UK walk-on fishery finder
Day ticket fishing near me —
walk-on lakes with prices.
85 UK day-ticket waters mapped — with real prices harvested from venue websites, plus species, facilities and live catch reports. No membership, no waiting list: turn up, pay, fish.
Featured day-ticket fisheries
Walk-on waters with confirmed prices
Every price below was harvested from the venue's own website — what you'll actually pay at the gate.
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Newdigate
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…
Bessy Beck Trout Fishery
Newbiggin on Lune
Three trout farm lakes in the Westmorland dales offering bank fly fishing, both catch-and-release and catch-and-kill, with parking, food, tackle shop and tuition.
£35 session, keep first 3 trout
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
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
Century Ponds
Keynsham
Keynsham Angling Association water in Bath and North East Somerset offering coarse and game fishing across Century Ponds and the Rivers Chew and Bristol Avon.
£3.75 guest day ticket (advance)
Dandy's Ford Fishery
Sherfield English
Three-lake day-ticket fishery at Sherfield English, just west of Romsey in Hampshire's Test Valley, with a £10 day ticket and barbel, bream, carp, perch, roach and tench across the waters. Match lake plus pleasure lakes, disabled-friendly pegs, on-site food, lodges and toilets — bookings on 01794 324599 or via dandysfordfishery.co.uk.
£10 day ticket
Dartford and District Angling and Preservation Society
Horton Kirby and South Darenth
DDAPS Horton Kirby venue in Kent offers specimen and day-ticket coarse fishing with bream, carp, crucian, perch, pike, roach, rudd and tench.
£15 one night, £25 24hr, £45 48hr
Browse by region
Day-ticket venues by region
Walk-on waters in every part of the UK — pick your region and compare prices.
South East England
38Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
East of England
8Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex venues.
South West England
8Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
North West England
6Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire venues.
Yorkshire & The Humber
6North, South, West and East Riding plus Lincolnshire-coast venues.
East Midlands
5Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire.
West Midlands
5Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the urban West Midlands.
Scotland
3Lochs, salmon rivers and reservoirs across the Highlands, Borders and Central Belt.
London
3Inner and Outer London fisheries within the M25.
Wales
2Welsh stillwaters, mountain reservoirs and tidal river fishing.
Northern Ireland
1Coarse and game venues across Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh and Londonderry.
Republic of Ireland
0Loughs, rivers and coastal venues across Ireland — pike, brown trout, salmon, sea bass and more.
North East England
0Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham and Tees fisheries.
Real prices, not estimates
What does a day ticket cost?
Day-rate bands computed from prices we harvested from fishery websites. Where a venue's pricing couldn't be confidently read as a day rate, we leave it out rather than guess.
| Price band | What you get | Example venues (harvested price) |
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| Under £10 | Club waters, council reservoirs and small farm pools. |
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| £10–£15 | The typical commercial fishery walk-on rate. |
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| £15–£25 | Multi-lake complexes and specimen day-ticket waters. |
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Prices were harvested from venue websites and may change — always check with the fishery before travelling. An Environment Agency rod licence is required on top of any day ticket in England and Wales.
Know before you pay
Day ticket vs club vs syndicate
Day ticket
Pay per visit · £3–£25/day
Walk on, pay the bailiff, lodge or honesty box, fish for the day. No membership, no commitment — perfect for trying new waters, spontaneous weekend sessions and travelling anglers. The trade-off is more angling pressure on popular venues.
Club book
Annual membership · ~£25–£80/yr
An angling club season ticket usually covers several waters — lakes, canal stretches and river beats — for less than a handful of day tickets. The best value in UK fishing if you fish locally more than a few times a month.
Syndicate
Private water · £500–£3,000+/yr
Limited membership, waiting lists and strict rules in exchange for quiet banks and specimen fish. Most anglers cut their teeth on day tickets, join a club, then chase a syndicate place as their targets grow.
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Day ticket fishing — common questions
Open GilledIt and the map auto-centres on your location, showing every walk-on water within range with prices, species and facilities. Or browse by region on the website. We harvest day-ticket prices directly from fishery websites, so you can compare venues before you drive.
Most UK day tickets sit between £8 and £25 per day. Club and council waters can be as little as £3-£7, typical commercial fisheries charge £10-£15, and multi-lake specimen complexes run £15-£25 — Linear Fisheries, for example, is £20 for a 3-rod, 10-hour day ticket. Premium 24-hour specimen tickets can reach £35-£50.
Yes. In England and Wales, anyone 13 or over needs an Environment Agency rod licence on top of the day ticket — £36.80/year for 2 coarse rods, £55.30 for 3, with cheaper 1-day and 8-day options. Buy online at gov.uk/fishing-licences. Scotland uses venue permits instead; Northern Ireland needs a DAERA licence.
It varies. Many fisheries are pay-on-the-bank — a bailiff collects, or you pay at the lodge or an honesty box. Busier complexes and specimen lakes increasingly use online booking (some via apps like Clubmate), and popular waters sell out summer weekends. Check the venue page or ring ahead before a long drive.
A day ticket is walk-on payment for a single day — no membership. A club book is an annual membership (typically £25-£80/year) covering all the club's waters. A syndicate is a private, limited-membership water with annual fees often £500-£3,000+ and waiting lists. Day tickets are the cheapest way to try a water before committing.
Rod licence (digital is fine), cash for honesty boxes, unhooking mat and landing net — many commercials insist on both — plus venue-compliant bait. Lots of day-ticket fisheries ban particular baits or nets, ask for barbless hooks, or run net dips, so read the rules board before casting.
Compare prices, then see what's actually being caught
Every day-ticket water on GilledIt shows live catch reports — what came out, on what bait, off which peg. Download the fishing app built by anglers.
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