Where to bag your bird

KellyBronze

From £85.16 for a 4kg woodland-raised, free-range bird (kellybronze.co.uk; 01245 223581)

Copas Turkeys

Copas has already sold out of its organically raised Bronze turkeys, but the free-range Bronze (who roam in the farm’s Berkshire cherry orchards) are still available. The free-range turkeys are raised for up to seven months before being dry plucked and hung for two weeks. From £77 for a 4kg bird (copasturkeys.co.uk; 01628 499980)

Peele’s

The Peele family have been farming turkeys in Norfolk for over a century and are responsible for saving the Norfolk Black breed. Peele’s still has the best range of rare breeds around, including Bourbon Red, Narragansett, Cambridge Bronze and Lavender turkeys. From £81.50 for a 4kg free-range Norfolk Black turkey (peeles-blackturkeys.co.uk; 01362 850237)

Peach Croft Farm

An Oxfordshire farm run by the Homewood family who have been rearing

Christmas turkeys for 80 years. From £82.50 for a 4kg free-range Bronze turkey raised to around 22 weeks and hung for two weeks (peachcroft.co.uk; 01235 520094)

Pipers Farm

Works with 25 small-scale farms around Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Cornwall to provide meat and cheese – and turkeys at Christmas, too. From £78.95 for a 4.5kg Bronze free-range turkey, hung for at least 12 days (pipersfarm.co.uk; 01392 881380)

South Powrie Farm

Free-range KellyBronze turkeys raised under licence in Scotland. You can pick up trimmings from other local suppliers on the website at the same time. From £93.86 for a 5kg turkey (southpowrie.co.uk; 01382 504637)

Buying direct

The NFU has a website to help you search for a turkey producer close to where you live. Visit nfuonline.com/ back-british-farming/ uk-turkeys/