[rebelwithout72]

The town which I live in has no allotments, but I discovered it once did on an old OS map. What is the law on allotments?

[Aunt Sally]

Hi there. Welcome to the forums. 

There is a huge amount of laws on allotments.  The old allotments which have not gone may or may not have been covered by the law.

There are 3 categories of allotments

Statutory Allotments - covered by allotment law and usually owned by councils

Temporary allotments - pieces of land used as temporary allotments until used for another purpose e.g. building; often owned by councils. Not covered by allotment law.

Private allotments - owned and run by people other than councils. Not covered by allotment law.

John has some information here:  https://www.allotment-garden.org/allotment-information/allotments-the-law/

More info:

https://www.farmgarden.org.uk/system/files/allotlawandcommgrowing.pdf

http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN00887/SN00887.pdf

https://www.nsalg.org.uk/


Good luck finding a site near you 

[mumofstig]

Some beside the B6164 near North Deighton

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.9431159,-1.3900837,3a,90y,90.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s59ExyW0YlyhN9_g2c3ZWcA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Unless I got completely lost within Google Maps (It has been known!)