Please click on the images below to download your own copy of the latest Association Autumn 2026 Newsletter and the latest WATA/WTC Meeting Bullet Points.
Autumn Newsletter and Latest WATA/WTC Meeting Bullet Points
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WEEKLY BONFIRES, HALLOWEEN SOCIAL & MONTHLY MEETING
Please find below two Special Bulletins: one about the upcoming restart of the Committee’s weekly managed bonfires and the other about a Halloween Social that the Committee is hosting on 31st October.
Click on each image below to download your own copy of the Special Bulletins
Also, a quick reminder about our next Monthly Meeting on Monday 19th October, when one of our own on-site beekeepers, Steve Cook, will be giving a talk about this year’s work with the bees and their hives. As usual, we will kick off the meeting with a short update on allotment-related matters.
The meeting will be held at the Oakwood Centre in Woodley www.woodley.gov.uk/council-services/oakwood-centre/, starting at 7.30 pm. We look forward to seeing you there.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
Latest WATA Committee Meeting Bullet Points
Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee meeting (10th September 2026). Click the images below to download a PDF to read offline.
If you have any questions/comments, then please let us know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post – ‘Leave a Reply‘- or by emailing readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and we will get back to you with a response.
Finally, we continue to build up our revised Mailing List, if you have not already joined it, you can opt-in here.
Woodley Town Council – Armistice Day – 11th November 2026
Please find below information about the Woodley Town Council Armistice Day commemoration arrangements.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
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On Wednesday 11 November 2026, to commemorate Armistice Day, members of the Town Council and the Royal British Legion will be gathering to observe a two-minute silence at 11 o’clock at the Woodley War Memorial in the Memorial Recreation Ground, Headley Road, together with members of the public and other organisations that may wish to attend.
We are writing to your organisation as in the past you have attended, or you are an organisation which has links to the Council. As always, representatives from local organisations are welcome to attend. If you do intend to send representatives, then we are asking everyone to arrive by 10:45am so that we are all in place before the bugler plays the Last Post prior to the two-minute silence.
Wreaths will be also placed on the war memorial by the Town Council, the Royal British Legion, local organisations and community groups, and any other individuals who wish to do so. If you would like a wreath to be laid on behalf of your organisation, then please let me know so I can add you to our list of wreath layers. Wreaths can be ordered from the Royal British Legion:
www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/ways-to-give/shop/wreaths
Please note that wreaths should be ordered ASAP to ensure delivery before Armistice Day. We do ask that any groups laying wreaths are limited to no more than 6 people, due to space limitations in the wreath laying queue, though there is no limit to numbers for general attendance.
A community event is also being arranged to take place at the War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday. This event is not being organised by the Town Council, but residents are obviously more than welcome to attend either or both events as they see fit.
For information, filming and photography will take place at the Armistice Day event, and will be shared publicly on the Town Council website and social media channels. By attending the event, individuals agree to being filmed and / or photographed.
I look forward to hearing from you, and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Kieran Mullane
Democratic Support & Allotments Officer
Woodley Town Council
The Oakwood Centre, Headley Road
Woodley, Berkshire, RG5 4JZ
Tel: 0118 969 0356
Metal Recycling Event
Pease click on the image below to download a Special Bulletin providing an update on our On-site Recycling Schemes, along with details of a Metal Recycling Event that will be running alongside the upcoming September plot inspections.
If you have any questions or require further information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch the normal email or replying to the post.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
Upcoming Plot Inspections – End September 2026
As you will already know from previous posts and information from Woodley Town Council (WTC), posted on the Main Gates and Notice Board, the Committee will be carrying out plot inspections on behalf of the Council during the week commencing 28th September 2026. These inspections will be carried out in line with the WTC 2026 Plot Inspections Policy.
To help tenants better understand what this means in practice, the Committee has updated its document, “Plot Inspections – What are the Criteria?”, in line with the new WTC policy. A copy of the updated document is attached to this email.
We hope this updated guidance will be helpful and will support tenants in meeting the inspection criteria.
Click on the image below to download your own copy of the document.
We welcome any feedback on these documents. Please reply to this email and we will respond as soon as possible.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
Latest WATA Committee Meeting Bullet Points and General Meeting Minutes
Please find below Bullet Points from our last WATA Committee (13th August 2026) and the Minutes from our last General Meeting (24th August 2026). Simply click on the images below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline. The associated discussion slides and water survey results can be seen here.
If you have any questions/comments, then please let us know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post – ‘Leave a Reply‘- or by emailing readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and we will get back to you with a response.
Finally, we continue to build up our revised Mailing List, if you have not already joined it, you can opt-in here.
Dobies Seeds Group Scheme Order Form – 2026
Just when you thought it was time for a bit of a rest after the hottest year ever on our allotment plots, it’s now time to start thinking about what you’re going to grow next year and getting those seed orders sorted! Time to grab a cuppa, get planning, and start deciding what’s going where. 🌻🥕🍅
Teresa Buley (Plot E18) will be once again be running the organising of the seed ordering.
The process for placing this year’s seed order is much the same as before. However, Dobies are moving increasingly towards online ordering and have only sent us a small number of paper catalogues this year, so they are very much in short supply.
- Click on the image of this year’s Dobies Seeds Group Scheme Order Form at the bottom of this post and print it out
- If you can’t print this form out, copies of the order form (along with a number of print catalogues) will be left in the covered box attached to the Allotment Notice Board at the Reading Road gate entrance. f you do need to use one of the catalogues from the box, please remember to return it once you have finished with it, so that the next person can use it. Many thanks for helping us make sure everyone gets a chance to use the catalogues.
- If you do have internet access, visit the Dobies Seed website – https://www.dobies.co.uk/
- Browse through the online and/or print catalogue and fill out the form, using the item codes & prices from the online website or in the print catalogue
- Once you have your sub-totals, work out the applicable discount, 20% for Packet Seeds and 5% for non-Seed Live Products (i.e. Plants, Potatoes, Onion Sets etc.)
- Add the discounted totals to the final total in the bottom right corner of the Order Form and this is what you need to pay
- Payments should be made direct to Teresa Buley either via Cheques along with the completed Order Form, or via Cash or Bank Transfer to Bank Sort Code: 09-01-26, Bank Account: 23892418
- Completed Order Forms and Full Payment need to be with Teresa by 30th November 2025.
Any questions, please contact Teresa on teresa.buley@woodley-allotments.org.uk.
Our thanks go to Teresa for once again, organising this massive task.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
WATA Monthly Meeting – Slides, Water Survey Results and Minutes – 24th August 2026
Our latest monthly meeting was held on 24th August 2026. The meeting took the form of an update from the Committee on what we have been doing and what to expect over the next few months.
You can find a copy of the slides from the meeting below, as well as a separate copy of the results of the Water Survey carried out in August. A few more people have responded to the survey since our meeting on 24th August, so these results are more up to date. Simply click on the relevant image to download your own copy.
The survey results have raised several further questions, which will be covered in a separate discussion document to be issued shortly.
If you did not attend the Monthly Meeting and would like to raise any questions about the Water Survey responses, you can send them to our usual email address at readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk.
We will be publishing the full minutes of the meeting shortly.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
WATA Special Bulletin 115 – Skips for August Bank Holiday Weekend
As part of the Committee’s ongoing work to improve waste management on the allotment site and plots, WATA Special Bulletin 115 explains the arrangements for the skips that will be on site from Saturday 29th August to Monday 31st August 2026. Click on the image below to download your own copy of the Special Bulletin.
There will be two skips, as usual. However, this time:
– one skip is for green waste only
– one skip is for general waste
A member of the Committee will be on site during the skip opening times (see the special bulletin for details) to assist with any questions.
CCTV will be in operation. If the skips are closed, please do not leave rubbish beside them, take it away and return during the designated opening times. Please also note that it is not the Committee’s responsibility to load your rubbish into the skips.
If you have any questions about the bulletin, please contact us on the usual email of readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
