Comments on: Allotment Rents and Inflation http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/10/allotment-rents-and-inflation/ Vegetable Fruit & Herb Growing on my Allotment Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:05:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: P http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/10/allotment-rents-and-inflation/#comment-6908 P Mon, 23 May 2011 10:23:15 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/10/allotment-rents-and-inflation/#comment-6908 I can't believe how cheap allotment rents are! I should have listed ages ago. Compared to the cost of buying veggies every week, allotment rent is just pennies.... I can’t believe how cheap allotment rents are! I should have listed ages ago. Compared to the cost of buying veggies every week, allotment rent is just pennies….

]]> By: Bill Hawthorne http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/10/allotment-rents-and-inflation/#comment-5961 Bill Hawthorne Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:40:16 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/10/allotment-rents-and-inflation/#comment-5961 After getting my allotment rent reminder I have been looking through allotment rents on various sites, as a pensioner who normally gets 50% concession I find this has now been stopped and my new rent will be £52.00 I am not too happy about this I have developed this plot from a derelict site 29 years ago and now this, I propose to contest but don't suppose this will do any good. Bill Middlesbrough After getting my allotment rent reminder I have been looking through allotment rents on various sites, as a pensioner who normally gets 50% concession I find this has now been stopped and my new rent will be £52.00 I am not too happy about this I have developed this plot from a derelict site 29 years ago
and now this, I propose to contest but don’t suppose this will do any good.

Bill Middlesbrough

]]> By: Brian http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/10/allotment-rents-and-inflation/#comment-402 Brian Tue, 15 May 2007 11:52:30 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/10/allotment-rents-and-inflation/#comment-402 Allotmenteers from the early to mid 19th century will be shaking their heads in the graves as we debate that well-worn topic that is the allotment rent. In their day the annual rent was roughly the equivalent of one week's pay for a plot that was up to a quarter of an acre .. and there were still long waiting lists .. and remember that we are generally talking about the poorest sections of society. Using that basis and the current average weekly wage figure I estimate that the rent of a single 10 pole plot would now be around £115. Oh .. and no water of course .. and the plot will be an average of 3/4 mile away from your home .. and needless to say you will have to walk there Allotmenteers from the early to mid 19th century will be shaking their heads in the graves as we debate that well-worn topic that is the allotment rent.

In their day the annual rent was roughly the equivalent of one week’s pay for a plot that was up to a quarter of an acre .. and there were still long waiting lists .. and remember that we are generally talking about the poorest sections of society.

Using that basis and the current average weekly wage figure I estimate that the rent of a single 10 pole plot would now be around £115.

Oh .. and no water of course .. and the plot will be an average of 3/4 mile away from your home .. and needless to say you will have to walk there

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