Evesham and Swifts Water

The lowdown

• This is a combined listing, so Evesham and Swifts Water sit under the same BAA stretch details. Proper useful if you fancy trying both bits.
• Evesham is the bream water of the pair. BAA describes it as having good bream fishing, so it’s the obvious starting point if that’s your target.
• Swifts Water is noted for chub and roach. A nice contrast to Evesham, with the water carrying more of a rural-edge feel.
• BAA also names pike and zander as present across its waters, with occasional tench and barbel reported too.
• The setting is managed coarse fishing, with BAA looking after access points, pegs and car-parking facilities on its fisheries.
• For Evesham, head in from Common Road after crossing the river at the second bridge. The BAA car park is under the railway bridge and past the scrap yard.
• Swifts Water is approached from School Road, off the B4084 from Pershore. Follow the track and railway bridge to the signposted car park.
• Important faff-saving bit: don’t drive to the river at Swifts Water. Leave the motor at the signposted car park.
• This is club water, not a day-ticket stretch. You need current BAA membership, your membership card and a valid Environment Agency rod licence.
• Night fishing is prohibited at both sections. Keep a suitable landing net ready, follow the close season and don’t remove fish from BAA waters, except invasive non-native species under the rules.

Methods: The facts point to a proper coarse-fishing approach, with bream at Evesham and chub and roach at Swifts Water. Pike, zander, tench and barbel are also named, so choose your approach around the species you’re targeting.

Access & tickets

Get BAA membership online, by telephone or by post; the 2026 membership year runs from 1 January to 31 December. Under-13 membership is free, and night permits must be bought separately in advance from BAA headquarters.

Fish the club names

carp, tench, bream, roach, pike, barbel, zander

Key rules

• BAA membership is required; non-members are not permitted to fish BAA waters.
• Carry your current BAA membership card while fishing.
• A valid Environment Agency rod licence is required.
• Observe the Environment Agency river close-season rules.
• Fish must not be removed from BAA waters, apart from invasive non-native species under the rules.
• Every angler must have a suitable landing net ready for use.
• Night fishing is prohibited at Evesham and Swifts Water.

River level

Where it is