River guide
River Thames in Surrey
2 checked stretches so far — day tickets, club waters and guest tickets, each checked against the club's own pages.
The lowdown
The Thames in Oxfordshire includes the quiet, picturesque fishing at Bablock Hythe. Here, the towpath follows the advertised fishing downstream towards Paxford Bridge at Pinkhill.
Roach, perch, pike and chub are the principal species the Alliance names for this part of the river. Keep the fishing boundaries in mind: this permission covers the specified right-hand bank, not both sides of the Thames.
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
2 of 2 checked stretches. No rankings — we don't know which is "best" on your day, and neither does anyone else.
Runnymede River Thames fishing stretch
River Thames · Day ticket
A cracking National Trust day-ticket stretch on the broad River Thames beside Runnymede’s floodplain meadow. It’s a properly historic setting, with riverside paths, trees, moorings and the Magna Carta landscape all adding to the scene.
Species not listed by the club.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
Chertsey Camping and Caravanning Club Site Thames stretch
River Thames · Campsite users only
A quiet little Thames-side fishing stretch at The Camping and Caravanning Club’s Chertsey site, tucked beside the campsite near Chertsey Bridge. It’s for people staying on site rather than general public day-ticket anglers, with fishing available from June to March and a proper £3 adult daily fee in 2026.
Species not listed by the club.
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 permit
National Trust (Runnymede and Ankerwycke)
For anglers aged 12 and over. Available at the Magna Carta Tea-room, estate office, from National Trust staff, or online through JustPark using location code 77770.
£6 per day (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Runnymede River Thames fishing stretch
Junior day permit
National Trust (Runnymede and Ankerwycke)
For children under 12. Available at the Magna Carta Tea-room, estate office, from National Trust staff, or online through JustPark using location code 77771.
£2.50 per day (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Runnymede River Thames fishing stretch
Annual fishing permit
National Trust (Runnymede and Ankerwycke)
Adult annual permit for anglers aged 12 and over; junior annual permit for children under 12. Seasonal fishing tickets cannot be purchased online.
Adult £35; junior £12 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Runnymede River Thames fishing stretch
Adult daily fishing fee (2026)
The Camping and Caravanning Club
Official 2026 daily fishing fee for an adult.
£3 per adult (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Chertsey Camping and Caravanning Club Site Thames stretch
Supervised child under 16
The Camping and Caravanning Club
Charged at 50% of the published fishing fee.
50% of the published fishing fee (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Chertsey Camping and Caravanning Club Site Thames stretch
Weekly fishing fee
The Camping and Caravanning Club
No weekly fishing fee is listed for Chertsey on the published 2026 tariff.
Covers: Chertsey Camping and Caravanning Club Site Thames stretch
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 |
|---|
| Runnymede River Thames fishing stretch |
| Chertsey Camping and Caravanning Club Site Thames stretch |
● named by the club for this stretch · ●* named across the club's waters · blank = not named (not "absent").
Rules — who runs what
National Trust (Runnymede and Ankerwycke)
Permits can be bought at the Magna Carta Tea-room or the estate office, and anglers can ask National Trust staff for help. Adult and junior day permits are also available through JustPark using location codes 77770 and 77771; seasonal tickets cannot be bought online.
The Camping and Caravanning Club
Fishing is available to campsite users rather than being advertised as open public day-ticket water. Check the exact fishing dates with the Chertsey Club Site and pay the published daily fee there.
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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
Bell Weir 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
Chertsey Lock 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
- National Trust (Runnymede and Ankerwycke) — runnymede and ankerwycke (nationaltrust.org.uk)
- The Camping and Caravanning Club — home (campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk)
Rules, prices and ticket availability change — the rights holder's own page always wins.