Unusual plot designs?

Hello everyone!  I must have joined this forum before... I could believe the username was already taken but not the email address! 

Anyway I have just put my name down for an allotment which I will get in Mid-November hopefully.  So I'm full of ideas... and of course jotting things down on paper I needed a plan.  I realise that if everyone grows their vegetables the same way it's probably because it works.  But I can't help having a sneaking desire to re-invent the wheel just a little bit.  I want my allotment to look a bit pretty and different because then I think I'll be more inspired to work on it.  I believe that there should be a central "hub" of cold frame/store and compost heaps rather than shoving it up one end, to minimise journey length.  I want to have perennial crops round the perimeter with less desirable crops on the path side to deter casual thieves. So the obvious thing is to divide the plot into four quarters cross-wise.  But here's the silly bit - I have a real hankering after diagonal paths.  And no allotment I have seen from aerial photographs seems to have them.

Who has gone off-piste with their plot design?

Or this? Lots of ideas out there - I looked for "vegetable garden designs" on Google Images for ideas.

Aren't sheds and compost heaps shoved to the least desirable end of the plot where possible? I would have thought that the centre is the best bit - unimpeded sun at least.

I really like the idea of diagonal paths, but that means some form of angle on the bed, which might make it more difficult to grow in.

The only off-piste bit I have done is to use a lot of colour on my beds and shed. My neighbour has a circular bed in an ascending spiral, which is really pretty and works brilliantly for her herbs.

As it is your space I am sure you can let your imagination run wild?

Yes, but he had trouble reaching parts of them without walking on them. That's not ideal, but you could use walking boards, I suppose.

Thanks for the responses! I love those pictures!  I was searching "allotment design" and "allotment plan" wasn't thinking outside the box enough.  I will try the library too.

Diospyros is the botanical name of my favourite fruit, is all.  I believe there is a hardy one, one day I will grow it!

Yes the angles could cause problems for example building sensible frames for mesh etc.  I think I can get round that by using the angled ends of the beds for odd things that don't need netting.  It does mean a slightly higher ratio of paths, but I am taking on a whole plot with no reliable help, I'm not desperate for every inch of growing space yet!

The least desirable bit of my plot is the shaded (long) side under a hedge and trees.  Currently a mess of nettles, bits of wood, dumped weeds, etc.  Oh and a rather large freshly dug rabbit hole .  It won't be much difference to move my "hub" a few metres out into the middle.  OK, not that much less far to walk either, but it will be more incentive to keep it tidy.  I mean to clear up the mess, which is technically outside my plot anyway, and frighten the rabbits out!

Location and gender added

Nettles are great for compost (just not the roots) and wood can be burned and the ash added to the soil, so that bit is quite useful. Can't say the same thing for the rabbits though.   

Not allowed bonfires!  Yes I was looking at it and thinking burn that, burn that... but nowhere to do it.  Maybe I can donate it to the scout bonfire and then clear up the ash afterwards and sieve it for the nails off the pallets they mostly use!