Odibourne Allotments, Manor Road, Kenilworth
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Odibourne Allotments, Manor Road, Kenilworth
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 18 Sep 2021
The allotments were open to the public for the Heritage Open Days 2021 and Edible England events; members of the Kenilworth Allotment Tenants' Association (KATA) can be seen welcoming visitors. The Odibourne site was established in 1919, when Kenilworth Urban District Council bought land from the estate of the deceased William Thomas Pears. The council had recently decided to build on the 'Noah's Ark' allotments nearby, but was obliged under the 1908 Smallholding & Allotments Act to provide sufficient land for local people who wanted plots for growing food. The site is owned today by Kenilworth Town Council, but has been managed since 1983 by KATA (information taken from a notice board on the site).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.351417
Longitude
-1.573168