Allotments
Renting an allotment garden in Rochdale
Allotments provide valuable green space within Rochdale and
surrounding districts and are a great way of enjoying a garden if
you don't have one. Rochdale has 33 allotment sites across the
borough, eleven of which are self-managed. The sites vary in size
from small 50 square metre plots to large 500 square metre
plots.
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Benefit from an allotment
You will benefit from an allotment by:
- Eating fresh and organic food grown by yourself
- Regular exercise
- Opportunity to make new friends
- Doing your bit for the environment by protecting open green
space
Costs
Charges for council-run site are as follows:
- An average size plot of 200 square metres - £50 (25p per square
metre). These plots are known as Class A plots which have a water
supply.
- Class B plots are 20p per square metre but these plots do not
have a water supply.
Discounts are available for Passport to Leisure holders - 22p
per squre metre for Class A and 17p per square metre for Class
B.
Locations
The allotments sites are split into the four townships and are
as follows:
*Denotes livestock plots
Rochdale
- Bishop Henshaws (off Shaw Road) Class B
- Crossley Street (Smallbridge) Class B
- Broad Lane* Class A
- Elton Street (Castleton) Class A
- Jameson Street* (Castleton) Class A
- Kellet Street* (Wardleworth) Class A
- Matthew Moss (off Bolton Road) Class A
- Mayfield Street* (Hamer) Class A
- Turf Hill (off Turf Hill Rd) Class B
- Woodbine Street (Kingsway) Class A
Heywood
- Bay Street* (off Peel Lane) Class B
- Pleasant View* (off Peel Lane) Class B
- Starkey Street* Class A
Middleton
- Boardrman Lane Class A
- Doris Street (off Hollin Lane) Class B
Pennines
- Birch Road (Wardle) Class B
- Dearnley*(Littleborough) Class B
- Cedar Lane* (Newhey) Class A
- Halliwell Street (Milnrow) Class A
- Shaw Road* (Newhey) Class A
- Two Bridges (off Huddersfield road) Class B
- Wardle Fold (off Ramsden Road) Class A
Self-managed sites throughout the borough
- Bamford Road ( Heywood)
- Boarshaw Lane ( Middleton)
- Hare Hill (Littleborough)
- Heywood Road ( Castleton)
- John Lee fold ( Middleton)
- Wrigley Brook ( Heywood)
- Latrigg Crescent ( Temporarily out of use)
- Three Pitts ( Castleton)
- Redbrook allotment society ( Rochdale)
- Bay Street * (Off Rugby Road Rochdale)
- Moss Row ( Norden)
Visit your local allotment site
The best time to visit your chosen allotment site is Sunday
morning when there is a possibility that plot holders will be
around and can help you with any questions you may wish to ask.
Apply for an allotment
Contact the call centre at Environmental Management on 0845
226 1800 for further enquiries
If there are no vacancies on your chosen allotment site you can
ask for your name to be put on the waiting list or you can apply
for a plot on another site.
Due to popular demand there are currently no vacancies
on any of our council managed sites.
However the authority is currently looking into the possibility
of obtaining additional funding to create new sites.