Allotments
Allotments are an important part of the culture within Charnwood, and provide a wide range of benefits to communities and the environment. They provide an important recreation facility, especially for people with small gardens. Allotments don’t have to be hard work and can have many advantages providing fresh vegetables, fruit and flowers free from pollutants at a fraction of cost paid in supermarkets.
Apart from providing low cost food, they also provide valuable recreational opportunities involving healthy activity and social contacts. Allotments are significant to our green spaces and provide habitats for many forms of wildlife.
Today, the Council has a statutory requirement to provide allotments for the public. Allotments can also offer a the social side, where you can meet new friends, enjoy a healthy outdoor life and a place to relax and unwind.
Charnwood Borough Council has eight allotment sites as follows:
- Mountfields, Epinal Way, Temporary site - 64
- Lodge Farm, Forest Road, Permanent site - 44
- Ingle Pingle, Forest Road, Temporary site - 22
- Park Farm, Hazel Road, Permanent site - 26
- Beacon Road, Temporary site - 13
- Meadow Avenue, Permanent site - 22
- Alan Moss Road (Phase 1 and 2), Permanent site - 61
- Great Central Road, Temporary site - 36
In 2008/2009 the rent is £12 per 100 square yards (permanent site) and £9.65 per 100 square yards (temporary site). A full sized plot varies between 200 and 400 square yards, and there are a limited number of half plots available.
Waste disposal is undertaken by Charnwood Borough Council at no extra cost, and a water supply is provided at each site. Boundary hedges, fencing and roadway maintenance are also the responsibility of Charnwood Borough Council.
Incoming tenants are offered plots which have been cleared of vegetation and rotovated.
Existing tenants can purchase plot rotovation for a fee of £32 (2008/2009)
- Allotment Application Document (MS Word, 395 Kb)
- Allotment survey 2007 - results (MS Word, 29 Kb)