Allotment prices poll, please can you just click :)

toni_

hiya, doing abit of investigating trying to find out the average price per allotment. Hopefully we're going to get some new allotments where we live instead of travelling to the next village and we're trying to come to some sort of arrangement on price. At the moment we're paying £14 for where we are now for a huge plot, but the price has got to increase quite abit, but people are up in arms about this! im trying to prove that you wont getting many allotments for less then £30 a year, thanks for your help

must_try_harder_2

We pay £27 but it's only for half a plot.
That is £17 for the land and £10 for water. I don't know if they charge people with full plots twice as much for water, I have no idea therefore if a full plot would be £54 or £44.

LilacPixie

I have voted £50+ because we are £1 a week. I should point out that we are a private allotments not council run and that £1 a week also contributes to maintaining the pathways, pays for water and fuel for the onsite genny and the upkeep of the fencing/sheds/communal grow tunnels etc

toni_

thank you for your comments, have an allotment meeting soon so i will mention all the different ways people sort out there allotments this is great help

aliasojo

We don't have any allotments near us but an example of the kind of prices in the Highlands are...

6m x 12m and 8.5m x 12m, which will be fenced and each allotment will have a shed. The rent for the smaller plots will be £50 and for the two bigger plots £60.

As far as I'm aware, there isn't any water supplied to these.

splodger_seedswapper

on my main allotment site (within small rural village) villagers get a reduced rate - whilst people living outside of the village pay much more - i think a full plot at full price is about £50 (we have water included)

a new site has recently been created for locals in the next village down the road - and they won't have outsiders on site at all - and the rents there are set at £60 per full plot - they also include water (in troughs) - they take all green waste away to be composted and regularly drop off soil conditioner and compost for plot holders to take as when they please

newsgroup_monkey

Alternatively, you could go for a small plot at ex-Wyevale Garden Centre for £500 a year!

JodyBPM

We pay £17.50 for a half plot, its £35 for a full plot for a year, but they don't allocate full plots anymore because the waiting list is so long. This includes water & basic maintenance. There's no electricity on site. These are council run, and I think this is a bargain!

You pay extra for rotivation (about £50 a plot off the top of my head, but we chose not to rotivate our plot), and I think that OAPs get a discount, but I'm not sure how much - maybe half price?

vanilla8

We have a full plot in a london council allotment, this year it is £51. I have been told it is 7 rods

Sambucus_Nigra

10 rod plot, midlands - £25/year - no water or electricity.

HappyMJ

£15 per year. Burton on Trent. Some more prices here ---->> http://www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk/Services/Allotments/Allotments%20Documents/allotment%20info%202011.pdf