The allotments are set in the small village of Kirby le Soken in the Tendring District, in an agricultural and increasingly residential corner of the county. Although the village has managed to stay distinct and separate from the growing conurbations of Frinton on Sea and Walton on the Naze (formerly Walton le Soken), it is a developed and working village. The original village centre still boasts an engineering works (Oxborrow Engineering) and carpenter's workshop alongside the Red Lion public house. Needless to say a possible worthwhile treat after a busy Sunday morning, all this opposite St. Michael's church. And although you cannot see them you are only a matter of a few hundred meters away from the Walton Backwaters to the north.

Kirby le Soken today still has the feel of a traditional English village, it is situated in an area of land called the Le Sokens and is isolated from Kirby Cross, Frinton on Sea and Walton on the Naze by fields and retains a village shop, a pub and the Church. Kirby was originally a scattered farming community with an upper and lower road. Many people still refer to the village as lower Kirby with the upper road now known as Kirby Cross. The village can be entered by three routes, from the West or East on the B1034 or from the South by coming down Halstead Road from Kirby Cross.

It’s worth noting that this is also a regular bus route so public transport should be considered when travelling to and from the allotments.