Hunwick & Newfield, River Wear
A mixed game-and-coarse River Wear fishery between Hunwick and Newfield, run by Ferryhill & District Angling Club. There’s roughly 950m at Newfield and another 180m at Hunwick — a proper chunk of club water.
Run by Ferryhill & District Angling Club · checked 11 Oct 2026
River Wear
Hunwick & Newfield, River Wear
Our river artwork — photos for this stretch are on the way
River level
Measured — Environment Agency
Witton Park 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
The lowdown
- The fishery sits between Hunwick and Newfield on the River Wear in County Durham. FDAC runs the lot.
- Newfield is approximately 950m, while the Hunwick section is approximately 180m. Plenty of bank to explore.
- The water is mixed game-and-coarse fishing, with salmon, sea trout, trout and coarse fish listed by the club.
- Access is through two gates marked on the club’s fishery map. The official access postcode is DL14 8DE.
- That postcode points you towards the fishery gates rather than a named car park. Parking areas are marked on the club map, so don’t just chuck the motor anywhere.
- The gates are shut from 8pm until 8am. Worth clocking that before planning an early start or a late finish.
- Night fishing is allowed on FDAC River Wear waters, but it must be fly-only. A cheeky dusk session is fine within those rules.
- Only one rod can be fished at a time, and all rods must be fished from the same peg. Keep it tidy and straightforward.
- Barbless or micro-barbed hooks are required. No game fish can go in a keepnet, and no grayling may be taken.
- The take-home limits are firm: no more than two brown trout in 24 hours, and three salmon and/or sea trout in a week. Dogs, fires, barbecues, alcohol, camping and bivvies are all banned at the river bank.
Methods: The checked details don’t set out specific daytime tactics. At night, the River Wear must be fished fly-only, with one rod from the same peg.
Access & tickets
2026 senior FDAC membership
Ordinary club-water fishing membership
£60 (as listed 11 Oct 2026 — check before you go)
2026 intermediate FDAC membership
FDAC membership
£25 (as listed 11 Oct 2026 — check before you go)
2026 junior FDAC membership
FDAC membership
£10 (as listed 11 Oct 2026 — check before you go)
FDAC membership is required for ordinary club-water fishing. The club’s 2026 membership prices are £60 senior, £25 intermediate, £10 junior, £35 OAP and £40 disabled. The club defines a temporary member as someone who has purchased a day ticket, but it does not publish a day-ticket price for Hunwick & Newfield.
Fish the club names
trout
Key rules
- Only one rod may be fished at a time.
- All rods must be fished from the same peg.
- Barbless or micro-barbed hooks are required.
- No grayling may be taken.
- No more than two brown trout may be taken in one 24-hour period.
- The migratory-fish limit is three salmon and/or sea trout in one week.
- No trout or other game fish may be kept in a keepnet.
- Dogs are prohibited except guide dogs. Fires, barbecues, alcohol, camping and bivvies are prohibited at the river bank.
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 fishWhere it is
Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.
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