UK carp lake finder
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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 3,318 fishing venues across the UK and Ireland, 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.
Day-ticket carp waters worth the drive
Curated complexes with confirmed carp stock, full pricing and walk-on access.
Featured carp lakes
Elphicks Fisheries
Horsmonden
Seven-lake specimen and pleasure fishery in the Kent Weald at Horsmonden, with adult-only specimen carp waters holding fish over 50lb alongside easier mixed lakes. Fishing is by pre-booking only, there are no walk-up tickets from the lodge, and the 2026 season closes for all of June.
Specimen lakes £30 (3-rod day) to £80 (48hr); pleasure lakes from £13; pre-booking only via Swimbooker
Todber Manor Fisheries
Sturminster Newton
Ten-lake complex in 125 acres of north Dorset countryside near Sturminster Newton, running specimen carp and catfish waters alongside runs and match lakes. Big Hayes holds around 800 carp, including more than forty different 30lb-plus fish and a best of 41lb 2oz, with catfish to 80lb on Paddock, plus an on-site tackle shop, cafe and holiday cottages.
From £35 (24hr, Big Hayes); prices set per lake, book by phone
Hammersley Pools
Ashley
Hammersley Pools is a quiet, natural coarse fishery near Market Drayton, recently reopened for day ticket fishing. The spring-fed pools were dug around forty years ago on the family farm at Ashley, just over the Shropshire border. One pool is open now, with 14 well-spaced pegs and plenty of room to spread out, holding carp into double figures alongside tench, bream, roach, rudd and perch. A second pool opens for fishing next year, and the smallest of the three is kept as a breeding water. Day tickets are £7 for one rod or £10 for two, paid on the bank, with free parking and fishing seven days a week from 7am to 9pm. The entrance is off Lower Road. Contact the bailiff Jacko on 07583 123932 or Jen on 07870 169591.
Day ticket £7 (1 rod), £10 (2 rods)
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
Carp lakes by part of the UK
Hundreds of day-ticket and club waters in every region.
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South West England
45Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
East Midlands
31Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire.
North West England
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Yorkshire & The Humber
24North, South, West and East Riding plus Lincolnshire-coast venues.
West Midlands
23Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the urban West Midlands.
Wales
14Welsh stillwaters, mountain reservoirs and tidal river fishing.
London
9Inner 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.
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All 8 →Directory data checked July 2026: locations re-checked for 2,704 venues, 236 official websites verified and 25 dead links removed.
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, ten day-ticket waters plus three syndicate lakes, a serious head of carp into the 40s. Other top day-ticket waters: Bluebell Lakes (Peterborough, doubles and twenties common), Todber Manor (Dorset), 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. At the top end, Linear charges up to £42 for three rods over 24 hours on its bookable lakes, and specimen waters like Elphicks reach £80 for 48-hour sessions. 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 (£17 season for coarse, £5 from age 60). 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