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Fishing in
Oxfordshire.
62 lakes, rivers and fisheries in Oxfordshire, mapped with species, facilities and day-ticket prices, ranked by live catch reports.
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The best fishing venues in Oxfordshire
Ranked by data quality: venues with full species, facility and pricing info first.
Top venues
Didcot Angling Centre
Didcot · OX11 0BT
Didcot Angling Centre is a fishing venue in the Didcot area. On-site facilities include tackle shop. Check the GilledIt app for live catch reports and conditions.
View venue →Farmoor Fly Fishing Club
Hardwick-with-Yelford · OX29 7QF
Affordable fly fishing club in West Oxfordshire welcoming new members, with bailiff, clubhouse, disabled access, toilets and tuition. Holds brown and rainbow trout, plus coarse species.
£90 full member, £25 guestFarmoor Reservoir
Vale of White Horse · OX2 9NT
Farmoor Reservoir is a named reservoir in South East England, listed in the GilledIt directory. UK reservoirs are often managed for trout or coarse fishing through a water company or club, so check for day tickets and access before travelling. See it on the map and log your session in GilledIt.
View venue →Glebe Lakes
Fringford · OX27 8RJ
Glebe Lakes is a day-ticket coarse fishing lake of about an acre in Fringford, Oxfordshire, stocked with bream, carp, perch, roach and tench. A 30-van caravan and camping site is also on hand.
View venue →Greenhill Leisure Park
Bletchingdon · OX5 3BQ
Greenhill Leisure Park in Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, offers customer-access coarse fishing for bream, carp, perch, pike, roach, tench and trout, with camping, caravan pitches, parking and toilets on site.
View venue →Lechlade & Bushyleaze Trout Fisheries
Little Faringdon · GL7 3QQ
Lechlade & Bushyleaze Trout Fisheries near Little Faringdon, Oxfordshire offers fly fishing for brown trout, rainbow trout, carp and pike, with food, parking, tuition and toilets.
View venue →Linear Fisheries
Stanton Harcourt · OX29 5AG
Linear Fisheries at Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire is the best known day ticket carp fishing complex in Britain, a spread of mature gravel pits between Witney and Oxford plus a syndicate arm. St Johns, Brasenose One and Two, Hardwick and Smiths, Manor Farm and Oxlease are the headline lakes, holding thousands of carp between them with fish past 50lb, including a 54lb lake record mirror from Brasenose One and catfish beyond 100lb in St Johns. General day tickets are £20 for two rods over a ten hour day or £30 for 24 hours, paid by card to bailiffs who patrol the banks, while Manor Farm, Hunts Corner and the Tar Farm lakes are pre booked through the GoCatch app. There is no close season, and big tench, bream and pike back up the carp.
Day tickets £9-£23 (10hr) or £15-£42 (24hr) by rods and waterManor Lake
Bletchingdon · OX5 3EA
Manor Lake in Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire holds barbel, bream, carp, catfish, chub, perch, pike, tench and trout, with camping, caravan, lessons, night fishing and a tackle shop.
View venue →Newlands Angling Club
West Oxfordshire · OX29 7PZ
Newlands Angling Club is a club water in South East England. It's a members- or permit-only water, so check access before travelling. Open GilledIt to see recent catches, weather and directions.
View venue →Newlands Angling Club Club Hut
West Oxfordshire · OX29 7SL
Newlands Angling Club Club Hut sits in South East England and is mapped on GilledIt as a club water. Open GilledIt to see recent catches, weather and directions.
View venue →Trow Pool
Bucknell · OX25 4TB
Closed two-acre fishery in Bucknell, Oxfordshire stocked with carp (common, mirror, ghost and leather), tench, roach, perch and rudd. Sheltered by trees with an island and small jetty.
View venue →Upper Farm Fishery
Chinnor · OX39 4AD
One acre carp and coarse lake on the Oxfordshire/Bucks border between Chinnor and Princes Risborough. Previously a private syndicate, opened to day tickets in 2014.
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More fishing venues in Oxfordshire
- Bullfield Lake
- Butterbush Reservoir
- Chilton Field Wetland
- Chinnor Quarry 1
- Chinnor Quarry 2B
- Chinnor Quarry 3
- Chinnor Works Angling Society
- Clattercote Reservoir
- Grimsbury Reservoir
- Hunts Corner Lake
- Ladygrove Lake 2
- Lark Hill Reservoir
- Lechlade Lake
- Linkside Lake
- Long Pond
- Madley Brook
- Orchard Lake
- Oxlease Lake
- Queen Pool
- Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake
- The Lake
- Rolf's Lake Fishery · Oxford
- Lake Superior · Cornbury and Wychwood
- Peg 1 · Buckland
- Peg 10 · Bampton
- Peg 11 · Bampton
- Peg 12 · Buckland
- Peg 13 · Buckland
- Peg 14 · Buckland
- Peg 2 · Buckland
- Peg 20 · Buckland
- Peg 3 · Buckland
- Peg 31 · Buckland
- Peg 36 · Buckland
- Peg 4 · Bampton
- Peg 43 · Buckland
- Peg 5 · Bampton
- Peg 53 · Buckland
- Peg 57 · Buckland
- Peg 58 · Buckland
- Peg 59 · Buckland
- Peg 6 · Bampton
- Peg 60 · Buckland
- Peg 68 · Buckland
- Peg 7 · Bampton
- Peg 8 · Bampton
- Peg 9 · Bampton
- River Windrush · Witney
- Rushey Lock Fish Pass · Buckland
- Taylor's Fishery (Home to Tadpole AC) · Buckland
What you can catch in Oxfordshire
Species
Species aggregated from venue records across Oxfordshire. Browse the full UK species guide.
Do I need a licence to fish in Oxfordshire?
Anyone aged 13 or over fishing freshwater in Oxfordshire needs an Environment Agency rod licence, £36.80/year for a 2-rod trout and coarse licence, day licences from £7.30. Buy at gov.uk/fishing-licences. Most venues also charge a day ticket on top.
Fishing in Oxfordshire: FAQ
There are 62 mapped fishing venues in Oxfordshire on GilledIt, from day-ticket commercial fisheries to club waters and free spots. The most complete venue records in our Oxfordshire directory include Didcot Angling Centre, Farmoor Fly Fishing Club, Farmoor Reservoir. Open the map or browse the list above to find the closest water to you.
Anyone aged 13 or over fishing freshwater in Oxfordshire needs an Environment Agency rod licence, £36.80/year for a 2-rod trout and coarse licence, day licences from £7.30. Buy at gov.uk/fishing-licences. Most venues also charge a day ticket on top.
The most commonly stocked and reported species across Oxfordshire venues are pike, perch, tench, carp, trout, bream. Check each venue page for its full species list.
Yes, at least 4 venues in Oxfordshire list day tickets, typically £8–£25 per day. See the day-ticket directory for prices across the UK.
Open the GilledIt app and the map centres on your location with every Oxfordshire venue marked. Filter by species, day ticket and facilities, and see live catch reports before you drive out.
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