Little Hanford (Chesil Farm)
Little Hanford (Chesil Farm) is a cracking, semi-wild bit of the Dorset Stour, with a natural feel and a handful of deeper areas. It’s a proper stalking-style stretch, fished from the north bank and available through DDAS.
Run by Dorchester & District Angling Society · checked 12 Oct 2026
River Stour (Dorset)
Little Hanford (Chesil Farm)
Our river artwork — photos for this stretch are on the way
River level
Measured — Environment Agency
Hammoon 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
Access & tickets
Adult DDAS membership 2026-27
Club membership
£70 (as listed 12 Oct 2026 — check before you go)
DDAS guest ticket, one day, 2026-27
Guest ticket
£8 (as listed 12 Oct 2026 — check before you go)
Manually purchased DDAS guest e-ticket
Guest e-ticket
£10 (as listed 12 Oct 2026 — check before you go)
This is society-member water run by Dorchester & District Angling Society. The society’s wider ticket information describes exchange-book and guest-ticket arrangements, but no day-ticket price is listed for this stretch.
Fish the club names
chub, perch, pike, roach, eel
Key rules
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.
Community reported
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Water updates from anglers
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