We were founded 73 years ago by local residents, including our late Chairman and President, Charles Strangwige, to promote gardening and allotment activity in the Avery Hill and Eltham Park areas and we are still going strong today. Many of our members are tenants at Pippenhall allotments on the Bexley Road and other local allotment sites.

We organise various events throughout the year and run a shop at Pippenhall allotments selling a range of popular garden products. The shop is open every Sunday morning from February until the end of November between 10am and midday- see the shop section for more details or better still come along on a Sunday morning to see for yourself. 

If you would like to know more about us, or would like to join please get in touch using the contact form 

We look forward to meeting you soon.

The Pippenhall allotment shop is open on Sunday morning between 10am and midday until the 30th of November 2025 when it will close at midday for the annual winter break. It will then reopen on Sunday the 1st of February 2026 at 10am.

Seed potatoes are available to order in the shop up to and including Sunday 30th November, further details can be found here

The 2025 shop price list can be found here

Please note that the mains water supply to the site will be turned off on Sunday 30th November and therefore the toilets will be locked and out of action from that date. The water will be turned on again and the toilets reopened when there is no further risk of frost.

Our 2025 annual show took place on the last Saturday in August. For a report on the show please click here and to view photos of the event click here.

Please see the Council noticeboard at Pippenhall Allotments where there is the currentinformation from the Royal Borough of Greenwich regarding bonfires. There is additional information in the shop from the National Allotment Society regarding bonfires which has been issued by the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Reminder about car use on site at Pippenhall

Please do NOT drive down the centre path at Pippenhall if it’s raining or there has been heavy rain, or use the bottom of the site to turn your car around. The path and the ground at the bottom of the site gets extremely wet and often floods as the water does not drain away quickly.

WHEELBARROWS
Just a reminder that the wheelbarrows are NOT to be taken and used off site. They are for use ON SITE ONLY by those plot holders that have purchased a key to the locker storage shed, please do not keep them on your plot overnight and always return them to the storage room after use.

Please note that all enquiries about allotment availability or joining the waiting list for an allotment should be made with the Royal Borough of Greenwich via their website. We are unable to help with enquiries about allotment availability. Please see the allotments webpage for more information.

Site last updated on November 18th 2025 with details of the annual allotment shop winter closure, Pippenhall water supply winter update and the Autumn 2025 newsletter

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