Cransley Reservoir

Cransley Reservoir sits just off junction 7 of the A14, near Great Cransley and Kettering. The access address is Eagle Lane, Cransley, Northamptonshire, NN14 1PR. Handy enough to reach, then — though you’ll want the fishing arrangements nailed down before chucking the gear in the motor.

• 1 lake: Cransley Reservoir (Three Chimneys)
• Fish: carp
• Find it: Kettering · NN14 1PR

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Cransley Reservoir sits just off junction 7 of the A14, near Great Cransley and Kettering. The access address is Eagle Lane, Cransley, Northamptonshire, NN14 1PR. Handy enough to reach, then — though you’ll want the fishing arrangements nailed down before chucking the gear in the motor.

The reservoir covers roughly 75 acres in total, with about 40 acres used as sailing water according to Cransley Sailing Club. It was built in the 1880s to provide water for Kettering and Cransley furnaces, so there’s a fair bit of local history wrapped up with the fishing.

This is not a straightforward public day-ticket pond. The water is privately owned and managed alongside Cransley Reservoir Wildlife Reserve CIC, while a fishing club uses the reservoir. A historical members pack confirms that club connection, and a local walking account reported a fishing syndicate with day tickets available at the time.

That last bit needs care, though. No current day-ticket price, season-ticket price, booking process, fishing hours, season dates or night-fishing policy is published on the official venue website. Public fishing tickets and online fishing bookings are not advertised either. Best move is to confirm everything directly before making the trip.

There’s also sailing activity on the water. The official local venue website is operated by Cransley Sailing Club and confirms fishing takes place alongside sailing. Sailing times are listed across parts of March to November, with regular weekend activity, Tuesday evenings from April to August and Friday club nights from May to September. Give other water users plenty of room and keep things tidy.

The setting sounds cracking for a quiet day around a sizeable reservoir, with woodland, marshland and varied habitats making it a wildlife haven. What you can’t do from the checked details is plan around a particular species, method, swim feature or fish size. No current fish list or fishing facilities list is published, so keep the tackle plan flexible and sort the basics before you go.

For a club angler or anyone with confirmed permission, Cransley could be worth a look for the scale and setting. For a casual drop-in session, it’s not bob on until access, tickets and the fishing rules are confirmed. A quick check first saves a wasted journey and avoids any faff with the sailing club or other users.

We're not sure on ticket prices here — we couldn't find reliable, up-to-date prices online, so give the fishery a ring or check their own site before you go.

Good background reading. Most of it is a few years old, so treat it as a starting point and ask on the day.

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• Our read

  Checked Sept '26 — “Cransley Reservoir, also known locally as Three Chimneys, is a big club-controlled coarse fishery near Kettering. Fishing takes place alongside sailing, so access and current arrangements need checking before you head down.”

This is our own summary of recurring public feedback and the venue details we checked, not a copied customer review or a promise you’ll catch. Feedback changes, so we keep it separate from the Tackle Index score.