River guide
River Derwent (Derbyshire) in Derbyshire
1 checked stretches so far — day tickets, club waters and guest tickets, each checked against the club's own pages.
The lowdown
The River Derwent through Derbyshire changes character nicely, running from more urban and industrial surroundings around Derby and Darley Abbey into broader, more open floodplain country near Borrowash. This section has both fast gravelly shallows and deep, slow stretches.
The club reports chub, barbel, bream, roach, perch, pike, carp and tench, along with grayling, brown trout and dace throughout the river. Barbel, chub, bream, pike and perch can all reach good sizes, while river carp and tench are present but trickier to target.
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
1 of 1 checked stretches. No rankings — we don't know which is "best" on your day, and neither does anyone else.
Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.
Access & tickets
River Derwent adult day ticket — online store
The Earl of Harrington's Angling Club
Adult session ticket. The online store states that the price includes postage and PayPal fees.
£8 per adult session (as listed 10/10/2026)
Covers: River Derwent: Darley Weir to Borrowash Bridge
River Derwent adult day ticket — club ticket-and-outlets page
The Earl of Harrington's Angling Club
Adult day ticket listed for the 2026/27 season.
£7 for the 2026/27 season (as listed 10/10/2026)
Covers: River Derwent: Darley Weir to Borrowash Bridge
Environment Agency rod licence
The Earl of Harrington's Angling Club
Required before fishing.
Covers: River Derwent: Darley Weir to Borrowash Bridge
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 | Trout | Chub |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Derwent: Darley Weir to Borrowash Bridge | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* | ●* |
● named by the club for this stretch · ●* named across the club's waters · blank = not named (not "absent").
Rules — who runs what
The Earl of Harrington's Angling Club
Day tickets must be bought before fishing. They are available through The Earl of Harrington’s Angling Club online store and through the club’s listed ticket outlets.
Club pageFished the river recently?
Pick the stretch you fished and add a 20-second update there — one stretch at a time keeps it useful.
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
Church Wilne 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 10 Oct 2026
- GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish
- The Earl of Harrington's Angling Club — home (theearlofharringtonsac.co.uk)
Rules, prices and ticket availability change — the rights holder's own page always wins.