River guide
River Welland in Lincolnshire
2 checked stretches so far — day tickets, club waters and guest tickets, each checked against the club's own pages.
The lowdown
The River Welland section here runs through an urban village and town setting around Deeping St James. Roads, bridges, locks and a footbridge provide straightforward access to the club water.
For this club venue, the available fishing season runs from 16 June to 14 March. Check the river-level link and winter match dates before heading out, then make use of the flexible day ticket if another eligible Welland or Nene venue suits the conditions better.
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.
Market Deeping Club Match Section
River Welland · Day ticket
The Market Deeping Club Match Section is a day-ticket bit of the River Welland, running along Bridge Street into Church Street in Deeping St James. Handy access, plenty of parking and a cracking list of target species make it a useful urban river venue.
Checked 10 Oct 2026
River Welland around Crowland — Wards Farm to Four Mile Bar
River Welland · Day ticket
A wide, slow-flowing fenland stretch from Wards Farm down to Four Mile Bar, with fishing on both banks. It’s a proper public day-ticket water and holds big shoals of bream, plus a handy mix of other coarse fish.
Checked 10 Oct 2026
Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.
Access & tickets
Deeping St James Angling Club day ticket
Deeping St James Angling Club
Online day ticket. Valid at any of the club’s Nene or Welland river venues on the chosen day; non-transferable.
£5 (as listed 10/10/2026)
Covers: Market Deeping Club Match Section
Environment Agency rod licence
Deeping St James Angling Club
A valid licence is required.
Covers: Market Deeping Club Match Section
River Welland day ticket
Deeping St James Angling Club
Public day ticket. Allows fishing at any DSJAC Welland or Nene river venue on the chosen day. Non-transferable.
£5 (as listed 10/10/2026)
Covers: River Welland around Crowland — Wards Farm to Four Mile Bar
Environment Agency rod licence
Deeping St James Angling Club
A valid licence is required in addition to the club day ticket.
Covers: River Welland around Crowland — Wards Farm to Four Mile Bar
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 | Carp | Tench | Bream | Roach | Pike | Perch | Rudd | Chub | Eel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Deeping Club Match Section | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
| River Welland around Crowland — Wards Farm to Four Mile Bar | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
● named by the club for this stretch · ●* named across the club's waters · blank = not named (not "absent").
Rules — who runs what
The venue page provides a day-ticket purchase option. The club’s general river day ticket costs £5.
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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
Market Deeping 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
Deeping St James 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 10 Oct 2026
- GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish
- Deeping St James Angling Club — river nene wansford (deepingstjamesanglingclub.co.uk)
Rules, prices and ticket availability change — the rights holder's own page always wins.