Welcome to the Hummersknott Allotments Association Limited web site
Welcome to the Hummersknott Allotments Association Limited web site
Our next rhubarb and jam sale is scheduled to take place on Saturday 23rd May between 10:00 to 11:30 at the main gate off Nunnery Lane Bridleway / Edinburgh Drive.
Hummersknott Allotments Association Limited (also known as Nunnery Lane Allotments) are a privately allotment society owned by our members and run by a group of volunteers. The allotment site covers 4.42 acres in the Hummersknott / Mowden area of Darlington. The society came into being on the 1st May 1917. Before this the area was the kitchen garden and orchard for Hummersknott Hall. For more about our history please see the "Our History" page.
If you are interested in joining us please see the "Getting an allotment" page.
Our smaller feathered friends can become trapped in plant netting when looking for food and water. Please ensure that your netting is fixed securely enough to keep them out. You can also help them by leaving fruit scraps and dishes of water somewhere easily accessible away from netting. Birds, bees, and other pollinators struggle to find a drink in the dry weather so they could also benefit from dishes of water left out. Remember to put a stone or gravel inside the dish to enable them to walk down to the water with minimal risk of drowning.