River guide
Warwickshire Avon in Warwickshire
2 checked stretches so far — day tickets, club waters and guest tickets, each checked against the club's own pages.
The lowdown
The Warwickshire Avon through Stratford-upon-Avon is an urban river, with the Recreation Ground, Lido and Lucy’s Mill sections running past the town’s buildings and tourist activity. Summer boat traffic is part of the picture.
The named fish on this stretch are winter roach and bream shoals, while the water below Lucy’s Mill weir has a more turbulent character suited to float or ledgering tactics.
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.
Recreation Ground, Lido & Lucy's Mill, Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire Avon · Day ticket or members
A handy urban Warwickshire Avon fishery in the heart of Stratford, taking in the Lido, Recreation Ground and Lucy's Mill. Members fish it without an extra charge, while non-members can grab a £3.00 day ticket in advance.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
Wick Grange
Warwickshire Avon · Members only or accompanied guests
Wick Grange is a cracking 750-metre stretch of the Warwickshire Avon at Wick, just upstream of Pershore. It’s got 30 pegs, a big 22-foot hole and plenty of options, from stick-float work to proper predator fishing.
Checked 6 Oct 2026
Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.
Access & tickets
Non-member day ticket
Royal Leamington Spa Angling Association
Purchase in advance through the association’s online ticket page.
£3.00 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Recreation Ground, Lido & Lucy's Mill, Stratford-upon-Avon
Adult association membership
Royal Leamington Spa Angling Association
Members fish the stretch without an additional charge.
£50 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Recreation Ground, Lido & Lucy's Mill, Stratford-upon-Avon
Other association memberships
Royal Leamington Spa Angling Association
Over-65 and disabled £40; junior aged 13-18 £10; under-13s free.
£40 / £10 / free (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Recreation Ground, Lido & Lucy's Mill, Stratford-upon-Avon
Adult days-and-nights membership
Bridgwater Angling Association
Full-season membership for one rod, purchased online through Clubmate.
Starts at £85 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Wick Grange
Adult days-only membership
Bridgwater Angling Association
Full-season membership for one rod, purchased online through Clubmate.
Starts at £60 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Wick Grange
Adult guest ticket
Bridgwater Angling Association
Available only when accompanied by a full-paying member; valid for up to two rods.
£10 (as listed 06/10/2026)
Covers: Wick Grange
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 | Bream | Roach | Pike | Perch | Barbel | Rudd | Chub | Eel | Zander |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recreation Ground, Lido & Lucy's Mill, Stratford-upon-Avon | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Wick Grange | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
● named by the club for this stretch · ●* named across the club's waters · blank = not named (not "absent").
Rules — who runs what
Royal Leamington Spa Angling Association
Association members can fish these waters without an additional charge. Non-members must buy a day ticket in advance through the association’s online ticket page.
Club pageBridgwater Angling Association
Full-season membership is bought online through Clubmate. Guest tickets are only available when accompanied by a full-paying member; contact Tom Miekle before night fishing.
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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.
No Environment Agency gauge matched on this river near these stretches yet.
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
- Royal Leamington Spa Angling Association — river avon stratford (leamingtonangling.co.uk)
- Bridgwater Angling Association — home (bridgwaterangling.co.uk)
Rules, prices and ticket availability change — the rights holder's own page always wins.