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River Great Ouse – Stafford Bridge, Oakley

Stafford Bridge is a short Bedford Angling Club stretch of the Great Ouse at Oakley, with limited access and a couple of accessible pegs. Keep it separate from Oakley Main when sorting your day out — the club lists them as different waters.

Run by Bedford Angling Club · checked 6 Oct 2026

The lowdown

  • Think short section rather than a long bank to roam. The club describes Stafford Bridge as a short bit of river, so this isn't one to plan around miles of wandering between swims.
  • Access is limited, with a couple of accessible pegs mentioned. That's the key bit of bank-side detail here; don't read 'accessible' as a promise of step-free access or a particular parking-to-peg route.
  • Stafford Bridge and Oakley Main have separate club listings. Worth getting the name bob on when asking about tickets or access, rather than treating everything around Oakley as the same stretch.
  • Fancy a day ticket? They're £10 for 2026–2027, but issued at the Committee's discretion. Sort that before setting off, rather than assuming you can simply turn up and pay on the bank.
  • The venue description doesn't pin down depths, flow, cover or individual swim features. Keep your approach flexible rather than building the whole trip around a promised glide, crease or deep hole.
  • No fish are named specifically for Stafford Bridge in its venue description. There's no named target to steer you towards here, so a chat with the Committee is a sensible next step before choosing your approach.
  • Timing needs a bit of care. The available 2025–2026 rules prohibit close-season fishing and fishing from one hour after sunset until sunrise. Check subsequent changes before pencilling in an evening session.
  • Parking is at your own risk. Once you're on the bank, the published rules also call for shut gates, undisturbed livestock and no litter — straightforward stuff that keeps a river session tidy.

Methods: Keep the tackle plan flexible: no particular method is specified for Stafford Bridge. The available 2025–2026 rules limit members to two attended rods and prohibit livebaiting; confirm any later changes before fishing.

Access & tickets

Day ticket — 2026–2027

Issued at the Committee's discretion, through the Committee or authorised agents.

£10 (as listed 6 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Adult annual membership — 2026–2027

Bedford Angling Club adult annual membership.

£45 (as listed 6 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Junior and concessionary membership

Under-18 membership costs £15. Membership for people aged 65 and over costs £25; disabled membership costs £25 with a discounted EA rod licence. Under-12s fish free when accompanied by a current adult member.

Get tickets through Bedford Angling Club’s committee or authorised agents, including Bleak Hall Sports, 1 High Street, Kempston, and AB Country Sports, Priory Marina, Barker’s Lane, Bedford. Day tickets are issued at the committee’s discretion.

Fish the club names

The club doesn't list species for this stretch, so we haven't guessed.

Key rules

  • A valid EA rod licence is required. The available rules are labelled 2025–2026; confirm subsequent changes before fishing.
  • Members are limited to two rods, which must remain attended.
  • Livebaiting and intentionally killing fish are prohibited.
  • No fishing during the close season or from one hour after sunset until sunrise.
  • No camping, fires or leaving litter.
  • Permission is required to fish within 20 yards of another member already fishing.
  • No fishing within 30 metres of overhead cables.
  • Shut gates and leave livestock undisturbed.

Coarse fishing on English rivers is closed from 15 March to 15 June inclusive. That's the law for coarse fish on rivers — it's not a club rule, and game-fishing seasons work differently.

GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish

River level

Measured — Environment Agency

Bromham gauge

Nearest EA gauge we've matched — it isn't on this stretch, so levels on your peg will differ.

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We don't publish an "ideal level" — nobody can promise one. Flood water is dangerous: if it's up and coloured, stay well back from the edge. Open River Ready

Where it is

Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.

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