[Salmo]

Four rods equals one cricket pitch.

No. A cricket pitch from stump to stump is 1 chain. We could start a new system measured in pitches and outfields.

[harry]

I'm confused now I thought  full plot was 10 rods which equated to 30 x 10  or 300 sq yds

[Salmo]

I'm confused now I thought  full plot was 10 rods which equated to 30 x 10  or 300 sq yds

You are about right. Plots measured out now are probably done with a tape to your measurements.

Originally plots would have been set out with a chain measure.

 5 poles long ( 5x 5.5yds = 27.5 yds) and 2 poles wide (2 x 5.5 yds = 11 yds)    27.5 x 11 = 302.5 sq yds

[pigguns]

oh my  a fiver...
I'm going to go and cry- was £105 this year for a half plot 

[Redgoat]

Just done the same. Had a council owned allotment for 10 years but since moving out of the town into a nearby village quite a drive away.

Yesterday got my hands on a plot in the village which is 3 times the size of my old one within walking distance.

Feel like i've been kissed by Cameron Diaz 

Lovely is it in a good state?

The guy who had it before had 2 plots and has given up one so apart from one area which is a little bit weedy it's ready to go !