Allotments
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The Town Council manages an allotment site at Everton Road, Potton. There are 44 full size allotment plots, and we are currently operating a waiting list whereby plots that become available will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis.
If you wish to grow your own fruit and vegetables, have a more active lifestyle and eat healthily, there is a thriving allotment community with tenants of all ages helping and advising each other. Allotment holders often share young plants and seeds and help themselves to a free supply of horse manure. The Potton Allotments Association has its own Facebook page and all allotments holders are encouraged to join.
The Council has provided a water supply and a notice board. Allotment holders are not allowed to keep livestock, but a small shed is permitted with permission. You can find out more information, including allotment charges, from the Town Clerk by calling 01767 260086 or email pottoncouncil@btconnect.com giving your name, address and a contact telephone number. Please note that the Council has resolved that tenants must be resident in Potton.
Below is a copy of the allotment tenancy agreement which was updated by the town council on the 1st November 2016.
You can find lots of growing advice on The National Allotment Society website and some of the NAS leaflets are below:
NAS Bonfires & Allotments
NAS Clearing an overgrown plot
NAS Water use on allotments
NAS Why make compost?
NAS Obtaining and allotment and what you can expect
NAS Planning out and designing an allotment plot
NAS What can your plot do for wildlife?
NAS Health and safety on allotments