Lancaster Food Trail Growing Our Local Food Economy

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Keswick Road 1 Claver Hill Community Farm Claver Hill, Ridge Lane, Lancaster, 23 LA1 1EB www.facebook.com/claverhill 6 Lancaster Spud Club: [email protected] or 24 Canal 9 07506 231474. 21 Nursery: [email protected] 18 Road Willow Lane Claver Hill Spud club meets every Wednesday & Sunday afternoon to grow a wide variety of 22 Wyresdale Williamson fruit & vegetables on a one acre piece of land. Road Park Members pay £10 a year in return for free veg. 13 3 Incredible Edible Lancaster manages a 2 community nursery at Claver Hill, & Transition 17 look after a tree nursery. Work days for both RLI tend to be a Sunday afternoon from 2pm. Bowerham 2 Fairfield Community Orchard Road Coulston Road 3 Scotch Quarry Community Entrance at the end of Sunnyside Lane, 4 Garden Fairfield, Lancaster, LA1 5ED 14 Scotch Quarry Park, off Wyresdale www.fairfieldassociation.org M6 Road, Lancaster, , LA1 3DY www.facebook.com/FairfieldAssociation 12 5 16 www.fruitycorners.org.uk Established in 2000, this 2-acre orchard now hosts www.facebook.com/ mature apple, pear and plum trees which are managed by volunteers. The Orchard volunteer group meet on ScotchQuarryPark the second Saturday of each month from 10.00 - 13.00. A6 [email protected] 07840 157771 or 01524 35613 Incredible Edible Lancaster run free forage walks through Fairfield Orchard during the growing 19 Fruit trees and bushes, herbs & other edibles season. Visit s.coop/1wo0e for dates or contact are maintained by a voluntary group for [email protected]. everyone to enjoy. Highlights include a forest garden, tree nursery bed, cottage garden area and flowers for cutting & wildlife.

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Local Food Resources To find out where to buy local food in Lancaster District visit www.lessuk.org/directory.php To find out what’s in season when, contact [email protected] for a Seasonal Local Food Calendar. Promoting For more information: Sustainable Contact [email protected] | Visit www.lessuk.org | Phone 01524 66100 Living Like ‘Growing Our Local Food Economy - GOLFE Lancaster’ on Facebook

All information in this publication is given in good faith and is correct at the time of going to print (August 2015). LESS cannot be held responsible for any errors and we advise you to contact specific projects before making any special arrangements to visit. If you discover any changes please let us know by contacting [email protected] and we will make amendments to any future editions. Other Local Food Resources...

COMMUNITY FOOD ALLOTMENTS 19 Dorrington Road Greaves, Access via Dorrington Rd 4 10 Fork to Fork Scotforth [email protected] Behind Lancaster Brewery, Lancaster Leisure Beside Scotforth Cemetry, Rents start at £21.50. Park, Lancaster, LA1 3LA Ashford Road / Cinder Lane home2.btconnect.com/thumb/fork2forks.php [email protected] 20 Skerton/ Barley Cop Lane www.facebook.com/Fork2Fork Cost: 25 pence per meter square per year. [email protected] Hare Runs Near King George V Field / Fork to Fork is a food growing project run by people with 11 Ambleside Road Shakespeare Road [email protected] support needs who are creating Lancaster & district's first Ridge Estate, Lancaster two acre forest garden. [email protected] Cost: £19.00 - £36.00. 01524 37171 5 Greaves Forage Garden Greenfingers Community Allotment Cost: Full plot £40 / year, starter plot £10. Behind Arcon House, Heaton Road, LA1 4TJ www.incredible-edible-lancaster.org.uk 12 Bridge Road [email protected] [email protected] 01524 419256 Just off the A6 near Greaves Spar, between Incredible Edible Lancaster maintains this small Bridge Road and West Street, Lancaster Cost: Full plot £40, 1/2 plot £20, starter £10, raised bed £5. community garden which now produces herbs, fruit & a [email protected] range of other edible plants for everyone to enjoy. 07941 663815 COMMUNITY KITCHENS 6 Marsh Edibles Project Cost: Full plot £36, 1/2 plot £18. Please note that this Community Kitchen’s list is not comprehensive. It highlights popular community venues Marsh Community Centre, Willow Lane, 13 Fairfield within Lancaster and . Lancaster, LA1 3HT , off Sunnyside Lane www.incredible-edible-lancaster.org.uk [email protected] 21 Friends Meeting House [email protected] 01524 849371 Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TX Fruit trees and bushes are maintained by Incredible Edible www.lancsquakers.org.uk/lancaster.php Lancaster & the community centre for everyone to enjoy. Cost: Full plot £45, 1/2 plot £22.50, £11.25 quarter plot. [email protected] 01524 62971 7 Ridge Hill Green 14 Cork Road Allotment Bowerham, Exeter Avenue Cost: £8-£15 per hour depending on size of organisation (plus £5+ for use of kitchen). 8 Ridge Community Orchard [email protected] nicolemadelinehollis@gmail Along Ambleside road, The Ridge, Lancaster 22 St Tees www.incredible-edible-lancaster.org.uk Cost: Full plot £45, 1/2 plot £22.50. Marton Street, Lancaster, LA1 1XX [email protected] 15 Road www.st.tees.org.uk A new orchard has been created along Ambleside Road & [email protected] Skerton Cnr of Torrisholme Rd / Watery Lane at Crag Road (on the ‘Ridge Green’). This is not just a 'fruit 01524 590410 for free' resource for residents; it also provides a meeting [email protected] point for community events & enhances biodiversity by 07770 17499 Cost: £15 per hour, plus £5 per hour for kitchen if required. creating more wildlife habitat. Cost: Full plot £52, 1/2 plot £26. 23 Christ Church Parish Hall 9 Lancaster Seed Library 16 Shrewsbury Drive The Vicarage, 1 East Road, Lancaster, LA1 3EE [email protected] Lancaster Central Library, Market Square, Bowerham, Nr Bowerham Rd / Cambridge Ave christchurchlancaster.co.uk Lancaster, LA1 1HY [email protected] 01524 64083 Facebook page: s.coop/1wo0f 07791 588342 [email protected] Cost: £16 for the first hour, then £7 per hour after. Cost: Full plot £50, 1/2 plot or raised bed £30. The Lancaster Seed Library is for local gardeners & 24 Marsh Community Centre growers to share & save seeds from their own patch of 17 John O’Gaunt earth. A permanent seed cabinet is now located within Willow Lane, Lancaster, LA1 5PP Primrose Access via St. Martins Road the library. [email protected] 01524 844635 Cost: £10 per hour but negotiable. East Gate Project Cost: Full plot £40, 1/2 plot £20. 12 Hornby Terrace, Morcambe, LA4 5QB Stanley’s Community Centre 07896439847 18 Highfield 79-83, Stanley Road, Heysham, LA3 1UT www.mbcf.org.uk Ashton Road Near Highfield Recreation [email protected] Ground / Christ Church Primary School Cost: £20 per hour. The East Gate Project is part of the Morecambe Bay [email protected] Christian Fellowship. It has a number of growing projects Cost: £40 for full plot (£30 if paid by end of May), Morecambe War Memorial Hall which include Heysham Heritage Centre. Workdays are £20 for a half plot (£15 if paid by end of May). The Rectory, Church Walk, Morecambe, LA4 5PR held on a Tuesday & Thursday. £3.50 reduction for OAPs (starting age 65). [email protected]

Cost: £5 per hour & the Cafe is £10 per hour.

Rainbow Centre Clarence Street, Morecambe, LA4 5EX 01524 415502 Cost: based on case by case. Approx £10-£20 an hour.