Parish allotments

The Parish Council owns and manages over 100 plots on Churchfield and Beanfield allotments. Some of these plots are subdivided for those who do not need a full size allotment. Both allotment sites are located on Grade 2 agricultural land, and both have mains water laid on. To conserve drinking water, hosepipes and sprinklers are not permitted.

Ashford Borough Council owns and manages a third, much smaller allotment site with a further eleven plots north of Bridge Street. This site is only accessible on foot, via The Twitten. Parking is severely constrained in Wye.

The parish of Wye is fortunate to have over 60% of all the designated rural allotment land in the whole borough. Most parishes have no allotments to offer their residents.

As an example Tenterden Town Council only has 30 allotments to offer its 8,000 people. The population of Tenterden is over three times as many as Wye, but the town has less than a third of the number of allotments that Wye has.

1. Churchfield Allotments (2.1 acres) located north of the parish churchyard.

2. Beanfield Allotments (4.2 acres) located south of Occupation Road.

3. Bridge Street Allotments (0.4 acres) located north of Bridge Street, with access on foot via The Twitten (owned and managed by Ashford Borough Council)

The allotments are all in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural beauty and the North Downs Way National Trail passes beside the Churchfield and Beanfield allotment sites. Although all the sites are sheltered from the wind, the Churchfield and Beanfield allotments provide their gardeners with panoramic views (see image below) over the North Downs. (These views also provide a very good excuse when digging to pause from time to time and stand up straight).

For a map of the three allotment sites, and more information about the Parish Council and Ashford Borough Council allotments in Wye, please follow the link to the A to Z list of services on this website.

• Please note that as demand for allotment plots is higher than ever, especially since the COVID-19 lockdown, the Parish Council gives priority to applications from Wye parish precept payers.

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The Rothampsted insect suction trap at Met Station field Wye (1966 -2019) was one of a network of sixteen sites across the country. Each trap is monitored daily during the spring, summer and autumn for long term research and crop protection intelligence purposes. The 12.2m tall traps are designed to catch a small, but representative sample of whatever aphids and other species are on the wing over an area of radius approximately 80 km. For example, Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus is spread by aphid vectors in cereal crops by Bird Cherry-oat Aphid, Grain Aphid and Rose-grain Aphid. In Kent, the damson hop aphid is the most serious economic pest for hop growers. Now the nearest Rothampsted trap is located at Writtle College, Essex.