Fishing in Trowbridge: waters near you
9 checked fisheries within 15 miles of Trowbridge, plus 28 river stretches across Wiltshire. Closest first.
The lowdown on Trowbridge waters
Right then — if you're after a bite near Trowbridge, here's every water we've actually checked close by. Nearest are Rood Ashton Lake (about 1 mile), Fairwood Lakes Holiday Park (about 4 miles) and Clivey Fishery (about 5 miles).
Between them you'll find carp, roach, tench, bream, pike, perch, rudd, crucian on the cards — open any venue for the lake-by-lake stock, rules and ticket prices we last checked.
Fancy running water? Wiltshire has 28 checked river stretches with who holds the rights, how to get a ticket or club book, and live river levels. Rivers fish to their own rhythm, so check the level before you set off.
Rules, prices and access can change, so always give the fishery or club a quick shout before you go. Need bait or a hand picking rigs? Find tackle shops near Trowbridge, or brush up with a free fishing course.
Map of waters near Trowbridge
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Fisheries near Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Rood Ashton Lake
Rood Ashton Lake
Trowbridge · 1 lakes on site
Rood Ashton Lake in Wiltshire. day ticket (6am-6pm). Check the access and rules before heading out.
Dilton Marsh
Fairwood Lakes Holiday Park
Fairwood Lakes Holiday Park
Dilton Marsh · 1 lakes on site
Fairwood Lakes Holiday Park in Wiltshire. How you get on isn't confirmed yet. Check the access and rules before heading out.
Westbury
Clivey Fishery
Clivey Fishery
Westbury · 1 lakes on site
Clivey Fishery in Wiltshire. How you get on isn't confirmed yet. Check the access and rules before heading out.
Devizes
Kennet and Avon Canal – Devizes Stretch
Kennet and Avon Canal – Devizes Stretch
Devizes · 2 lakes on site
A cracking 15-mile Devizes Angling Association stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal, with proper coarse fishing from towpath pegs, plus separate access to the well-equipped Crookwood Lake near Urchfont.
Devizes
Kennet and Avon Canal
Kennet and Avon Canal
Devizes · 1 lakes on site
Proper canal fishing across approximately 15 miles of the Kennet and Avon, with carp, roach, tench, pike and bream on the list. Sort your Devizes Angling Association ticket before heading out, and remember that pike and night fishing have their own restrictions.
Frome
Rode Hill Fishery
Rode Hill Fishery
Frome · 4 lakes on site
Rode Hill Fishery in Somerset. How you get on isn't confirmed yet. Check the access and rules before heading out.
76%Bristol and Bath Railway Path Canal
Bath · 1 lakes on site
The Bristol and Bath Railway Path Canal listing points to Bathampton Angling Association’s Kennet and Avon Canal fishery, running roughly 8 miles from Bath to Avoncliff Aqueduct. It’s a proper coarse-fishing stretch with roach, bream, tench, perch, chub, carp and pike in the mix.
Warminster
Shearwater Lake
Shearwater Lake
Warminster · 1 lakes on site
A proper big-water option on the Longleat Estate: 36 woodland-fringed acres with carp, large shoals of bream and plenty of mixed-coarse variety. Book ahead, sort your parking and choose between a day session or a 24-hour stay.
76%Kennet and Avon Canal – Bath Stretch
Bath · 1 lakes on site
A proper eight-mile stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal, running from Bath to Avoncliffe Aqueduct. Expect roach, bream, tench, perch, chub, carp and pike, with quieter bits available if you’re happy to put the miles in.
River stretches in Wiltshire
Salisbury Town Water
River Avon (Hampshire) · Day ticket
Salisbury Town Water is a cracking chalk-stream stretch on the River Avon, running through the city and out into adjoining countryside. It’s a day-ticket coarse fishery with both banks available, proper flow, and a good chance of a chunky roach.
Checked 8 Oct 2026
White Horse Fishery, Downton
River Avon (Hampshire) · Day ticket
White Horse Fishery is a cracking mile of middle-Avon water below Downton’s white-painted Iron Bridge. It’s a proper mixed stretch, with chub now ruling the roost, plus roach, dace, perch and some tasty winter pike sport.
Checked 8 Oct 2026
West Amesbury Fishery
River Avon (Hampshire) · Guest day tickets through club members
West Amesbury is a proper chalk-stream stretch on the River Avon, run by The Salisbury District Angling Club. There’s roughly two miles of varied water, with classic pools, quick riffles, meadowland and wooded banks near Stonehenge.
Checked 8 Oct 2026
Avon Springs River Avon Beat, Durrington
River Avon (Hampshire) · Day ticket
A cracking little chalk-stream beat at Durrington, with just under a mile of the River Avon fished from the right bank. It’s a fly-only day-ticket water, with plenty of wild brown trout and grayling in the mix.
Checked 8 Oct 2026
Lords Walk, Amesbury
River Avon (Hampshire) · Day ticket
Lords Walk is a cracking half-mile stretch of the upper River Avon at Amesbury, run by Salisbury & District Angling Club. It offers fishing from both banks, with proper winter trotting for grayling and coarse fishing available where it’s permitted above Salisbury.
Checked 8 Oct 2026
SDFFA Upper River Avon Fishery, Upavon–Netheravon
River Avon (Hampshire) · Day ticket or members
A proper chalkstream fishery around Netheravon, with roughly 6–6.5 miles of clear, hard-water Avon. It’s classic dry-fly and nymph country, run by SDFFA and mainly aimed at members, with civilian guests able to fish by day ticket.
Checked 8 Oct 2026
Heale Estate – River Avon, Middle Woodford
River Avon (Hampshire) · By arrangement
Heale Estate offers a proper chalk-stream beat on the upper Hampshire Avon at Middle Woodford, with around 2.5 miles of main river, carriers and parkland water around Heale House. It’s mainly fly fishing for brown trout and good numbers of grayling, with the Broads Beat and House Beat making up the fishery.
Checked 9 Oct 2026
Manningford Trout Fishery – Upper River Avon
River Avon (Hampshire) · Day ticket
A proper chalkstream beat on the upper Hampshire Avon, tucked into Wiltshire’s Pewsey Vale. Manningford Trout Fishery controls roughly 2.6 miles of secluded, single-bank river fishing for wild brown trout and grayling.
Checked 9 Oct 2026
Folds Farm – River Avon Fishery
River Avon (Hampshire) · Day ticket
Folds Farm is a cracking, quiet two-mile run of the Hampshire Avon downstream of Salisbury. It follows a huge river bend, with open banks, wandering-friendly access and plenty of classic barbel and chub water.
Checked 9 Oct 2026
Britford Fishery – River Avon
River Avon (Hampshire) · Day ticket
Britford Fishery is a cracking fast chalk-stream stretch on the River Avon near Salisbury, run by The London Anglers’ Association. It’s split between Harnham Bridge and Island, Bridge Farm, and a long Old River section.
Checked 9 Oct 2026
Durnford Fishery
River Avon (Hampshire) · Members only
Durnford Fishery is a premium, stocked chalk-stream fishery on the River Avon near Little Durnford, run by The Salisbury & District Angling Club. There are 22 varied beats, with plenty of wild fish in the mix too.
Checked 9 Oct 2026
Abbey Fishery, River Avon, Amesbury
River Avon (Hampshire) · Members or guest ticket
Abbey Fishery is a cracking double-bank chalk-stream stretch on the Hampshire Avon at Amesbury, run by The Salisbury District Angling Club. It’s about 450 yards of proper flowing water, tucked upstream of Tumbling Bay and just above the West Amesbury water.
Checked 9 Oct 2026
Castle Eaton (River Thames)
River Thames · Members only
Castle Eaton is a South Cerney Angling Club membership stretch on the River Thames in Wiltshire. It covers three fields upstream of the road bridge, with access through a kissing gate in Mill Lane.
Species not listed by the club.
Checked 12 Oct 2026
Cricklade Town Stretch
River Thames · Members only
Cricklade Town Stretch is a short bit of River Thames fishing held by South Cerney Angling Club. The club says it’s best tackled with a roving approach through autumn and winter.
Species not listed by the club.
Checked 12 Oct 2026
Hannington (South Cerney AC)
River Thames · Club members or weekly permit
Hannington is one of South Cerney Angling Club’s Upper River Thames venues in Wiltshire. It’s club-controlled river fishing, with membership and weekly permit options rather than a general day ticket.
Species not listed by the club.
Checked 12 Oct 2026
Inglesham (South Cerney AC)
River Thames · Members only
Inglesham is a South Cerney Angling Club stretch of the River Thames near the old Inglesham Church and surrounding farmland. Access is straightforward, with parking opposite the church and a walk through the black gates to the river.
Species not listed by the club.
Checked 12 Oct 2026
Coombe Mill – River Avon
River Avon (Hampshire) · Day ticket
Coombe Mill gives you a cracking, all-wild and unstocked beat on the upper Hampshire Avon in Wiltshire, around Coombe and Enford, upstream of Netheravon. It’s proper stalking water, with main river, a carrier and pools spread over roughly 1,519 yards.
Checked 14 Oct 2026
Avon Tyrrell Estate – River Avon, North End to Dudmore
River Avon (Hampshire) · Season rods by arrangement; coarse availability to be confirmed
Avon Tyrrell Estate controls roughly three miles of the Lower Hampshire Avon, running from North End to Dudmore. It’s a proper natural chalk-stream stretch, with low-lying water-meadow scenery and a reputation for quality coarse fishing.
Species not listed by the club.
Checked 14 Oct 2026
Piscatorial Society Avon Fishery, Woodford Valley
River Avon (Hampshire) · Members only
A proper chalk-stream fishery in the Woodford Valley, with roughly four miles of Upper Hampshire Avon water leased by The Piscatorial Society. It’s members-only and built around upstream fly fishing, wild brown trout, stocked fish and cracking Mayfly sport.
Checked 15 Oct 2026
Millennium Water
River Avon (Hampshire) · Check access with SDAC
Millennium Water is roughly half a mile of the River Avon just south of Downton, Wiltshire, run by Salisbury & District Angling Club. Formerly the famous Bull Water, it’s a proper chalk-stream coarse fishery with big chub, double-figure barbel and plenty of history.
Checked 15 Oct 2026
Parsonage Farm – River Avon
River Avon (Hampshire) · Members only
Parsonage Farm is a cracking half-mile club-only stretch of the River Avon in Wiltshire, run by Salisbury & District Angling Club. It forms part of the wider one-and-a-half-mile Avon fishery with Town Water, but don’t mix the ticket arrangements up.
Checked 15 Oct 2026
Wilsford Manor Estate Fishery
River Avon (Hampshire) · Day ticket
Wilsford Manor Estate Fishery is a cracking, technically demanding stretch of the upper Hampshire Avon near Wilsford and Amesbury in Wiltshire. Around a mile of mainly double-bank water offers wild and stocked brown trout, with some seriously big fish in the mix.
Checked 15 Oct 2026
Salterton Fishery, Woodford Valley
River Avon (Hampshire) · Club members
Salterton Fishery, also known as Woodford Valley Fishery, is a private stretch of the Wiltshire Avon between Lower Woodford and Middle Woodford. It’s run through Lloyd’s Flyfishing Society’s member fishery programme, with booking needed before you fish.
Checked 15 Oct 2026
Countess Fishery
River Avon (Hampshire) · Members only
Countess Fishery is a cracking 1,200-yard club stretch on the Upper River Avon, roughly nine miles north of Salisbury. It’s mainly a fly-fishing water, with stocked and wild trout plus grayling running throughout.
Checked 15 Oct 2026