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The Association’s Allotments
1. Rackfields Allotments
2. Guys Allotments
3. Hylton Allotments
4. Newman Road Allotments
5. Cowick Lane,
6. Pinces [note: the Pinces’ former ‘Regent Street Allotments’ are now managed a separate site - site 10]
7. Ashwood Road Allotments
8. Ide Lane Allotments
9. Clapperbrook Lane Allotments
‘…and still growing!.’ Sept 2018
‘viewpoint at Rackfields Allotments’ Sept 2018
‘the hungry caterpillar’ Aug 2018
‘a fine pear of beehives’ Sept 2018
‘raspberry’ Sept 2018
‘old sheds still in original green’ Sept 2018
‘summer season in full swing’ Sept 2018
‘my chickens’ Sept 2018
‘summer harvest’, Sept 2018
‘carrots’ Sept 2018
‘tulips & rhubarb’
‘courgette jungle’ Sept 2018
‘uninvited guest’ Sept 2018
‘robin named teardrop’ Sept 2018
‘polytunnel with peppers, tomatoes, squash’ Sept 2018
For a site summary table, please scroll down to the bottom of this page.
Here is a brief description of some of our allotments:
Rackfields Allotments, Exwick
This is a small allotment ground nestling on the slopes of old Exwick Hill. The grounds overlook the Exe valley, and have views across to the Streatham Estate, the sylvan campus of the University of Exeter. In centuries gone by, these secluded grounds were once the rackfields where woolen cloths or serges were dyed and dried close to the water-powered Exwick mills.
characteristics: 1 acre; on-site water supply; no vehicular access
Guys Allotments, Exwick
Guys is one of the larger allotments in Exeter, west of the River Exe. Located on the old flood-plain of the River Exe, though now protected behind a modern flood relief scheme, the grounds are characteristically low-lying and flat. This was one of the original allotment fields out of which the St Thomas Allotments Association grew.
Hylton Allotments, Exwick
Hylton Allotments extends Guys southwards, and operates closely with it, roughly doubling its size on the flat, fertile lands of old floodplain of the River Exe, to 14 acres.
characteristics: 14 acres (Guys & Hylton together); on-site water supply; vehicular access & parking; Trading Shed; Community Poly-tunnel; Small community building/structure (‘the Veg Box’)
