The Allotments

Marlow Town Council manages two allotment sites in the town, one at Foxes Piece and the other at Hanging Hill. 

The Foxes Piece site is located near the town centre, next to the doctors' surgery, and backs onto the school of the same name. The plots are in a large flat site surrounded on most sides by residential areas. People use their plots to grow a wide range of fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers.  It does require some hard work and dedication to get the best results from an allotment plot, but everyone agrees that the end result is the satisfaction of growing fresh produce that is usually a much better flavour.

The Hanging Hill site is situated near St. Peters Roman Catholic School with the main entrance in Prospect Road. As the name suggests, most of the plots are on the hillside, with spectacular views over Marlow and the surrounding countryside. To be able to sit on your plot after a few hours gardening, as the dusk approaches, looking out over the views, is pure bliss. As this Allotments Site is slightly larger, there is vehicle access and some car parking areas, which helps with the fetching and carrying of equipment and crop gathering.

New tenants are always welcome on both sites, they will be able to enjoy the fresh air, meet new freinds who are all keen to offer help and advice for growing a huge variety of crop, to find out more  and be added to the waiting list for an allotment plot on either site (at present the wait is no more than 6 months), please contact Marlow Town Council via the link below :

         APPLY FOR A PLOT

The Association

The Marlow Allotments Association (MAA) was established in 1983 as a response to a proposal to sell off the Hanging Hill site for housing. With the help and support from the National Society for Allotment and Leisure Gardeners (NSALG), the Association was successful in preventing the loss of this valuable site - we remain vigilant, prepared to again defend the Allotments Site from any take over threat.

It is vital that the Association has high membership enrolments each year, in the event of a threat to either site to demonstrate that we consistently have the support of the majority of tenants from both sites. This will then send a powerful signal to those who may doubt our resolve, THERE IS POWER IN NUMBERS!

As well as helping to protect the future of the sites, membership of the Association offers a number of other benefits including a Seed Scheme.

APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE ASSOCIATION

The Committee

MAA Committee Members are all Members of the Association, they work their own plots on either of the sites at Foxes Piece or Hanging Hill and devote much of their spare time to support the Association and the allotment tenants. This means that all tenants are able talk to someone who has an understanding the local site and some of the problems that may be encountered. For details of the current Committee Members, please visit the Committee Members page.
 
Due to this close link with tenants of both sites, Marlow Town Council is able to rely on help and support from the Committee, who help in various ways including carrying out the site viewings for new tenants on behalf of MTC.
 
Committee Members can be contacted from the attached email link or from the contact details on the latest Newsletter. They meet several times a year to consider issues raised and to take joint action, where this is judged to be in the best interest of all members and tenants.  The minutes of our meetings here.
 
Throughout the year, the Committee arranges events which give the tenants of both sites a chance to meet each other, perhaps to share food and drinks. Also, talks and demonstrations are arranged that are of interest to allotment gardeners. We are always keen for MAA members to join the Committee to help infuse them with new energy, ideas and plans, please contact a Committee Member to find out more.