"Chris wrote in message
Just wondering what allotment prices are like around the country.

Here in Boston, Lincs it`s a very reasonable £13.00 a year for a 10m x
30m plot. How big that is in rods I have no idea.

It's about a year since we went over this so.....
A Rod (Pole or Perch) is actually a linear measurement of 5.5 yards or 16.5
feet.

So a Square Rod is 272.25 sq.ft or 30.25 sq.yards (x 0.8361= 25.29 sq
metres).
A normal Allotment plot is either 5 or 10 Sq.Rods (Including pathways).

At 300 sq.metres your plot is 358.8 sq.yards or 11.86 sq.Rods. (the sq. is
normally dropped)

Our Council, Runnymede BC charge £7.40 per Rod rising to £7.60 next year.
It's slightly cheaper if you pay by DD, and there is a 50% reduction if an
OAP. No hoses to be used at all.

So 10 Rods is £74 here, yet in Windsor BC next door it's about £18.

I understand some in London pay £100 or more for the normal 10 Rods.

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Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.