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Allotments
How to look after your allotment
How to look after your allotment
How to look after your allotment, rules, maintenance and staying safe.
On your allotment
Your new allotment
How to lay out and number your plot, what to do if you find waste on your new plot, and where you can park.
What you can bring onto your allotment
Composting and what you can use on your plot.
What you can't bring onto your allotment
Chemicals and items that could pollute or cause nuisance or danger on your plot.
Sharing allotments
Allotment co-workers
How to register a co-worker to your allotment, and request to transfer your plot to a co-worker.
Allotment rules, safety and maintenance
Bonfires on allotments
What you can and can't burn on your allotment and how to do it safely.
Trees and hedges on your allotment
Guidance around larger plants and trees on allotments.
Sheds, security and keys to your allotment
What size shed you can have, how to keep your allotment safe and buying new keys.
Allotment maintenance schedule
Find out when will we carry out maintenance on the allotments.