Reading Allotments

Reading Allotments is a photobook and social history of the allotment in Reading, Berkshire, UK.


In chapters devoted to current allotment sites and key historic events, the book documents the history of allotments in the town over the last 100 years. 


The book is illustrated with more than a hundred colour photographs of allotments taken by the author, archive photographs and images.


Reading Allotments will be of interest to allotment holders, social and local historians and those who appreciate the beauty of this iconic feature of the landscape.