Allotment Sites
Within the Borough of Epsom & Ewell, there are 10 allotment sites. Three of these are self-managed (ie run by their own associations, with support from Epsom & Ewell Borough Council).
On each allotment site you will find water facilities and there are toilets at the West Ewell and Alexandra Road sites.
Allotments are currently rented at a nominal charge per square metre. Invoices are sent annually in mid-March.
The table below indicates where the allotment sites are located and where you can find the entrances.
| Location |
Entrance gate |
Alexandra Road, Epsom
KT17 4EP |
Entrances at Wyeths Road and Bridle Road |
Barn Elms, Worcester Park
KT4 7DP |
Located within Auriol Park, Salisbury Road. Additional entrances to park from Thorndon Gardens and Chestnut Avenue |
Elmstead, Ewell
KT19 0DZ |
Entrance via footpath at the end of Ewell Court Avenue, Ewell |
Epsom Common, Epsom
KT19 8NE |
Entrance off Christ Church Road opposite Stamford Green Road |
Hessle Grove, Ewell
KT17 1JS (self-managed) |
Entrance at the end of Hessle Grove, off Epsom Road, Ewell |
Kingston Road, Ewell
KT17 2ER (self-managed) |
Located at Beggars Hill, Ewell opposite Shortcroft Road |
Lane End, Epsom
KT18 7SB |
Located off Wheelers Lane, Epsom adjacent to railway line |
Park Avenue West, Stoneleigh
KT17 2NU (self-managed) |
Entrance from Park Avenue West opposite Ewell Park Way in Stoneleigh |
Stones Road, Epsom
KT17 1DF |
Located at the end of Stones Road off Portland Place, Epsom |
West Ewell, Ewell
KT19 9TA |
Entrances at the end of Plough Road (off Chessington Road), West Ewell or Northcroft Road |
Allotment Issues
If you have any issues on-site which need addressing, please contact Customer Services on 01372 732000 or by emailing them at contactus@epsom-ewell.gov.uk.
This will save information being missed, lost or duplicated and also create a date and time when logged.
Please note that the Ranger Service can still be contacted out of office hours by using the Town Hall telephone number.
Download a map of the allotment sites (pdf - 347kb)
Insurance for Tenants
Individual plot holders may have public liability included in their household policy to cover their own risk whilst working on their plot or indeed any claim against the plot holder for negligence etc. Individual plot holders should check this out and not make any assumptions about how risks are covered and protected.
Shield Total Insurance approved by The National Society of Allotment Leisure Gardeners Ltd (NSALG)
Pesticide Guidance
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Keeping of Animals on Allotment Plots
Did you know you can keep animals on your allotment plot? You can keep bees, chickens (but not cockerels please) and rabbits if you wish. Please refer though to the respective DEFRA, RSPCA and the British Beekeeping Association web pages for further guidance regarding animal welfare.
Link to the RSPCA & DEFRA web pages for guidance on keeping Hens and Rabbits:
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Link for guidance on Beekeeping:
British Beekeeping Association
Surrey Beekeeping Association
Epsom Beekeeping Association
Natural Beekeeping Trust
Please note that if you do wish to bee-come a future apiarist (a keeper of bees) the Council requires that you have:
Attended a Practical Bee Keeping Course
Have Public Liability Insurance in place
Be a current member of a Beekeeping Association
Also, although the Council is supportive of keeping bees on allotment land, please make sure that you ask your immediate allotment plot neighbours if they don't mind you keeping bees. We may however be able to relocate you somewhere else on-site if need be.
Association Links
Link to the National Society of Allotment Leisure Gardeners Ltd (NSALG):
National Society of Allotment Leisure Gardeners Ltd
Link to the Allotment Regeneration Initiative (ARI):
Allotment Regeneration Initiative
Link to the National Vegetable Society:
National Vegetable Society
Link for guidance on local Horticultural Associations:
Ewell Horticultural Association
Epsom Garden Society
Free Manure
Link for guidance on Manure:
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Epsom RDA (Riding for the Disabled Association) are very happy to have people taking manure away for a small donation (this can be made payable in the Coffee Room). The best times for people to come to collect manure are as follows:
Open 7 days a week - 9am to 1pm (Saturdays open till 4pm)
Epsom RDA (Riding for Disabled Association)
St Ebbas Farm
Hook Road
Epsom
KT19 8QW
Tel: 01372 743690
Pleaser remember to bring a spade and bags so to take your manure away.
Link to the Epsom RDA (Riding for the Disabled Association):
Epsom RDA (Riding for the Disabled Association)
Allotment Literature
Link for guidance to 'Allotments: A Plot Holders' Guide' via the Allotment Regeneration Initiative web page:
Allotments: A Plot Holders' Guide
Link for guidance to 'a place to grow: a supplementary document to growing in the community' written by the Allotment Regeneration Initiative (ARI) in 2007 via the Local Government Association web page:
'a place to grow: a supplementary document to growing in the community'
To find out more information or to apply for a plot, please call Customer Services on 01372 732000.