Cheddington Allotments

Cheddington Parish Council Allotments 

There are now over 50 tenants at the Parish Council’s allotments at the end of Church Lane opposite the Village Hall. They lovingly tend plots ranging from just 70 square yards to over 550 square yards. The tenants’ experience ranges from the absolute novice to those who have spent a lifetime growing crops. For the beginner, there is always friendly advice on hand, and a great spirit of mutual help and co-operation. Seeds, plants, produce are swapped and there are even volunteers to dig a plot if the tenant is sick or injured.

Sheds and greenhouses are not allowed on the allotments without the written consent of the Parish Council which helps to keep them looking especially neat and tidy. Local representatives from the National Garden Scheme visited the allotments last September and were so impressed with what they saw that they urged the tenants to open their allotments as part of the NGS Open Gardens Day in Cheddington. On 20th June dozens of visitors came to enjoy looking around the allotments in glorious summer weather. In addition to the crops at which to marvel, the visitors also enjoyed voting for the Best Scarecrow – with over 20 entrants.

Social events organised by the allotment holders include the annual allotment holders’ supper with a veritable feast of home-grown vegetables to be savoured, and an opportunity for the tenants to meet each other than in their gardening clothes, and with clean hands! A quiz night was held in the spring, and a wine tasting is planned for September.

There is at present a waiting list for plots. Anyone wishing to have an allotment should contact the Allotment Warden to join the waiting list.

Annual rates for the allotment year starting on 1st October 20102 are: full plot £20; ¾ plot £16; ½ plot £12; ¼ plot £8 Tenants over 60 are charged at half price. Out of parish tenants pay £30pa for a full plot. 

Tenancy Conditions can be viewed by clicking on the PDF file at the right of this screen.

For details contact the Parish Council’s Allotment Warden, Trevor Chrich by email tachrich@globalnet.co.uk or by phone on 01296 668531, or the Clerk to Cheddington Parish Council at parishcouncil@cheddington.org.uk