River guide
River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire
12 checked stretches so far — day tickets, club waters and guest tickets, each checked against the club's own pages.
The lowdown
The Great Ouse at Wyboston is a Bedfordshire river option with access through Wyboston Lakes Complex. Here, Luton Angling Club welcomes both members and non-member ticket anglers onto its 40-peg stretch.
The river close season runs from 15 March to 15 June, so build that into your plans. At Wyboston, large bream and reported double-figure carp give you a couple of proper targets once the river is open.
Close season reminder
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 fishStretches
12 of 12 checked stretches. No rankings — we don't know which is "best" on your day, and neither does anyone else.
The Top Stream, Offord Cluny
River Great Ouse · Day ticket or club members
The Top Stream is a cracking little day-ticket run on the Great Ouse at Offord Cluny. It’s narrow, flowing water with plenty of float-fishing appeal, and boats won’t be trundling through your swim.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society Great Ouse sections — A-D, Chub Stream and Meadow Lane
River Great Ouse · Day ticket or members
A handy run of Great Ouse water around St Ives and Hemingford Grey, with A-D Sections, Chub Stream and Meadow Lane all under the St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society. Proper old-school club water, offering day tickets and annual membership, with roach and bream the headline fish.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
Ten Mile Bank, River Great Ouse
River Great Ouse · Day ticket or members
Ten Mile Bank is a proper big-river stretch on the Great Ouse, run by King’s Lynn Angling Association. It’s deep, slow and spacious, with loads of room to settle in and a few cracking access points along the flood bank.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
The Triangle
River Great Ouse · Day ticket or members
The Triangle is one of Offord & Buckden Angling Society’s named waters on the Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire. It’s a daytime day-ticket stretch with access from the main car park off Station Lane, Offord Cluny.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
The Mill Stream, Offord Cluny
River Great Ouse · Members only
The Mill Stream at Offord Cluny is a small, intimate members-only running stream, fed from Black Overfalls Weir. It fishes from the weir pool down to the road bridge, with chub the main draw and some cracking barbel interest too.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
Godmanchester Recreation Ground
River Great Ouse · Day ticket or members
Godmanchester Recreation Ground is the society’s best-known stretch on the Great Ouse — a picturesque coarse-fishing venue wrapped around an island between river channels. It’s got that handy riverside-park feel, with fishing possible in almost all weather and river conditions.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
Car Park Pool, Offord Cluny
River Great Ouse · Day ticket or members
Car Park Pool at Offord Cluny is a cracking Great Ouse day-ticket water with a proper lake-like feel for much of the year. Big carp, hefty pike and a few tasty bream and perch make it well worth a look.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
Black Overfalls Weir Pool
River Great Ouse · Members only
Black Overfalls Weir Pool is a members-only Ouse venue with proper variety — chub, shoals of good bream and barbel to a serious size. It’s fed by D and E Section and the New Cut, with fishing available from the pool and the far bank of New Cut.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
Portholme Meadow
River Great Ouse · Members only
Portholme Meadow is a cracking, varied bit of River Great Ouse near Godmanchester, with roughly 4.5 miles of fishable bank. It’s run by The London Anglers’ Association and mixes river, navigation, confluence, brook, weir and mill-pool water.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
New Cut, Offord Cluny
River Great Ouse · Members only
New Cut is a small, shallow, members-only backwater off the River Great Ouse at Offord Cluny. It has no flow these days, but can still turn up good tench, with winter pike the big draw.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
E Section (part of OBAS D and E Sections)
River Great Ouse · Club members
The E Section is part of OBAS’s D and E Sections on the River Great Ouse, running along the boat channel between the river and the lock feeding the Triangle’s Lock Cut. It’s a quiet, rarely fished bit of water, mainly because getting there means a proper walk from the car park.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
Bluntisham
River Great Ouse · Members only
Bluntisham is a proper fenland Great Ouse stretch — slow, deep and slightly tidal, with plenty of colour and a bit of flow. It’s traditionally a bream water, with roach and chub in the mix too.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.
Access & tickets
Adult day ticket
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
Valid from dawn to dusk. Available online or from bailiffs on the bank.
£5 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: The Top Stream, Offord Cluny
Junior day ticket
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
For under-17s. Available online or from bailiffs on the bank.
Free (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: The Top Stream, Offord Cluny
Members night fishing
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
Night fishing is for members only.
Covers: The Top Stream, Offord Cluny
Day ticket
St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society
Available in advance from St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society.
£7 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society Great Ouse sections — A-D, Chub Stream and Meadow Lane
Adult annual membership 2026/27
St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society
Membership must be purchased in advance.
£30 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society Great Ouse sections — A-D, Chub Stream and Meadow Lane
Disabled and senior membership
St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society
For anglers aged 65 or over; membership must be purchased in advance. Junior membership is free up to and including age 16.
£15 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society Great Ouse sections — A-D, Chub Stream and Meadow Lane
KLAA river day ticket
King's Lynn Angling Association
Available from bank bailiffs for the KLAA day-ticket rivers.
£6 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Ten Mile Bank, River Great Ouse
KLAA membership
King's Lynn Angling Association
Members can fish the KLAA river waters. A full KLAA book is required for boat fishing.
Covers: Ten Mile Bank, River Great Ouse
Adult day ticket
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
Valid from dawn to dusk. Available online or from OBAS bailiffs on the bank.
£5 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: The Triangle
Junior day ticket
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
For under-17s. Valid from dawn to dusk.
Free (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: The Triangle
OBAS membership
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
Required for access to the Mill Stream. OBAS day tickets do not cover this section.
Covers: The Mill Stream, Offord Cluny
Environment Agency rod licence
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
A current licence is required to fish.
Covers: The Mill Stream, Offord Cluny
Adult day ticket
Godmanchester Angling Society
For anglers aged 17–65.
£5 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Godmanchester Recreation Ground
Season membership
Godmanchester Angling Society
Includes the society’s other waters.
£20 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Godmanchester Recreation Ground
Non-resident junior day ticket
Godmanchester Angling Society
For ages 12–17.
£5 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Godmanchester Recreation Ground
Adult day ticket
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
Day ticket for anglers aged 17 and over. Available online or from bailiffs on the bank.
£5 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Car Park Pool, Offord Cluny
Junior day ticket
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
For under-17s. Available online or from bailiffs on the bank.
Free (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Car Park Pool, Offord Cluny
Night fishing
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
Available to club members only; not available to day-ticket anglers.
Covers: Car Park Pool, Offord Cluny
Membership
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
Required for Black Overfalls Weir Pool; members only.
Covers: Black Overfalls Weir Pool
Day ticket
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
Not valid on this stretch.
Covers: Black Overfalls Weir Pool
The London Anglers’ Association membership
The London Anglers’ Association
Required for anglers fishing this non-public-access fishery.
Covers: Portholme Meadow
Environment Agency rod licence
The London Anglers’ Association
Required to fish.
Covers: Portholme Meadow
Night fishing
The London Anglers’ Association
Permitted at no extra cost for eligible anglers.
No extra cost (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Portholme Meadow
OBAS membership
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
Required for this members-only New Cut section. No day tickets are offered.
Covers: New Cut, Offord Cluny
Environment Agency rod licence
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
A valid licence is required when fishing.
Covers: New Cut, Offord Cluny
OBAS membership
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
The D and E Sections are not listed on OBAS’s day-ticket page. Check with Offord & Buckden Angling Society for current membership access.
Covers: E Section (part of OBAS D and E Sections)
Environment Agency rod licence
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
A current licence is required to fish.
Covers: E Section (part of OBAS D and E Sections)
London Anglers Association membership
London Anglers Association
Required for this non-public-access fishery. The membership ticket supplies the entrance-gate combination.
Covers: Bluntisham
Environment Agency rod licence
London Anglers Association
A current licence is required.
Covers: Bluntisham
Species
We only tag a stretch with a fish when the club names it. Some clubs name fish across all their water rather than stretch by stretch — those are flagged on the card.
| Stretch | Carp | Tench | Bream | Roach | Pike | Perch | Barbel | Rudd | Chub | Eel | Zander |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Top Stream, Offord Cluny | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society Great Ouse sections — A-D, Chub Stream and Meadow Lane | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | |||||
| Ten Mile Bank, River Great Ouse | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| The Triangle | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ||
| The Mill Stream, Offord Cluny | ● | ● | |||||||||
| Godmanchester Recreation Ground | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||
| Car Park Pool, Offord Cluny | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||
| Black Overfalls Weir Pool | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| Portholme Meadow | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
| New Cut, Offord Cluny | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| E Section (part of OBAS D and E Sections) | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Bluntisham | ● | ● | ● |
● named by the club for this stretch · ●* named across the club's waters · blank = not named (not "absent").
Rules — who runs what
Offord & Buckden Angling Society
Day tickets are available online or from bailiffs on the bank. Adult tickets are £5, while under-17s fish free; tickets are valid from dawn to dusk.
Club pageSt Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society
Day tickets and memberships must be purchased in advance from St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society. A valid Environment Agency rod licence is also required for anglers over 12.
Club pageKing's Lynn Angling Association
Day tickets for KLAA rivers are available from bank bailiffs. The current official price is £6.
Club pageDay tickets can be obtained through the society’s online payment link or local tackle outlet arrangements. The society also sells season memberships, including memberships covering its other waters.
Club pageThe London Anglers’ Association
You’ll need London Anglers’ Association membership to fish Roxton A; the holder’s handbook lists no day tickets here. Check with the association for the current membership price and joining arrangements.
Club pageJoin through London Anglers Association and allow at least five working days after ordering: you must have your membership ticket before fishing. Membership access is advertised for Appleford, rather than a day-ticket offer.
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Each stretch page lists its own key rules. You'll need an Environment Agency rod licence on all of them.
River levels
Measured readings straight from the Environment Agency. These are the nearest gauges we've matched — not readings from the stretches themselves.
Measured — Environment Agency
Offord 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
Measured — Environment Agency
St Ives 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
Measured — Environment Agency
Welney Causeway 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
Tips & reports
Our take (editorial, not club advice): on any decent-sized river, a lead that holds bottom without dragging is half the battle — go up in weight before you go up in bait. A bit of extra colour after rain often brings barbel and bream closer in, but a fast-rising, debris-filled river is dangerous; if in doubt, don't. Weather tools built for still lakes don't translate neatly to rivers, so we haven't bolted a lake-style weather score on here.
No angler reports on these stretches yet — we'll only show real ones once our moderated river reports are live.
Where this comes from · checked 6 Oct 2026
- GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish
- Offord & Buckden Angling Society — home (ousefishing.com)
- St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society — home (stivesanglingsociety.co.uk)
- King's Lynn Angling Association — home (klaa.co.uk)
- Godmanchester Angling Society — godmanchester angling society (godmanchestercommunityassociation.co.uk)
- The London Anglers’ Association — river great ouse (londonanglers.co.uk)
- London Anglers Association — appleford (londonanglers.co.uk)
Rules, prices and ticket availability change — the rights holder's own page always wins.