Stoney Road Gardens Association

Tucked away behind the modern houses of an unassuming Coventry suburb lies a secret that might surprise many local people: an allotment site so historic and so special that it is one of only four in the whole country to have attracted a listing from English Heritage. Twenty-first century gardeners who work this land are following in the footsteps of generations of gardeners before them. Dotted around the site there are also concrete reminders of the past in the form of small huts or bothies where gardeners and their families stayed in the summer.

These days, Stoney Road Gardens comprises about 130 allotments, most of which of which are separated from each other by hedges. The recent upsurge of interest in allotment gardening has meant that we now operate a waiting list  for local people who want to join us.