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Windsor Home Park — OWAC Day Ticket / Season

A cracking OWAC stretch of the Thames around Windsor, covering Home Park and Potts Field. There are ample swims, open banks and plenty of options, from cheeky roach on the float to proper barbel and carp on the ledger.

Run by Old Windsor Angling Club · checked 12 Oct 2026

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The lowdown

  • The Home Park section runs from the railway bridge to Victoria Bridge, while Potts Field runs from the boatyard fence to the railway bridge.
  • It’s a well-kept park setting beside Windsor Castle, with open banks and multiple swims rather than a fixed numbered-peg layout.
  • There are loads of ways to fish it. Stick-float tactics are spot on for roach and dace, especially where you can work the flow and keep the bait moving.
  • Ledgering is the go-to for bream, carp and barbel. Pick out steadier water and likely holding spots, then settle in and let the river do its thing.
  • Spinning is suitable for perch and pike, giving you a more mobile approach when you fancy covering water rather than sitting on one swim.
  • The stretch is available to day-ticket anglers from dawn to dusk, so it suits an early start or a full day without any faff over night fishing.
  • OWAC members get unlimited fishing on club waters, subject to the club rules and the Environment Agency close season. Members can also night fish, with a maximum stay of 24 hours.
  • Keep an eye on the Potts Field lock cut: fishing there is prohibited before 1 November each season. There’s also no return within 24 hours.
  • Parking is available at the Home Park Sports Field pay-and-display car park. Club members can use the designated spaces with the required car sticker.

Methods: Try a stick float for roach and dace, ledger for bream, carp and barbel, or spin for perch and pike. A proper all-round Thames session, with plenty of scope to change tactics if the fish aren’t on the munch.

Access & tickets

OWAC day ticket

River Thames Home Park and Potts Field stretch; dawn-to-dusk fishing.

£5 per person (as listed 12 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

OWAC membership

Unlimited fishing on club waters, subject to club rules and the close season. Night fishing is permitted for members only.

Pick up a £5 day ticket from Wraysbury Bait & Rolling or Davies Angling. Old Windsor Angling Club lists adult membership at £42 and pensioner membership at £27.

Fish the club names

carp, bream, roach, pike, perch, barbel, trout, rudd, eel

Key rules

  • A valid Environment Agency rod licence is required.
  • The fishery is closed during the Environment Agency annual coarse-fishing close season.
  • Day-ticket fishing is restricted to dawn-to-dusk hours.
  • Day-ticket anglers must show their valid ticket to an OWAC bailiff if requested.
  • Night fishing is permitted for OWAC members only.
  • The maximum stay for members is 24 hours.
  • There is no return within 24 hours.
  • Fishing is prohibited in the Potts Field lock cut before 1 November each season.

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

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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