Allotments

Allotment gardening provides huge benefits to the green-fingered as well as the local community. A great way to grow your own food, get fit and stay healthy, it also helps local wildlife flourish.

Allotment gardening is incredibly popular, with all Solihull Council managed sites now operating capped waiting lists. Please be aware that once added to a waiting list it often takes 2-3 years to be offered a plot and may take longer. Plots will be offered to those at the top of the waiting list as soon as they become available. You will be contacted annually to determine whether you wish to remain on the waiting list.

You must live within the Borough or within 1 mile of the site you are applying for to qualify for a plot.

View our map of allotment sites

While we undertake administration tasks for existing plot holders, we will not be open for any new applications to join waiting lists. This will be a temporary pause and we anticipate reopening to applications 1 May 2024 at those sites where waiting lists are not already at capacity.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.
 

Campden Green

Chadwick End

  • 15 plots
  • site representative
  • car park
  • water
  • combination padlock security lock
  • Chadwick End map

Coppice Road

  • 34 plots
  • site representative
  • water
  • keyed security lock - (£10 deposit)
  • Coppice Road map

Hobs Moat

  • 22 plots
  • site representative
  • small external car park
  • water
  • keyed security lock - (£10 deposit)
  • Hobs Moat map

Holly Lane

  • 35 plots
  • site representative
  • car park
  • water
  • Keyed security lock – (£10 deposit)
  • Holly Lane map

Jillcot Road

  • 81 plots
  • site representative
  • 3 car parks
  • water
  • combination padlock security lock
  • Jillcot Road map

Lyndon Road

  • 30 plots
  • water
  • keyed security lock - (£10 deposit)
  • Lyndon Road

Ralph Road

  • 75 plots
  • site representative
  • car park
  • water
  • keyed security lock - (£10 deposit)
  • Ralph Road map

Scott Road

  • 20 plots
  • site representative
  • external car park
  • water
  • keyed security lock - (£10 deposit)
  • Scott Road map

Tanworth Lane

  • 31 plots
  • site representative
  • water
  • keyed security lock - (£10 deposit)
  • Tanworth Lane map

In addition to the allotment sites that are managed by us, there are also 6 Parish Council managed sites, which you can apply for by contacting:

Bickenhill, Elmdon Lane

Kingshurst, Fordbridge Road

Chelmsley Wood, Bluebell

Hampton in Arden, Fentham Road

Meriden, Leys Lane

Hockley Heath, Wood Lane, Earlswood

There are also 5 allotment sites managed by independent associations. Able to be contacted directly, these are:

Bentley Heath

Dickens Heath

Hermitage Road

Shakespeare Drive

Jobs Close

Annual Allotment Charges

From 1 April 2024:

  • Full plot - £66
  • Half plot - £44.50
  • Quarter plot - £27.50

50% Allotment rental discounts are available to tenants who are registered carers, unemployed or 60 years of age or over on the 1st April each year.

A little more information about allotments

Allotment gardening is somewhat of a British institution and we're more than happy to provide quality sites, as is a statutory requirement. A great way for families and individuals to grow their own organic food, they're also wonderful areas for socialising, enjoying local wildlife and providing:

  • low cost food
  • organic fruit
  • home grown flowers
  • recreational space
  • healthy activity
  • social space
  • wildlife habitation