Kingsway Allotments Association
Kingsway Allotments Association
A Brief History of the Association
The Kingsway Allotment Association was set up in 2003 to promote the best interests of plot holders on the Kingsway Allotment site and to promote the growing of vegetables, fruit and flowers and share knowledge and skills to that end.
2003 - Association formed.
2004 - Funds raised to install security gates at entrances. Entrance tracks surfaced with tarmac road scrapings by volunteers from the association.
2005 - Communal Plot 29 negotiated from the Council—funds raised for installation of raised beds, pavilion and polytunnel.
2006 - Shed erected, raised beds installed and polytunnel installed, all though volunteer effort. Borehole commissioned and drainage pond project completed resulting in improved drainage of site.
2007 - First Manure delivery organised for members.
2008 - First annual Soil Improver delivery organised.
2010 - NGS Open Day—members of the public invited to view allotment site.
2011- Large Tipper Wheelbarrow, Generator and mower purchased through funds raised. Metal shed purchased and installed to house equipment.
First leaf delivery organised.
2012 - NGS Open Day—members of the public invited to view allotment site.
2014 - Kingsway Allotments Colony become self managed allotment site.
2024 - Funds secured to recover the communal polytunnel, erect a new fence around the pond area and purchase a shade sail, as well as creating a wildflower area, to attract pollinators, and a communal orchard on communal plot 29.
2026 - Charitable donations from the open day and a coffee morning exceeded £1,000.
How the Association is run
The Association is democratically run and has regular meetings during the winter and spring months. Summertime is for getting out on the plot!
The Association Committee consists of at least 4 ordinary members and four Officers elected at an Annual General Meeting.
Chair: Claire Knight - chair@kingswayallotments.org.uk
Vice Chair and Secretary: Helen Lloyd - secretary@kingswayallotments.org.uk
Treasurer: Trevor Stephenson - treasurer@kingswayallotments.org.uk
Through a process of discussion involving plot holders on the Kingsway Allotments site the Association agreed that it would enter into negotiations with Cheshire West and Chester Council to become a "self managing site" under a long term lease with the Council.
This process was completed in May 2014 and legal agreements signed. The Association has developed its own tenancy agreements along with a set of rules that all plot holders are expected to abide by. You can download the rules that the Association has agreed that all plot holders should follow. Our Constitution and Rules are available to members in the members area of this website.
The Association is responsible for site security, letting vacated plots, overseeing uncultivated plots, ensuring proper maintenance of all pathways on the site, managing the community plot and arranging for the provision of water to the site through two stand pipes.
The Allotment site
There are a mixture of full sized and half plots, totalling 41 plots, on the Kingsway Allotment site The site is owned by Cheshire West and Chester Council yet fully managed by the Kingsway Allotment Association.
Each plot holder pays rent to the Association under a tenancy agreement. The rent is determined at the AGM each year.
The Situated between Brook Lane and Kingsway West in Chester and surrounded completely by housing.
The Kingsway Allotment site plan