River guide
River Thames in Gloucestershire
2 checked stretches so far — day tickets, club waters and guest tickets, each checked against the club's own pages.
The lowdown
The Thames in Oxfordshire includes the quiet, picturesque fishing at Bablock Hythe. Here, the towpath follows the advertised fishing downstream towards Paxford Bridge at Pinkhill.
Roach, perch, pike and chub are the principal species the Alliance names for this part of the river. Keep the fishing boundaries in mind: this permission covers the specified right-hand bank, not both sides of the Thames.
Close season reminder
Coarse fishing on English rivers is closed from 15 March to 15 June inclusive. That's the law for coarse fish on rivers — it's not a club rule, and game-fishing seasons work differently.
GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fishStretches
2 of 2 checked stretches. No rankings — we don't know which is "best" on your day, and neither does anyone else.
River Thames — Buscot Weir to Inglesham/Roundhouse, via Lechlade
River Thames · Day ticket or members
A cracking bit of flowing upper Thames water, running from Buscot Weir through Bloomers Field and St John’s Lock, on towards Lechlade and the Roundhouse at Inglesham. Highworth Angling Club looks after it, with cheap day tickets for non-members.
Species not listed by the club.
Checked 12 Oct 2026
River Thames — Hannington, Kempsford-side bank
River Thames · Club members only
A rural, shallow upper-Thames stretch at Hannington, controlled by South Cerney Angling Club. It’s open-bank fishing on the Kempsford-side bank downstream, with farmland, floodplain meadow and trees around Hannington Bridge.
Species not listed by the club.
Checked 12 Oct 2026
Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.
Access & tickets
River day ticket
Highworth Angling Club
For non-members. Available from RV Tackle and Bait, The Trout Inn, Lechlade Post Office, and Angling Direct in Swindon. Carry it while fishing.
£5 (as listed 12/10/2026)
Covers: River Thames — Buscot Weir to Inglesham/Roundhouse, via Lechlade
Club membership
Highworth Angling Club
Members must carry a valid Highworth Angling Club membership card.
Covers: River Thames — Buscot Weir to Inglesham/Roundhouse, via Lechlade
Environment Agency rod licence
Highworth Angling Club
Required in addition to the Highworth Angling Club ticket.
Covers: River Thames — Buscot Weir to Inglesham/Roundhouse, via Lechlade
Adult full membership 2026/27
South Cerney Angling Club
Two rods
£130 (as listed 12/10/2026)
Covers: River Thames — Hannington, Kempsford-side bank
OAP/disabled full membership 2026/27
South Cerney Angling Club
Two rods
£100 (as listed 12/10/2026)
Covers: River Thames — Hannington, Kempsford-side bank
Junior full membership 2026/27
South Cerney Angling Club
Two rods
£30 (as listed 12/10/2026)
Covers: River Thames — Hannington, Kempsford-side bank
Species
We only tag a stretch with a fish when the club names it. Some clubs name fish across all their water rather than stretch by stretch — those are flagged on the card.
| Stretch |
|---|
| River Thames — Buscot Weir to Inglesham/Roundhouse, via Lechlade |
| River Thames — Hannington, Kempsford-side bank |
● named by the club for this stretch · ●* named across the club's waters · blank = not named (not "absent").
Rules — who runs what
Non-members can buy a River day ticket for £5 from RV Tackle and Bait, The Trout Inn in Lechlade, Lechlade Post Office, or Angling Direct in Swindon. Members need to carry a valid Highworth Angling Club membership card.
Club pageHannington is club-controlled rather than a day-ticket river stretch. South Cerney Angling Club lists 2026/27 membership at £130 for adult full membership covering two rods, £100 for OAP/disabled full membership, £30 for junior full membership and £70 for seven-day membership. Night membership is listed at £160.
Club pageFished the river recently?
Pick the stretch you fished and add a 20-second update there — one stretch at a time keeps it useful.
Each stretch page lists its own key rules. You'll need an Environment Agency rod licence on all of them.
River levels
Measured readings straight from the Environment Agency. These are the nearest gauges we've matched — not readings from the stretches themselves.
Measured — Environment Agency
St Johns Lock gauge
Nearest EA gauge we've matched — it isn't on this stretch, so levels on your peg will differ.
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We don't publish an "ideal level" — nobody can promise one. Flood water is dangerous: if it's up and coloured, stay well back from the edge. Open River Ready
Measured — Environment Agency
Hannington Bridge gauge
Nearest EA gauge we've matched — it isn't on this stretch, so levels on your peg will differ.
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We don't publish an "ideal level" — nobody can promise one. Flood water is dangerous: if it's up and coloured, stay well back from the edge. Open River Ready
Tips & reports
Our take (editorial, not club advice): on any decent-sized river, a lead that holds bottom without dragging is half the battle — go up in weight before you go up in bait. A bit of extra colour after rain often brings barbel and bream closer in, but a fast-rising, debris-filled river is dangerous; if in doubt, don't. Weather tools built for still lakes don't translate neatly to rivers, so we haven't bolted a lake-style weather score on here.
No angler reports on these stretches yet — we'll only show real ones once our moderated river reports are live.
Where this comes from · checked 12 Oct 2026
- GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish
- Highworth Angling Club — home (highworthanglingclub.com)
- South Cerney Angling Club — home (scac.org.uk)
Rules, prices and ticket availability change — the rights holder's own page always wins.