UK carp lake finder
Carp lakes
near me.
319 UK carp waters mapped — day ticket, syndicate and club lakes — with species lists, prices, facilities and live catch reports.
According to GilledIt's directory of 3,395 UK fishing venues, day tickets range from £3 to £20 with a median of £10 (sample of 40 venues publishing day-rate prices, as of July 2026). Last updated July 2026.
Featured carp lakes
Day-ticket carp waters worth the drive
Curated complexes with confirmed carp stock, full pricing and walk-on access.
Greens Farm
Newdigate
Greens Farm is a multi-lake coarse fishing complex in Newdigate, Surrey, with 9 lakes across 3 farms holding carp, bream, tench, catfish and pike, plus camping, glamping and a tackle shop.
£10 day ticket (2 rods), £20 Guinea Lake
Alderwood Ponds
Steyning
Family-run coarse fishery and campsite in Steyning, West Sussex with three waters, day and night fishing, cabins, camping and clear visitor information.
£20 day, £15 Corsican/Daves Pond
Banister House Farm Fishery
Preston
Coarse fishery in Preston, Lancashire holding carp, catfish, barbel, bream and pike, with camping, glamping, lodges, tackle shop and night fishing.
£30–£40 annual ticket
Barford Lakes
Norwich
Match and day-ticket coarse fishing lakes on the outskirts of Norwich, Norfolk, with a 30-peg match water, specimen swims, cafe, tackle shop and disabled access.
£2.50 beginners…
Berwick Pond
Havering, unparished area
Day-ticket coarse water of around 6 acres in Havering, London, with 36 swims, average depths of 2–3ft, holding carp, bream, pike, perch and barbel.
Borwick Lake
Warton
Nine-water private day-ticket complex in Warton, Lancashire with parking lakeside, flush toilets, hot food van, and stocks of carp and pike.
£6 day ticket (excl. Jimmy's Lake)
Braybrooke Community Nature and Fishing Club
Bracknell
Small wooded community pond in Bracknell with a good mix of depths, holding carp, bream, tench, perch and chub, plus parking and match facilities.
£3 per peg
Brick Yard Fishery
Hutton Conyers
Three-lake coarse fishery in Hutton Conyers, North Yorkshire on a former 1880s clay pit and brickworks, with day tickets, night fishing, food and specimen pegs.
Broad Acres Fishery
Hanbury
Coarse fishery in Hanbury, Worcestershire holding carp, catfish, barbel, bream and pike, with timber Anglers' Pods on Main Lake plus matches and tuition.
£30 pod, £20 advance booking
Bugley Pools
Gillingham
Family-run fishery in Gillingham, Dorset offering exclusive lake hire and day tickets across Moorhen, Mallard and Kingfisher pools, with food, toilets and specimen carp.
£15 day ticket, £25 24hr
Bury Hill Fisheries
Mole Valley, unparished area
12-acre Victorian estate lake in Mole Valley, Surrey with 75 pegs, holding specimen carp into the 30s plus huge tench, bream and zander; cafe, day tickets and disabled access.
Cackle Hill Lakes
Biddenden
Specimen coarse fishery in Biddenden, Kent with multiple lakes holding carp over 40lb, plus catfish, pike, tench and chub. Cafe, day tickets and toilets on site.
Browse by region
Carp lakes by part of the UK
Hundreds of day-ticket and club waters in every region.
South East England
83Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
East of England
51Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex venues.
South West England
45Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
East Midlands
31Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire.
North West England
25Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire venues.
Yorkshire & The Humber
23North, South, West and East Riding plus Lincolnshire-coast venues.
West Midlands
22Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the urban West Midlands.
Wales
14Welsh stillwaters, mountain reservoirs and tidal river fishing.
London
10Inner and Outer London fisheries within the M25.
North East England
8Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham and Tees fisheries.
Scotland
5Lochs, salmon rivers and reservoirs across the Highlands, Borders and Central Belt.
Northern Ireland
2Coarse and game venues across Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh and Londonderry.
Carp lakes near me — common questions
Open GilledIt and the map auto-centres on your location, showing every carp water within range — day-ticket commercials, club waters, named syndicate complexes. Or browse by region on the website. We've mapped 319 UK carp waters from OpenStreetMap data, fishery websites and angler reports.
Linear Fisheries in Oxfordshire is the best-known day-ticket complex — eight lakes, a serious head of carp into the 40s, walk-on access. Other top day-ticket waters: Bluebell Lakes (Peterborough, doubles and twenties common), Yateley Lakes Complex (Bracknell Forest), Dandy's Ford Fishery (Hampshire), Furnace Lakes (Surrey), Sumners Ponds (Sussex). See /blog/best-carp-lakes-uk for the full ranked list.
Most UK day-ticket carp lakes sit between £8 and £25 per rod per day. Specimen waters (40+ lb fish) charge £20-£40 for a 24-hour ticket. Premium complexes like Linear can hit £50/day. Add £36.80/year for an Environment Agency 2-rod licence (£55.30 for 3 rods).
Yes, if the lake is in England or Wales and you're 13 or over. A rod licence is required regardless of whether the water is public or private. Buy one online at gov.uk/fishing-licences in five minutes. Scotland uses a permit system instead. Northern Ireland needs a DAERA licence (£4/year coarse). Republic of Ireland coarse fishing needs no licence.
Absolutely. The UK is rich in day-ticket carp waters that don't require club membership — Bluebell, Linear, Dandy's Ford, Furnace, Westwood Lakes, Brasenose, Stafford Moor and hundreds more. Syndicates exist for the long-waiting-list specimen waters; day tickets cover everything else.
Day-ticket waters take walk-on payment at the gate or via an online booking — no membership required. Syndicates are private clubs with annual fees (often £500-£3,000+) and waiting lists, offering access to specimen waters with strict rules and limited rod-pressure. Most UK carp anglers fish day-ticket waters for the season, then chase a syndicate ticket as their goals grow.
Spring (April-May) and autumn (September-October) are prime — water temperatures push carp onto the feed and big fish slip up. Summer (June-August) is reliable but pressured; winter carp is a specialist game, mostly on lakes that don't ice over with anglers willing to fish baits like maggots and small bright pop-ups. The Environment Agency river close season (15 March - 15 June) doesn't apply to most stillwaters.
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See also: Best Carp Lakes in the UK 2026 · All fishing spots near me