UK Fishing Directory
UK Fishing Pond & Fishery Directory
3318 UK fisheries, fishing lakes and ponds across Britain and Northern Ireland, carp lakes, commercial fisheries, club waters, urban day-ticket pools, Highland lochs and Welsh reservoirs. Browse by region or county to find fishing near you.
Fishing ponds across the UK
Each region links to a full venue list with names, postcodes, websites and map references.
Browse by region
Scotland
Lochs, salmon rivers and reservoirs across the Highlands, Borders and Central Belt.
321 venues →
Northern Ireland
Coarse and game venues across Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh and Londonderry.
246 venues →
Republic of Ireland
Loughs, rivers and coastal venues across Ireland, pike, brown trout, salmon, sea bass and more.
179 venues →
Wales
Welsh stillwaters, mountain reservoirs and tidal river fishing.
257 venues →
North East England
Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham and Tees fisheries.
35 venues →
North West England
Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire venues.
312 venues →
Yorkshire & The Humber
North, South, West and East Riding plus Lincolnshire-coast venues.
293 venues →
East Midlands
Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire.
264 venues →
West Midlands
Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the urban West Midlands.
189 venues →
East of England
Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex venues.
345 venues →
London
Inner and Outer London fisheries within the M25.
85 venues →
South East England
Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
472 venues →
South West England
Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
320 venues →
Fisheries near me, county by county
County guides with top venues, species, day-ticket info and licence rules.
Browse by county
- Fishing in Oxfordshire
- Fishing in Devon
- Fishing in Hampshire
- Fishing in Surrey
- Fishing in Kent
- Fishing in South Yorkshire
- Fishing in Cambridgeshire
- Fishing in Nottinghamshire
- Fishing in Derbyshire
- Fishing in East Sussex
- Fishing in Lancashire
- Fishing in West Yorkshire
- Fishing in Hertfordshire
- Fishing in Cheshire
- Fishing in Norfolk
- Fishing in Essex
- Fishing in Buckinghamshire
- Fishing in Berkshire
- Fishing in Somerset
- Fishing in Lincolnshire
- Fishing in Moray
- Fishing in West Sussex
- Fishing in County Durham
- Fishing in Cornwall
- Fishing in Shropshire
- Fishing in Worcestershire
- Fishing in Warwickshire
- Fishing in North Yorkshire
- Fishing in Wiltshire
- Fishing in Cumbria
- Fishing in Suffolk
- Fishing in Staffordshire
- Fishing in Leicestershire
- Fishing in West Lothian
- Fishing in Mid Ulster
- Fishing in Scottish Borders
- Fishing in Highland
- Fishing in Bedfordshire
- Fishing in Fife
Where are the best fishing lakes in the UK?
The best fishing lakes in the UK depend on what you fish for: big-name day-ticket carp complexes like Linear Fisheries and Todber Manor for specimens, commercial pools for bites, and reservoirs and lochs for trout and pike. Our guide to the best carp lakes in the UK covers the famous waters, and this directory maps 3,318 named venues by region.
Directory data checked July 2026: locations re-checked for 2,704 venues, 236 official websites verified and 25 dead links removed.
UK Pond Directory: FAQ
Browse by region or county below, every one of the 3318 venues has its own page with postcode, species, facilities and day-ticket prices where published. Or open the GilledIt app: the map centres on your location and shows every fishery near you with live catch reports.
The GilledIt UK fishing pond directory currently lists 3318 named, deduplicated fishing venues across Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the nine English regions. Of those, 644 have an associated website, 360 list species information, 340 list facilities, and 154 include a recent price snippet.
Pick your UK region from the directory, then browse the venues listed alphabetically. Each entry shows postcode, city, species (where known), facilities, day-ticket price snippet, website and phone. Open the GilledIt app on iOS or Android to see the same venues alongside live catch reports and live weather.
The directory mixes free fisheries, syndicate waters, club waters and commercial day-ticket venues. Where venue websites publish prices we show a short price snippet on the listing, otherwise check the venue's website or call ahead. The price field reflects the most recent crawl and may be out of date; always confirm with the fishery before travelling.
See live catch reports on every pond
Open GilledIt to see what's biting at venues near you, log your own catches in seconds, and check live weather for the day's session.