Two are of recent establishment, namely:
- 1 The relatively new allotments in Swanley Park - installed by the Swanley Town Council.
- 2 The very new allotments in Hextable Gardens, near the Heritage Centre - installed by Hextable Parish Council.
- 3 A site to be devoted to allotments was given to the "poor men of Swanley" (or some such words) by the head of the Hart-Dyke family of Lullingstone Castle many years ago. It later became part of the St Georges Estate and the allotments use was transferred to another site.
- 4 Swanley Village has the fourth allotments site.
Are there any other sites or former sites?
Did the allotment site (No 3) stand on the site of a former bottle factory (see Swanley Heritage No4)?
Is there more information available about any of the allotment sites (Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4)?
There was a large allotment site where Swanley Park is now. Some of it remains, but in the period after the war it was several acres in size with dozens of users.
ReplyDeleteThere was another allotment where Hibbs Close is now. They ran up to Brook Road and were lost when the flats (now demolished) were built on the site.
There are more allotments beside the Sevenoaks railway line behind Swan MIll.