Langton Matravers Parish Council

Allotment Gardens Information

The Parish Council has created and manages allotment gardens in the centre of the village of Langton Matravers. There are currently 15 full size plots ( 9m x 27m) and 26 half size plots (9m x 13.5 m). Plots do occassionaly become vacant and anybody resident in the Parishes of Langton Matravers or Worth Matravers can become a tenant by contacting the Clerk to the Council.
Allotments plots are rented out at Ł50 plus a water charge for the year of Ł12 for a full plot and Ł25 per year plus a water charge of Ł6 for a half plot.

The Allotments are on land leased from the National Trust and were created by the Parish Council in 2009 with financial assistance from COMMA (The Community Aggregates Fund). This funding was obtained with assistance from the following agencies:- Defra’s Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, Dorset Community Action (DCA) and ACRE (Action for Communities in Rural England).

DORSET MAGAZINE: In the August 2009 edition of the DORSET magazine there was an article by Edward Griffiths on the Langton Matravers Allotments. This article was one of a series written in which he met people who 'grow their own' on the county's allotments. This article was written soon after the allotment gardens were created and gives a good insight into their early beginnings. The Dorset Magazine, which is published every month and contains many articles of interest relating to Dorset and the Bournemouth area, have given the Council permission to reproduce this article on this website. To view the article just click the magazine cover. To view the Dorset Magazine website for other interesting articles click www.dorsetmagazine.co.uk

The Parish Council agreed at the council meeting of the 13th October 2011 to extend the availability of it's allotments to the residents of the Parish of Worth Matravers and have therefore amended the Tenancy Agreement.