet claimed

Rating data: Sourced from Google Maps public listing, September 2026. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Google. Review themes are editorial summaries drawn from a sample of recent public reviews — not verbatim quotes from any reviewer.
Opening hours: Sourced from Google Business Profile at time of collection. Hours can change — always verify before visiting, especially on bank holidays.
Distances: Straight-line (as-the-crow-flies) estimates using GPS coordinates. Actual driving distance will be greater.

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