River guide
River Severn in Powys
3 checked stretches so far — day tickets, club waters and guest tickets, each checked against the club's own pages.
The lowdown
The Severn at Bewdley sits in Worcestershire, with Dowles running from Dowles Brook towards town. Kidderminster & District Angling Association manages this stretch as part of its Bewdley fishing.
Across the wider Bewdley fishery, the river offers fast shallow water, steady glides and deeper swims — a proper mix of water rather than one uniform run. The association names barbel, chub, dace, roach and perch for that wider fishery.
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
3 of 3 checked stretches. No rankings — we don't know which is "best" on your day, and neither does anyone else.
Aberechan & Penarth — BAA
River Severn · Club members
Aberechan & Penarth is a cracking BAA stretch on the Severn in Powys, with over a mile of left-bank fishing. Expect shallow runs, deep glides and a proper weir pool, with salmon showing each year alongside dace, chub and pike.
Checked 11 Oct 2026
Abermule — Lymm AC, River Severn
River Severn · Members only
Abermule is Lymm Angling Club’s upper Severn stretch in Powys — a proper all-round fishery with a strong game-fishing feel. Expect gliding runs, deeper holding pools and a nice mix of wild trout, quality grayling and coarse fish.
Checked 11 Oct 2026
Abermule — BAA
River Severn · Club members
Abermule is a cracking bit of upper Severn water in Powys, with roughly three-quarters of a mile on the BAA-held left bank. It’s got proper deep runs and shallow glides, so there’s enough variety for both coarse and game anglers.
Checked 11 Oct 2026
Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.
Access & tickets
2026 full adult membership
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
BAA membership, subject to association bye-laws and the appropriate Environment Agency licence.
£50 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Aberechan & Penarth — BAA
2026 senior membership
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
BAA membership, subject to association bye-laws and the appropriate Environment Agency licence.
£40 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Aberechan & Penarth — BAA
2026 junior membership
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
BAA membership, subject to association bye-laws and the appropriate Environment Agency licence.
£15 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Aberechan & Penarth — BAA
2026 Silver Canals & Rivers membership — renewal
Lymm Angling Club
Lymm Angling Club membership
£82.50 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Abermule — Lymm AC, River Severn
2026 Silver Canals & Rivers membership — new member
Lymm Angling Club
Includes £66 joining fee
£148.50 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Abermule — Lymm AC, River Severn
2026 Gold / Gold Plus membership
Lymm Angling Club
Gold: £145.20 renewal plus £66 joining fee for new members. Gold Plus: £242 renewal plus £66 joining fee for new members.
Gold Plus renewal £242 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Abermule — Lymm AC, River Severn
2026 full adult membership
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
BAA membership; required to fish Association waters.
£50 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Abermule — BAA
2026 senior membership
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
BAA membership; required to fish Association waters.
£40 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Abermule — BAA
2026 junior membership
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
BAA membership; required to fish Association waters.
£15 (as listed 11/10/2026)
Covers: Abermule — BAA
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 | Pike | Barbel | Trout | Chub |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberechan & Penarth — BAA | ● | ● | ● | ||
| Abermule — Lymm AC, River Severn | ● | ● | ● | ||
| Abermule — BAA | ●* | ●* |
● named by the club for this stretch · ●* named across the club's waters · blank = not named (not "absent").
Rules — who runs what
Birmingham Anglers Association Limited
Get BAA membership online, by telephone or by post; the 2026 membership year runs from 1 January to 31 December. Under-13 membership is free, and night permits must be bought separately in advance from BAA headquarters.
Club pageAbermule is accessed through Lymm Angling Club membership. The 2026 new Canals & Rivers membership is £148.50 including the joining fee; renewal is £82.50 plus a £66 joining fee for new members. Membership cards are electronic and water information is available on the club website and members area.
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.
No Environment Agency gauge matched on this river near these stretches yet.
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 11 Oct 2026
- GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish
- Birmingham Anglers Association Limited — ribbesford (baa.uk.com)
- Lymm Angling Club — home (lymmac.com)
Rules, prices and ticket availability change — the rights holder's own page always wins.