East Chesterton Good Food Neighbourhood

There are two ways you can apply for an allotment in your neighbourhood. You can either apply through Cambridge City Council for a plot on one of the allotments they manage or apply for a plot which is ran by a local allotment society. Visit Cambridge Allotments Network to find your closest allotment.

Growing Spaces is ran by Transition Cambridge, aiming to reclaim unloved and underused public spaces around the city and transform them into edible landscapes. Find out more about how to get involved in your local growing space here.

Chesterton Garden Club is a sociable and informative group for anyone with enthusiasm for all things green. 

Hope Church Fairbite Club, is a social supermarket which operates every Tuesday at St George’s Hall.

Sunday Lunch Club at St Andrew’s Hall takes places on the 1st Sunday of each month.

Coop, Nisa, Lloyds Pharmacy and Tesco stores all accept healthy start vouchers to help pay for milk, fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables, fresh, dried, and tinned pulses, infant formula milk and vitamins.

Visit the Cambridge Sustainable Food Directory to find the sustainable food businesses operating in and around your neighbourhood.

To keep up to date with what good food focused events are happening in your neighbourhood keep an eye on the events section of the CSF website.