HwDAA manages six sites within BS3, five in the surrounds of Ashton Court estate and one in Ashton Vale. All sites are governed by the same rules and policies but all have different character.
Each site is represented on our Committee by an elected site representative and supported with maintenance and other responsibilities by assistant site reps and other volunteers.
When applying for a plot you may specify a particular site, a preference for any of the five Bower Ashton sites or no preference.
Find out more about our sites
Alderman Moore’s
Named after Frank Moore who left the land to Bristol council for allotments, Alderman Moore’s is our biggest site with 274 plots. Located just off Ashton Drive in Ashton Vale (What3Words: darts.verbs.candy), Alderman Moore’s is also home to the HwDAA Shop (open 1030-1200 Sat-Sun). WECA’s Pollinator Fund also helped fund the installation of a community polytunnel, pollinator garden and HwDAA’s roundhouse, used for events and talks. Facilities include mains water, a toilet block and a compost toilet. The site is flat with car parking available on site. Due to the high numbers of tenants, walking or cycling encouraged.
Site Rep: Phil Cass (plot 75)
Assistants: Steve Peckham (plot 280b), David Newton (plot 59a)
Bower Ashton
With 67 plots, Bower Ashton can be accessed by a turn off on the A369 (What3Words: elaborate.state.final). A site with a great community spirit, Bower Ashton has a recently planted community orchard featuring a carefully selected range of fruit trees as well as a wild wood forest garden.
There is limited parking on site. Facilities include mains water and a compost toilet.
Site Rep: Hannah Ingham-Irish (plot 11A)
Assistants: Guy Mountford (plot 37A)
Kennel Lodge 1
Fruit and vegetables have been grown in the walled gardens on Kennel Lodge Road since they were created in the early part of the nineteenth century to provide food for the Smyth family at nearby Ashton Court. Separated from its sister site Kennel Lodge 2 by a wall, Kennel Lodge 1 (What3Words: stove.pills.crisp) has 79 plots. Facilities include mains water and a compost toilet. A flat site, there is parking for approximately 7 cars.
Site Rep: Mark Baker (plot 43a)
Kennel Lodge 2
Slightly smaller than Kennel Lodge 1 with 62 plots, Kennel Lodge 2 (What3Words: public.water.salon) has great views of Ashton Court and is adjacent to the deer park. It is possible to hear the noise of the herd while you garden. There are plans for a community managed orchard to be installed in the coming season. Facilities include mains water but Kennel Lodge 2 is our only site without any toilet facilities. It is a flat site with parking for up to 9 cars
Site Rep: Mark Baker (plot 43a, KL1)
Assistants : Pete Vowles (plot 15), Terry Hoskins (plot 17)
The Meadows
The Meadows (What3Words: ankle.herds.hotels) accessed via Hotwells Lane, is situated opposite the main entrance to the University of Western England Bower Ashton campus. Surrounded by a grade II listed stone wall, it was originally used as grazing land for the carriage horses at Ashton Court and a dairy herd.
It’s our smallest site with just 45 plots and tends to have the longest waiting list of all of our sites. Facilities include mains water and a compost toilet. There is limited parking on site.
Site Rep: Chris Crook (plot 24)
White City
The Bristol International Exhibition opened to the public on 28 May 1914 on Ashton Meadows. Bristolians soon named it ‘The White City’ because it was housed in enormous temporary white timber buildings. HwDAA took over the land as an allotment site in 1926. Our second largest site with 95 plots, White City is accessible by car via the A369 (What3Words: town.lamps.sake) or via a foot gate near the Brunel Way overpass (What3Words: market.names.takes). White City is a long, thin site with a well cared for and tended community orchard. Facilities include mains water and a compost toilet.
Site Rep: Vacant
Assistants: Kean Lamb (plot 51b), Pat Rogers (plot 43b), Sharron Cross (plot 45), John Holland (plot 53)