The Markhole Allotment Association

The Markhole Allotment Association brings together all the plotholders at Hatherop Road Allotments as a community and provides:

• Wheelbarrows & trolleys for members’ use
• Manure deliveries (available for a small fee)
• Wood chip deliveries (free to plot holders)
• Communal area maintenance including main paths and car park
• Social events so plot holders can meet each other
• A plot holder mentoring scheme to help if you need it
• Security lighting and other security measures on site
• A toilet on site (closed in winter during frost season)
• A small selection of hand tools that can be borrowed
• Strimmers and rotavators for member use (small charge for petrol for rotavators)
• Regular newsletters about activities at the allotments — contributions from members welcome
• Lettings management on behalf of the Council
• Representation of members to the Council and at BRAG meetings (Borough of Richmond Allotment Group)

Keeping in touch

We should already have your email address — if it changes please let us know, as email is our main way of reaching plot holders.

• Email: allotments.markhole@gmail.com
• Facebook group (well used by many members): facebook.com/groups/hatheropallotments
• Monthly newsletters go out by email via Mailchimp — the Lettings Volunteer will have asked whether you’d like to sign up
• Noticeboards: one just inside the gate for general notices, and one on the hut wall for plotholders to use

Membership fees

Membership fees (£10) are due in January each year. Please pay by bank transfer, using your name and plot number as the reference:

Lloyds Bank
Name: Markhole Allotment Association
Sort code: 30-98-79
A/C number: 02535368
Reference: <Your Last Name> <Plot Number>

Alternatively you can pay by card (we have a SumUp card reader) or by cash to any committee member. Here’s a photo page of committee members with plot numbers.