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 | | | | | Working an allotment can be an extremely rewarding pastime. It gives you plenty of fresh air and healthy exercise, and cultivating an allotment provides an affordable source of fruit and vegetables. | | Bury St Edmunds allotments From April 1 2006 management of the Bury St Edmunds allotment sites (Barn Lane, Cotton Lane, Nowton Road, Sicklesmere Road and Vinefields) was transferred to the Bury St Edmunds Town Council.
Contact details:
Bury St Edmunds Town Council
Town Council Offices
18 to 19 Guildhall Street
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1QD
Phone: 01284 725 111
Email: info@burystedmunds.suffolk.gov.uk | | | Haverhill allotments - Manor Road The Haverhill allotments are currently full (as at October 2007). However, if you want your name to be added to a waiting list please request this in writing to Parks and Landscapes at the address below.
Fees and charges: £2.39 per rod, so an average allotment plot of ten rods will cost £23.90 per annum.
Contact details:
Parks and Landscapes
St Edmundsbury Borough Council
Borough Offices
Angel Hill
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1XB Phone: 01284 757088
Email: parks@stedsbc.gov.uk | | | For more information on allotments please see: The council is not responsible for the content or views of these sites and accepts no liability for material within them. | | | Cotton Lane allotments Cotton Lane allotments is the biggest allotment garden in Bury St Edmunds, with just over 100 plots and roughly 150 people garden there. There is a thriving Allotment Holders Association with 75 paid-up members, representing about two-thirds of everyone on site. Over the past ten years there has been a regeneration of interest in allotments and there is now a significantly growing number of lady gardeners compared to, say, the late 1980s. Increasingly, more younger people are taking up plots reflecting the lack of adequate gardens on new housing developments. Allotments are mini-communities in their own right - you always speak to those passing your plot; and one of the attractions is the sharing and mutual support between everyone, young or old, beginners or long experienced. And you get lovely fresh food as a bonus! Euan Allen, Chairman of Cotton Lane Allotment Association.
Contact details: Euan Allen
Email: ena@nellane36.plus.com |
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