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Luton Borough Council

Allotments

 

Allotment gardening provides a wide range of benefits to communities and the environment. To rent an allotment or to report a problem please contact our Parks department.

Email: [email protected]

Read below to fine out about renting an allotment from us, including:

  • the benefits of allotments and allotment associations
  • locations of allotments in Luton
  • contact details for other sites in Luton managed by allotment associations

Annual rent

Allotment rents are usually increased by the prevailing rate of inflation when tour scale of fees and charges are reviewed each year.

For the year 2023-24 the allotment rent is £8.75 per pole. This is because the previous two years saw above the rate of inflation increases.

Any plotholder wanting to find out the cost of an allotment can email Parks Allotments.

Wardown Park volunteer gardeners

If you’re looking to pick up skills and experience in gardening, why not join our park volunteer gardeners.

It’s an opportunity to learn how to grow food as well as helping to maintain the borders in Wardown Park. Sessions will offer an introduction to horticultural principles whilst working together as a team to grow produce and help enhance the surroundings of Wardown Park.

All abilities welcome and tools are provided. To get involved or find out more email [email protected]

Edible Luton

There’s also a growing network of community gardens around our town. If you’re looking for opportunities to pick up skills or volunteer locally, why not visit Edible Luton to find a community garden near you?

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In Luton there are thirteen allotment sites managed either directly by the council or by an association made up of plotholders.

The Council run sites are the smaller sites and are located at

  • Bradley Road
  • Ferndale Road
  • Gypsy Lane
  • Hart Hill Lane
  • Nappbury Road
  • Wigmore Valley Park
  • Limbury Mead

Contact [email protected] to make a waiting list application for these sites. We ask residents to make an application for one site only.

The sites managed by associations with their contact email are located at

Please note the associations in some cases have been heavily impacted by the pandemic and lockdown, so may not responded quickly. Please be patient and do not bombard them with enquiries.

If you wish to apply for a plot on an association site, it is mandatory you join the association and pay their modest annual fee in addition to the annual rent for the plot.

Apart from providing low cost food, allotments also provide valuable recreational opportunities involving healthy activity and social contacts. They are significant to our green spaces and provide habitats for many forms of wildlife.

Allotments have evolved through a rich and varied history of social and economic change, the most notable being the 2nd World War where the public were encouraged to 'Grow their own Greens' and 'Dig for Britain'. The first legislative reforms date back to the Enclosures Act of 1845.

Today, the council has a statutory requirement to provide allotments for the public.

Taking on an allotment plot is not all hard work; it can have many advantages, providing fresh home grown vegetables, fruit and flowers for you and your family, free from artificial additives and at a fraction of that you would have expected to pay in a supermarket or greengrocer.

There is also the social side, meeting new friends with similar interests and enabling you to enjoy a healthy outdoor life with gentle exercise and a place to relax and unwind.

Contact info
Parks
Wardown Park, Old Bedford Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 7HA


[email protected]

 

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