On this page, find about our aim to increase opportunities for growing food on community land, how to access free seeds at the town’s seed libraries and an introduction to the town’s allotments.
Increasing food growing on community land
While Hartlepool is a largely urban area, it is still a town with many opportunities for growing your own fresh produce.
The Hartlepool Food Partnership is identifying areas of unused land that can be converted into community growing areas. It is not a fast process, but progress is slowly being made; hopefully we can share more about this soon.
Encouraging community growing has a number of benefits, including; providing access to locally grown healthy food. This work improves physical and mental wellbeing and contributes to life skills, for example teamwork, confidence and resilience. It has academic impacts also, including science, geography and maths, and teaches about the environment and sustainability.
If you are interested in this topic, or know of a piece of land that may be usable for community growing, please contact us at info@hartlepoolfoodpartnership.co.uk.
Hartlepool’s Seed Libraries
Did you know that you can access free seeds for growing food from five Seed Libraries across Hartlepool? Find out more HERE.
Hartlepool’s Allotments
There are c.1000 allotments spread across Hartlepool (a list of which can be found here), giving many opportunities for residents to grow their own produce close to where they may reside.
Their locations can also be seen on this interactive map, where more information on each can be found out by clicking on any of the pointers, as well as the table below:
| Allotment site | No. of Allotments | Address | Further details (from HBC Allotment website) |
| Briarfields | 15 | Wooler Road, Hartlepool TS26 0DR | Located in the grounds of what was the Briarfields House, access to the site is from Elwick Road. |
| Burn Valley | 75 | Blakelock Rd, Hartlepool TS25 5PG | Situated on the side of the Burn Valley Gardens, access is from Blakelock Road and Brinkburn Road. |
| Chester Road | 155 | Chester Rd, Hartlepool TS26 0JE | Located on the side of the Grayfields Recreation Grounds, access is mainly from Chester Road. |
| Greatham | 3 | Marsh House Ln, Greatham, Hartlepool TS25 2HB | Accessed from Saltaire Terrace. There are further plots in Greatham Village operated by ‘The Hospital of God’. |
| Haswell Avenue | 31 | Haswell Avenue, Hartlepool TS25 5BP | This site is accessed from Haswell Avenue. |
| Nicholson’s Field | 167 | Speeding Dr, Hartlepool TS24 9QE | This site runs parallel to the railway line. Access is via Speeding Drive or Dowson Road. |
| Olive Street | 1 | Olive Street, Hartlepool TS24 0PG | One plot, located in Olive Street on the Headland. |
| Rossmere (formerly Brierton) | 66 | Fulbeck Cl, Hartlepool TS25 5TU | Located behind what used to be Brierton Hospital, this site is accessed from Brierton Lane. |
| Station Lane | 77 | Station Lane, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool TS25 1DW | This site is accessed from Station Lane and is adjacent to the Seaton Carew train station. |
| Stranton | 131 | Brierton Ln, Hartlepool TS25 | Plots mainly accessed from Kingsley Avenue or Brierton Lane. |
| Summerhill (formerly Catcote) | 57 | Summer Hill Ln, Hartlepool, TS25 | This site is accessed from Summerhill Lane. |
| Thornhill | 88 | Thornhill Gardens, Hartlepool TS26 0HX | This site is located between the Throston and Chester Road sites. Access to this site is via the end of Thornhill Gardens. |
| Throston | 82 | Wiltshire Way, Hartlepool TS26 0XP | This site is located next to the Thornhill allotment site. Access is either via Elmwood Road or Wiltshire Way. |
| Thompson Grove | 5 | Thompson Grove, Hartlepool TS24 9AD | This site is accessed by either of two gates at the end of Thompson Grove. |
| Waverley Terrace | 13 | Waverley Terrace, Hartlepool TS25 5NB | This site is accessed from Waverley Terrace, sitting next to the Waverley Terrace Community Allotment site. |
| Woodcroft | 31 | Bolton Grove, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool TS25 1BD | This site is accessed from Bolton Grove. |
Any questions or comments about this page, please contact Adam Guy at adamguy@hartlepoolcommunitytrust.org.uk