Allotments and community gardens are valuable green spaces and community assets that can help improve people's quality of life by promoting healthy food, exercise and community interaction.

We recognise the unique role of allotments as places which bring all sections of the community together. They provide opportunities for people to grow their own produce as part of the long term promotion of sustainability and healthy living.

Public interest in allotments has undergone a recent revival in line with current thinking on healthy eating, organic food and exercise.  This has created a greater demand for allotments in some areas, which is critical to protecting them from a change of use in the future as a consequence of disuse or dereliction.

Allotment Application Form
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Allotment Partnership Form
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Northumberland County Council Allotment sites
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Security Advice upon Allotments
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Charges for allotments

for more information contact Customer Services on 0845 6006400 or email contactcentre@northumberland.gov.uk

Useful links to allotment websites

Allotment Regeneration Initiative (ARI)

The Allotments Regeneration Initiative (ARI) was launched by the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (FCFCG) on behalf of the Esmée Fairbairn Environment programme in 2002 to support the development of best-practice models for regenerating under-used allotment sites, or for finding alternative ways of maintaining allotments as publicly accessible open spaces.

National Society of Allotment and Leisure gardeners

Representing allotments and allotment gardens nationwide, the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners Ltd (NSALG) provides membership to allotment societies and allotment gardeners.

http://www.nsalg.org.uk/