Didcot Town Council has five allotment sites in Didcot, with an approximate total of 420 plots. These sites are located at New Road, Broadway, Wantage Road, Cockcroft Road and Mereland Road. Apart from a few exceptions allotment plots are 15 yards by 10 yards also known as 5 pole. Allotments are a great way to grow your own produce and flowers and is also a fantastic way to exercise. There are a couple of rules that have to be adhered to. Bonfires are not permitted on any of the allotment sites and permission must be obtained before erecting a shed. The use of hose pipes is also not permitted on any site.
We currently only have a waiting list for the New Road allotment site as a lot of clearance work has been done to make plots workable. To apply for an allotment you will need to complete the short form which you can download as a pdf file here, this form needs to be returned to the One Stop Shop along with a non-refundable registration fee of £15, cheques should be made payable to Didcot Town Council.
There is an annual fee for having an allotment which is due every April. The fee for 2008/2009 financial year is £15 per plot and £7.50 concession.
The fee for 2009/2010 financial year will be £20 per plot and £10 concession.
General News
Didcot Town Council completed some contract work on the allotment sites so as to comply with Thames Water's latest regulations.
The trailer has been on all the sites to assist allotment holders with clearance. We are unable to say when it will be back as the Town Council is now entering an exceptionally busy period with regards to its outdoor spaces. As soon as it is, a schedule will be put up at each site.
If you have any questions regarding the Allotments, please contact us
2007 Best Kept Allotment Competition
The 2007 Allotment Competition Winners were announced at the John Eldridge Award evening on the 20th December 2007. The individual winners received £25, the Best Crops winner received the Peter Aldridge Cup, and a bird feeder from Blakes of Hagbourne Road.
The overall winner received the inaugural Notcutts Shield, £30 Notcutts vouchers and £35 cash.
The winners were:- Mr Roger Remnent (Wantage Road Allotment). Mr John Moir (Cockcroft Road), Ms Sue Quinton (Mereland Road), Mr Norman Ballard (New Road), Mr Luigino Vinci (Best Crops, and the Overall Winner Mr Dornford Mason (Broadway) pictured below receiving the Notcutts Shield from the Mayor.
We would like to thank Blakes of Hagbourne Road and also Notcutts Garden Centre for their kind donations of prizes for the 2007 awards.
Best Front Garden Competition 2008
Didcot Town Council is hoping to run a Best Front Garden Competition in the summer and we are looking for people to enter now.
Whether your front garden has lots of flowers, a rockery, a lawn, gnomes, whatever, if you are proud of it then we want to hear from you. There will be a prize for the winner. If you would like to enter then please send in your name, address and phone number by post or email them to us here at the One Stop Shop.
Home Composting
For information on home composting please link to our One Stop Shop page here.
