Police were called to a village on the edge of Bristol today (Thursday) following claims of assault, as residents tried to stop work to turn a field into a mega-allotment. Representatives from Roots Allotments claim they were shoved out of the way as some residents of Abbots Leigh blocked work to lift a shipping container into the field.
Angry villagers want Roots, which plans to create a 700-plot allotment business in a field next to the entrance to Leigh Woods on the edge of Bristol, to wait until the local council have said it is allowed to create the new allotment site before work begins.
It’s the second time this week that there has been a stand-off between local residents and the Roots Allotments workers. Bristol Live reported that on Monday, work to create a new access to the field, on the corner of the main A369 road and the lane up to Leigh Woods car park, was stopped by one resident who stood in the way.
