Hosepipes

[allotmentlady]

crosse hall allotments, chorley, lancs, 44 plots, we have 3 taps, hosepipes are allowed but highly discouraged, waterbutts are encouraged and council plan to give them free to plotholders this year.

although, the new allotments that are being developed behind us, will not have any water provided at all, thus having to make sole use of waterbutts.

[kittykat8]

Thanks to everyone who has replied please could others please post.



Marion

[john c]

Whitehouse farm
middlesbrough

70 lotties 6 standpipes..no restrictions.yet???

[SAFIA]

park lodge wakefield
lots of plots, lots of standpipes, lots of hosepipes and sprinklers,
i dont really think the chaps on our site grow to be green

[jackie j]

No hosepipes allowed, no sprinklers, lots of water troughs around site, Own water butt filled with rain water.

[Akumos]

Lower tinkers farm, Birmingham: Only to fill water butts.

70+ Plots, lots and lots of taps.

[BarleySugar]

Newington, Kent.
(I don't have a plot there but visited at the weekend on a fact finding mission )
4 standpipes, 38? plots, (half standard size)
hoses only to fill water butts.

[Beetroot Bob]

Shingrig Road, Nelson, Caerphilly

5 stand pipes no hosepipes except for filling water butts (but most people have a water butt every 6-10ft along their plots and gather as much rain water as possible. In South Wales thats a lot of water :-) ). water charge is split between everybody normally about £3-4 per year.

[snakeshack]

park view harrow.taps about every 5 allotments,hosepipes allowed, or just dip out of river Pinn if theres any water in it

[Alison]

Elms Farm, Lymm - 10 plots, no mains water therefore no hosepipes although we are right next to the Bridgewater canal and we've all got a variety of butts and IBCs.

[Lizzy]

Off Park Crescent, Penygarn, Pontypool, Gwent
We are allowed hosepipes, have standpipes between two plots. Some of us have water butts, I think this is the way forward.
I agree with Beetroot Bob there is a lot of rain in South Wales, you are just down the valley from me.

Liz

[kittykat8]

Please post more if possible

thanks

Marion

[Two_Sheds]

Bradwell, Norfolk: standpipes every 4 plots or so.
Total ban on hosepipes
(I have 3 butts, with more planned)

[SarzWix]

My Allotments, in Yorkshire.
Our allotments have no water laid on at all. We all have to collect our own, or do without! I have water butts, old baths, a 1000l tank, an old cistern/header tank and a couple of old dustbins scattered around my plots, and take drinking water down in 5l bottles for making brews.

[greendean]

heys broadfield, accrington, lancs

2 stand pipes, 20 plots, £30 per year each! ker-ching! no limit to use but dont think i spend that much,

maybe we should start a water swap thread. just sent an sae and you can have as much as you like!! ho ho

sorry. losing it a bit. broke hand at weekend. no gardening for 6 weeks!