West Midlands Allotments Project
Allotments Project
We are collaborating, on Andrew MacKenzie's persuasive abilities, with a team at Leicester University called Allotment Data. Their website is here First task is ensuring that West Midlands data is as complete as we can get it. This will allow an interactive tool to be built using an OSM-based map accessing other data such as waiting times
Sources
Currently we are working our way through the web site information from the local authorities in the West Midlands to get basic information entered such as name, number of plots, facilities and anything else the authority lists ( they're not all consistent with each other). List of urls:
- WolverhamptonDONEBrianboru 17:46, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
- Dudley COMPLETED Brianboru 15:04, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
- Walsall 1DONEBrianboru 12:53, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
- Walsall 2DONE Brianboru 12:53, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
- Coventry DONE Brianboru 16:24, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
- SandwellCOMPLETED Brianboru 15:04, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Issues
Birmingham,Solihull,Wolverhampton,Walsall, Dudley and Sandwell are complete but the following issues require resolution
| Authority | Allotment | Total Plots | Comments | RESOLVED |
| Sandwell | Scott Road Great Barr | 10 | couldn't find this | |
| Sandwell | Meadow Road Oldbury | 3 | couldn't find this | |
| Solihull | Holly Lane Balsall Common | ? | New site opened 2009needs survey | Brianboru 14:57, 7 December 2011 (UTC) |
| Solihull | Warwick Road Chadwick End | ? | New site: OSM location guessed from bing needs survey | Brianboru 14:57, 7 December 2011 (UTC) |
| Birmingham | Shenley | Notes from a local, @DaveHarte = "those private allotments are on the ward open spaces plan. Found two called Fox Hill, Woodlands - on ward plan the plots here: http://ht.ly/7ZDst are called 'Woodlands Private Allotments'. On openstreetmap: 'Hay Green'" | | ||
| Birmingham | Witton | Where is the private allotment site, connected (legally if not physically) to the Barn Social Club in Brookvale Road, Witton (map). What we have as Oldford Farm Allotments lie adjacent, but I don't think that's the same thing, unless the site is divided? The site you have indicated on OSM as 'Oldford' are the private allotments owned by Witton and District Allotments ltd. They own all that site as I understand it (they aren't called 'Oldford' or anything at all on the Ward Open Space plan). I understand that Oldford allotments are the ones identified as 'Holford' on Open Street Map | ||
| Dudley | Highfield Road | couldn't find this | ||
| Walsall | Delves Green Road | which is which Delves Green Road 1 and 2? | ||
| Walsall | Wimperis Way | correct name? locally mapped as something different | ||
| Wolverhampton | Boots Land | owner? | ||
| Wolverhampton | Dunstall Park | correct name? locally mapped as something different | ||
| Coventry | Ansty Road | might be part of Shakespeare Street private allotments? | ||
| Coventry | Woodway Lane/Narberth Way | couldn't find this | ||
| Coventry | all city council sites | leased to Coventry & District Allotments & Garden Council - not all tagged with this yet | ||
| Coventry | Hen lane | private site - needs survey to confirm | ||
| Coventry | Stoke House | 41 | couldn't find this | |