Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is it
just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally means a
portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada

clarissa wrote:
Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is it
just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally means a
portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada

It's a piece of land that you can rent on an annual basis, usually
through your local council

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clarissa wrote:
Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is
it
just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally
means a
portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada

It's a piece of land that you can rent on an annual basis, usually
through your local council

Small correction....

It's a piece of land to GROW food or plants on that you can rent on an
annual basis, usually through your local council with many bylaws and
usually rules for it's upkeep.

Although it varies quite a lot as to what's allowed and what isn't

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Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is
it
just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally means
a
portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada

It's not around house. People with and without gardens have allotments in
the UK. Some fro growing veg and some people use it as a recreational area.

Lot more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotment_(gardening)
Jenny :~))

Robbo wrote:


Small correction....

Quite right I should have said that - duh!

It's a piece of land to GROW food or plants on that you can rent on an
annual basis, usually through your local council with many bylaws and
usually rules for it's upkeep.

Although it varies quite a lot as to what's allowed and what isn't

On the University allottments, you can keep chickens!!!

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Robbo wrote:


Small correction....

Quite right I should have said that - duh!

It's a piece of land to GROW food or plants on that you can rent on an
annual basis, usually through your local council with many bylaws and
usually rules for it's upkeep.

Although it varies quite a lot as to what's allowed and what isn't

On the University allottments, you can keep chickens!!!

Yeah, but they wouldn't know how to kill and cook 'em ;-)

clarissa wrote:
Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is it
just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally means a
portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada

I've just finished a book by David Crouch, The Art of Allotments. I got
intrigued by him as he's written a lot for the ODPM (Office of prime
minister here) and I had also found 'Allotments, landscapes and
cultures' which is also a fantastic read. If you're totally new to the
story of allotments in the UK, there's your start.

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Robbo wrote:


Small correction....

Quite right I should have said that - duh!

It's a piece of land to GROW food or plants on that you can rent on an
annual basis, usually through your local council with many bylaws and
usually rules for it's upkeep.

Although it varies quite a lot as to what's allowed and what isn't

On the University allottments, you can keep chickens!!!

Yeah, but they wouldn't know how to kill and cook 'em ;-)

Of course they do, chase them around until they die of fright, then bung
them in the oven, simple really!

Alan

"clarissa" wrote
Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is
it
just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally means
a
portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada

It's a field (Allotment site) split up into individual Allotment plots of
usually 10 sq Rods (Poles or Perches) a Rod is an old measurement and is
5.5yds. Some sites also have half or quarter plots for rent and some sites
that are a strange shape have strange shaped/sized plots too.
So a normal plot is 302.5 sq yards or say 250 sq metres.
Lately some Councils have started to talk in "Metric Lettings" which is a
politically correct term for Rods. 1 Rod is roughly equal to 5 metres.
Most are rented out by the local Council on an annual basis usually with the
stipulation that they are mainly used for the growing of food crops
(vegetables and fruit) although I have seen them used for flowers and
nothing has been said. In other parts of the country they even keep birds
(Chickens and pigeons) and animals (Rabbits) on their plots.
The cost varies greatly from Council to Council, our's here in Runnymede
charges £80+ pa. the highest I've heard of is £100+ pa nearer Central
London, yet others just charge only a few pounds and provide free manure. (I
wish!)

The term "Yard" over here is used for a "Builders yard" or "Breakers yard"
or similar, somewhere commercial and usually a bit messy, we don't use the
term for our gardens around our homes which are either Front Gardens or Back
Gardens.

Hope that helps. :-)

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

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"clarissa" wrote
Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK -

SNIP

The term "Yard" over here is used for a "Builders yard" or "Breakers yard"
or similar, somewhere commercial and usually a bit messy, we don't use the
term for our gardens around our homes which are either Front Gardens or
Back Gardens.

What they all said, and more besides. Some are privately owned, some are
rented out by councils and allotment societies, ours is Administered by an
estate agent, but belongs to a local landowner. You can see ours here -

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/steveandmaggiesplot

No livestock allowed on ours, and no water provided, but for GBP 20.00 per
year we can live with that. There are some good allotment clips on youtube
etc.

Steve

"clarissa" wrote in message
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Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is
it
just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally means
a
portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada



its where you go for peace and quiet and not to get nagged at where you can
sit in a shed and drink beer with other allotmentors.

I own one allotment approx 7 x 30m and another I rent at £10 pa.(20 x 10m).
In effect, this gives me one large 'L' shaped allotment. They are well
drained, when I laid a concrete and breezeblock base, the drop was 25cm over
3m.
No useage restrictions, I have a tarmac'd area, which is handy. A couple of
neighbouring allotments are devoted to chickens, they enjoy lettuce that has
run to seed. At least I know the eggs we eat are genuine free-range.

Bertie

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"clarissa" wrote
Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is
it
just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally
means a
portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada

It's a field (Allotment site) split up into individual Allotment plots of
usually 10 sq Rods (Poles or Perches) a Rod is an old measurement and is
5.5yds. Some sites also have half or quarter plots for rent and some sites
that are a strange shape have strange shaped/sized plots too.
So a normal plot is 302.5 sq yards or say 250 sq metres.
Lately some Councils have started to talk in "Metric Lettings" which is a
politically correct term for Rods. 1 Rod is roughly equal to 5 metres.
Most are rented out by the local Council on an annual basis usually with
the stipulation that they are mainly used for the growing of food crops
(vegetables and fruit) although I have seen them used for flowers and
nothing has been said. In other parts of the country they even keep birds
(Chickens and pigeons) and animals (Rabbits) on their plots.
The cost varies greatly from Council to Council, our's here in Runnymede
charges £80+ pa. the highest I've heard of is £100+ pa nearer Central
London, yet others just charge only a few pounds and provide free manure.
(I wish!)

The term "Yard" over here is used for a "Builders yard" or "Breakers yard"
or similar, somewhere commercial and usually a bit messy, we don't use the
term for our gardens around our homes which are either Front Gardens or
Back Gardens.


I think you'll find parts of the UK where the area surrounding the house is
called the Yard. Skipton area for sure and other parts of Yorkshire. I would
suspect the NE too.

Trevor
East Yorkshire

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:43:39 +0100, Martin wrote:

The Dutch put up sheds on their allotments and use them as summer houses.

An allotment is a piece of a communal plot. Some of the sheds on our
site got vandalised in the summer holidays!

Pam in Bristol

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"clarissa" wrote
Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK -
is it
just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally
means a
portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada

It's a field (Allotment site) split up into individual Allotment plots of
usually 10 sq Rods (Poles or Perches) a Rod is an old measurement and is
5.5yds. Some sites also have half or quarter plots for rent and some
sites that are a strange shape have strange shaped/sized plots too.
So a normal plot is 302.5 sq yards or say 250 sq metres.
Lately some Councils have started to talk in "Metric Lettings" which is a
politically correct term for Rods. 1 Rod is roughly equal to 5 metres.
Most are rented out by the local Council on an annual basis usually with
the stipulation that they are mainly used for the growing of food crops
(vegetables and fruit) although I have seen them used for flowers and
nothing has been said. In other parts of the country they even keep birds
(Chickens and pigeons) and animals (Rabbits) on their plots.
The cost varies greatly from Council to Council, our's here in Runnymede
charges £80+ pa. the highest I've heard of is £100+ pa nearer Central
London, yet others just charge only a few pounds and provide free manure.
(I wish!)

The term "Yard" over here is used for a "Builders yard" or "Breakers
yard" or similar, somewhere commercial and usually a bit messy, we don't
use the term for our gardens around our homes which are either Front
Gardens or Back Gardens.


I think you'll find parts of the UK where the area surrounding the house
is called the Yard. Skipton area for sure and other parts of Yorkshire. I
would suspect the NE too.

But that is usually a concreted over area, where the lavatory used to be
sited.

Alan


Trevor
East Yorkshire