Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council ceased to exist on April 1st 2009 when its services
and responsibilities transferred to
Cheshire East Council. This website is available for information only.
Allotments
Throughout Britain, allotments are
becoming increasingly popular, as they are a source of fresh fruit
and vegetables without 'costing the earth'. Younger members of the
community are getting involved in allotments that provide fresh
air, exercise and a good social circle of both young and old
together. Allotments also educate the younger members of the
community to recognise that not all vegetables come from a
supermarket ready picked, washed and frozen, but are lovingly
tended by dedicated growers.
Allotments can provide a very
sociable environment with lots of help and advice being available
to the novice allotment holder as well as the seasoned expert. Much
swapping of cuttings and plants takes place as well as the sampling
of each others 'home' produced produce. In addition, Crewe and
Nantwich allotment holders have access to seeds and materials from
the Allotment Shop, which benefits from being able to bulk buy
various goods at a discount for the benefit of the allotment
holders. Rental prices from 1st April 2008 are £22.00 per
plot per annum, Concessionary Rate £13.00 per plot per annum &
Welshmans Lane Accesibility Plots £6.50 per plot per annum (please
call the number below to check for any changes).
If you are thinking about taking on
an allotment for the first time, there is an awful lot of good and
friendly advice, which you can draw from. Not only will the Council
be pleased to help you, much other assistance can be provided to
get you started. Allotment Site Representatives, fellow allotments
holders and the Crewe and Nantwich Allotments and Gardeners
Association will be pleased to help you along.
Landshare Website
Allotment gardening has never been so popular and the demand for
plots in certain areas of the Borough is extremely high. As a
result we now have very few plots available for letting despite the
opening of a new allotment site (Brookfield Allotment Gardens) in
Nantwich in 2008.
Local authorities across the UK are in a similar situation to
ourselves, having extensive waiting lists of prospective
tenants.
In a bid to resolve the problem a new initiative has surfaced
which aims to bring together people who are keen to obtain land to
grow their own vegetables, fruit and flowers with landowners who
have land available. Anyone interested in this new initiative can
log on to the website at www.landshare.net