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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
7 Angel Hill
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 1UZ
Phone: 01284 725111
Email: info@burystedmunds.suffolk.gov.uk
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Haverhill allotments - Manor Road
The Haverhill allotments are currently full. 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.
From 1 April 2011 fees and charges for site without water supply £3 per rod, so an average allotment plot of ten rods will cost £30 per annum. A rod is an ancient measurement of allotments equivalent to 25 square meters. As from 1 April 2012 fees and charges for site without water supply £3.15 per rod.
Contact details
Parks
St Edmundsbury Borough Council
West Suffolk House
Western Way
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 3YU
Phone: 01284 757088
Fax: 01284 757066
Email: parks@stedsbc.gov.uk
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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.
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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! David Bailey, Chairman of Cotton Lane Allotment Association.
Contact details: David Bailey
Email: david.bailey60@btopenworld
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