You can find out about allotments in your local area by phoning your local council or looking on their website. Just google your town name and local council in the search box. There should be an e-mail box or a number to call.
Sometimes, there a waiting lists. I got lucky with mine, but its not unheard of to have 2-10 years waiting lists in some areas! This, I think is something that the government needs to re-think. They should make more land available instead of allowing tiny houses with postage-stamp sized gardens to be built.
Anyway, as allotments are designed to provide a place for people with low incomes to supplement their diet with home-grown veg (and sometimes poultry) the cost per year should be quite low. Mine is £33 per year, but as J isn't earning at the moment, the price is lowered to £30 per year as I put it in her name. I'm guessing that in London the cost will be higher.
So, you make the call, you find your site and you go to visit. We were led up a muddy track in the pouring rain by a lovely man (the man in charge so to speak) and we were led proudly onto our plot. After some chat, we were given the keys there and then. Its ours! Already rotovated to an extent, with nothing on it except bits of plastic and rocks.
Sometimes, there a waiting lists. I got lucky with mine, but its not unheard of to have 2-10 years waiting lists in some areas! This, I think is something that the government needs to re-think. They should make more land available instead of allowing tiny houses with postage-stamp sized gardens to be built.
Anyway, as allotments are designed to provide a place for people with low incomes to supplement their diet with home-grown veg (and sometimes poultry) the cost per year should be quite low. Mine is £33 per year, but as J isn't earning at the moment, the price is lowered to £30 per year as I put it in her name. I'm guessing that in London the cost will be higher.
So, you make the call, you find your site and you go to visit. We were led up a muddy track in the pouring rain by a lovely man (the man in charge so to speak) and we were led proudly onto our plot. After some chat, we were given the keys there and then. Its ours! Already rotovated to an extent, with nothing on it except bits of plastic and rocks.