What to sow by location

The UK stretches from the Scilly Isles to Shetland — your last frost date could be weeks earlier or later than someone a few hundred miles away. Pick your nearest city for a sowing guide tailored to your local frost date, or enter your postcode for the most accurate results.

Dots show estimated last frost date: early mid late

London

LondonGreater London

South East

BrightonEast Sussex SouthamptonHampshire ReadingBerkshire CanterburyKent OxfordOxfordshire

South West

BristolBristol ExeterDevon PlymouthDevon BathSomerset

East Anglia

NorwichNorfolk CambridgeCambridgeshire IpswichSuffolk PeterboroughCambridgeshire

East Midlands

NottinghamNottinghamshire LeicesterLeicestershire DerbyDerbyshire LincolnLincolnshire

West Midlands

BirminghamWest Midlands CoventryWest Midlands Stoke-on-TrentStaffordshire WorcesterWorcestershire WolverhamptonWest Midlands

North West

ManchesterGreater Manchester LiverpoolMerseyside PrestonLancashire ChesterCheshire

North East

NewcastleTyne and Wear SunderlandTyne and Wear DurhamCounty Durham MiddlesbroughNorth Yorkshire

Yorkshire & the Humber

LeedsWest Yorkshire SheffieldSouth Yorkshire YorkNorth Yorkshire HullEast Riding of Yorkshire BradfordWest Yorkshire

Wales

CardiffCardiff SwanseaSwansea NewportNewport WrexhamWrexham BangorGwynedd

Scotland

EdinburghCity of Edinburgh GlasgowCity of Glasgow AberdeenAberdeen City DundeeDundee City InvernessHighland StirlingStirling PerthPerth and Kinross

Northern Ireland

BelfastCounty Antrim DerryCounty Londonderry

Your city not listed?

These guides cover the 50 largest UK cities and towns, but your frost date depends on your exact location. Enter your postcode on the homepage for a personalised sowing calendar.

Go to the postcode tool →