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Ashton Canal

Ashton-under-Lyne · 1 lakes on site

A proper urban canal stretch around Portland Basin, where three waterways meet and coarse fish include roach, perch, rudd, tench and bream. Access and fishing rights need checking before you chuck in.

Lee Navigation

Hertford · 6 lakes on site

A proper stretch of the River Lee Navigation around Hertford, Ware and Broxbourne, split into six Towpath Fishery sections. It’s mainly gentle-flowing coarse water, with roach, dace, bream, chub, perch, pike and carp on the cards.

Hertford Union Canal

London · 1 lakes on site

Hertford Union Canal is a compact, urban Waterway Wanderers stretch linking the Regent’s Canal with the Lee Navigation. It’s a year-round towpath option for roach, perch, bream, tench, carp and pike, with a permit rather than day-ticket setup.

Regent’s Canal

London · 1 lakes on site

A proper urban canal stretch running roughly 9 miles from Little Venice to Limehouse Basin. It is covered by the annual Waterway Wanderers permit, with plenty of moving water, towpath swims and the usual London canal mix of bream, perch, pike, roach and carp.

Forth and Clyde Canal

Kirkintilloch · 2 lakes on site

A proper canal venue through Kirkintilloch, with towpath fishing, pike, perch and tench reported. It’s permit-controlled rather than a day-ticket commercial fishery, so sort your annual SFCA membership before dropping in.

Caledonian Canal

Inverness · 5 lakes on site

A cracking, wild-water option stretching from Inverness to Corpach, with roughly 60 miles of canal and connected lochs to explore. The man-made canal sections are especially handy for brown trout and other non-migratory freshwater fish, while the bigger lochs bring pike and more involved permit arrangements.

Crinan Canal

Crinan · 2 lakes on site

Crinan Canal is a proper scenic fly-fishing venue running roughly 9 miles from Ardrishaig to Crinan, with brown trout the main target. The stretch around locks 9 to 13 is reported as the pick of the fishing, with dusk and night-time sessions looking especially tasty.

Monkland Canal

Coatbridge · 2 lakes on site

Monkland Canal beside Drumpellier Country Park is a free-access canal venue with around 50 pegs on the Blairhill section. Clear water, heavy weed and some properly difficult carp make it an interesting bit of fishing, especially early and late in the day.

Hawkhurst Fishery

Hawkhurst · 7 lakes on site

Hawkhurst Fish Farm is a proper multi-lake complex near Hawkhurst, with everything from bitey Match Lake sessions to hefty carp and catfish waters. There’s a cracking spread of swims, prices and styles, although the rules are fairly tight.

Rookley Country Park Fishing Lake

Rookley · 3 lakes on site

Rookley Country Park historically had two coarse lakes on the Isle of Wight: a beginner-friendly Small Lake and a proper Large Lake aimed at specimen carp anglers. The Large Lake was drained in 2019 and fishing ceased, so this is a historical venue rather than a current day-ticket option.

Chigborough Fisheries

Maldon · 6 lakes on site

Chigborough Fisheries is a big Maldon complex with year-round coarse and carp fishing, plus fly water and a proper mix of species. There’s plenty of range here, from carp reported into the 40s to crucians, pike and large catfish.

Cotswold Water Park Fisheries

Cirencester · 4 lakes on site

Watermark Fisheries is the venue commonly meant by Cotswold Water Park Fisheries, based around South Cerney near Cirencester. Bradleys is the headline water: a huge mature gravel pit with carp over 40lb, plus several other waters for pike, mixed coarse and beginner fishing.

Rayne Lodge Fishery

Rayne · 3 lakes on site

Rayne Lodge Fishery is a cracking three-lake day-ticket venue near Braintree, with affordable fishing, permanent pegs and a proper mix of carp, tench, bream, roach and crucians.

Llysyfran Reservoir

Llysyfran · 1 lakes on site

Llys-y-Frân Lake is a big Pembrokeshire reservoir with bank and boat fly fishing for stocked rainbow trout and native brown trout. Permits are available online or from the visitor centre, with proper cracking woodland, trails and café facilities around the wider site.

Llyn Clywedog

Llanidloes · 1 lakes on site

Llyn Clywedog is a huge, high-altitude reservoir with proper fly-fishing appeal, regular trout stocking and both bank and boat access. A cracking option for anglers after brown, rainbow, blue or tiger trout in a wild Powys setting.

Lake of Menteith

Aberfoyle · 1 lakes on site

Lake of Menteith is a proper boat-only Scottish fishery, with weekly-stocked rainbow and brown trout, dry-fly and buzzer sport, plus a cracking wild pike population. It’s a big, open-water venue with plenty to think about before you shove off.

Partridge Lakes Fishery

Warrington · 8 lakes on site

Partridge Lakes is a big, busy coarse-fishing complex at Culcheth, with 394 pegs across 15 waters. There’s a proper mix of snake lakes, canals, match waters and carp fishing, plus handy on-site facilities.

Sywell Country Park

Sywell · 1 lakes on site

Sywell Reservoir is a proper Northamptonshire tench water, with double-figure fish reported each season and a solid pike reputation too. It’s season-ticket only, though the council says permits are currently not being issued while reservoir improvement works are under way.

Hallcroft Fisheries

Retford · 7 lakes on site

Hallcroft Fisheries is a big, mixed coarse venue near Retford, with six stillwaters, a stretch of the River Idle, match lakes, pleasure waters and plenty of on-site facilities. A proper all-rounder, with fishing hours and ticket prices worth checking before travelling.

Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery

Shrewley · 4 lakes on site

Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery is a sizeable Warwickshire complex with 9 pools, more than 300 pegs and around 2.5 miles of Grand Union Canal. There’s a proper mix of match, club and pleasure fishing, with carp, F1s, barbel and plenty of silverfish in the named pools.

Nirvana Fisheries

Wymondham · 2 lakes on site

Nirvana Fisheries near Wymondham is a quiet, natural Norfolk venue built around a top pond and lower pond. It looks particularly appealing for crucian and tench fishing, with the big caveat that access is by invitation or prior arrangement rather than a normal day-ticket setup.

Holme Grange Fishery

Wokingham · 1 lakes on site

Holme Grange Fishery is a friendly, all-year venue near Wokingham with one principal lake, carp to around 36lb and a useful mix of coarse species. It suits beginners, families and anglers after a proper carp lump without needing a syndicate ticket.

Langwith Lakes

Langwith · 2 lakes on site

Langwith Lakes is the Heslington, York fishery off Langwith Stray — not the separate Langwith village in Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire. It’s a stillwater complex of four coarse lakes, with carp and mixed-species fishing, bookable for individual anglers and club matches.

Dinton Pastures Country Park

Wokingham · 5 lakes on site

Dinton Pastures is a cracking 350-acre country park with a proper mix of coarse fishing, from casual day-ticket roach and carp sessions to specimen-group waters and a river stretch with barbel, chub, perch and pike. Just remember: Longmoor Lake is at California Country Park, not the main Dinton site.