How much does your plot cost?

[poppypower]

Mine is £20 for half plot and £5 deposit for key - water tap nearby, free manure, toilet on site - seems reasonable compared to some

[diggingmummy]

we have just paid £33 for the year which includes loo, water, secure fencing and lovely helpful people both in the office and on the site

[Alison]

Would imagine that the landowner insists that the plotters have public liability insurance.

Yep, Hazel is right - Public Liability Insurance

Brought about my a committee member putting a claim in for injuring himself (can't remember the nature of his accident).

Thanks, was just wondering

[KevinM67]

Out of curiosity, what is the insurance for? Assume it covers something but interested to know what.

Yep, Hazel is right - Public Liability Insurance

Brought about my a committee member putting a claim in for injuring himself (can't remember the nature of his accident).

[Hazel at the Hill]

Out of curiosity, what is the insurance for? Assume it covers something but interested to know what.

Would imagine that the landowner insists that the plotters have public liability insurance.

[Alison]

We also had to start paying £4 for insurance.

Out of curiosity, what is the insurance for? Assume it covers something but interested to know what.

[KevinM67]

£44 for a full plot which includes insurance - however, I was really lucky.

The committee re-configured the paths and plots a couple of years ago, resulting in me gaining the size of 2 paths at each side of me. Also, being a middle plot - we seem to have the longest plots on the site.

The rent was £20 three years ago, but to deter the private landlord trying to flog the land and the water company demanding a water meter be installed, the rents doubled. We also had to start paying £4 for insurance.

Great value.

[bravo2zero]

Plot rent came in at £33 this year including water, its a council run site. Whats the true cost of your plot? I reckoned up last year the total cost including rent, seeds, consumables, etc was on average £200.every third or fourth year i cop for a large seed bill and manure is free if collected.

[TheGingerAllotmenteer]

Mine will be roughly £30 for a half-plot, and has a water tap. The council aren't charging me for it yet because when I got it, it wasn't so much 'allotment' as 'patch of nettles and broken glass'. I'm not sure exactly how big it is, but it doesn't seem like a half plot, really. It's more than enough to keep me busy!

[chilli_grower]

Mine is 3 perch, and is £37 for the year in cardiff.

THat includes water rates and toilets...

[Alicante]

I pay £46 for a 10 rod plot which seems like a bargin. The council provides mains water only. There is no site security, fences are very low on one side and none of the gates are lockable which is fair enough as the low fence next to the road would be easy to climb over! We do all our own grass cutting of the main and the side paths. There is car parking space for about four cars. If that is full parking is in the road outside where the first two hours of parking is free. After that you must buy a ticket. Luckily I live a ten minute walk away so dont need to drive there!

Al

[Martin H]

Mine is £48 for a full plot of about 250 square metres. We get security fencing round the site and dip-tanks for water, apart from that we are on our own. Seems like good value to me!

[FlawlessVictory]

My plot is £15 a year. Which to me seems a steal for all of the space I've got.

[Bigmallly]

Definition from The National Allotment Society:

"An allotment is traditionally measured in rods (perches or poles), an old measurement dating back to Anglo-Saxon times. 10 poles is the accepted size of an allotment, the equivalent of 250 square metres or about the size of a doubles tennis court".

[Philplot]

A "Plot" is a very confusing term.
I have read dozens of threads where the "Plot" differs in size.
So comparing prices of plots seems a bit silly. You will not get an accurate answer.
Somebody state the size of a plot in modern terminology.
Not in rods, or sticks, or roods, furlong, chain, link, pole, perch, Ramsden's chain.

Square meters is the accepted modern method of measurement.
EG
My plot is 505 square meters. Price is £150 per year



I must stop drinking strong coffee on a morning. It has me posting these pedantic replies