Match bookings

Match bOOKINGS

The following venues are available for match bookings.

  • Peg fee: £6 per angler

  • Minimum requirement: 10 anglers (minimum charge £60 per match)

For further information or to make a booking, please contact:

Pat Leonard
Fisheries Administrator
📧 patrica.leonard@homecall.co.uk
📞 0117 960 3378

Booking Information

 
  • Match bookings can be made from 1st September to 31st March, prior to the start of each season.

  • By early June, the final fixture list is published on the website.

  • Matches not listed on the fixture list, or without written authorisation from the Fisheries Administrator, are not permitted.

Match Rules

  • Match organisers must post a notice at all access points at least 24 hours in advance of the match.

  • Some venues are protected by locked entry gates – organisers should contact the Fisheries Administrator beforehand for the combination code.

  • Clubs are responsible for:

    • Pegging out

    • Weighing in

    • Recording and safely returning catches

    • Ensuring no nails are used to fasten peg cards

  • After the match, the organiser must:

    • Remove all notices

    • Clear peg cards

    • Ensure all litter is removed

River Venues

Daniels Well, Malmesbury

  • Access and parking available at both ends of the water.

  • Best fished in late autumn and winter (Oct–Mar) due to summer weed growth (peg numbers reduced to ~15 in summer).

  • Species: Roach, Chub, Perch, Carp, Tench

Lower Christian Malford

  • Bankside car park next to Christian Malford Bridge.
  • Species: Chub, Roach, Dace, Perch, Tench, Barbel, Gudgeon, occasional large Bream

Lacock Abbey Fields

  • Two fields below Lacock Bridge on the right-hand bank downstream.

  • Parking in the public car park behind the Red Lion PH only.

  • Note: The National Trust car park on the bridge road does not open until 10:00am on Sundays.

  • Species: Chub, Barbel, Dace, Roach, Perch, Bream, Gudgeon

Stillwater Venues

Sabre Lake

  • Large car park at Quemerford Gate Farm (150m from lake).

  • Draw pavilion and toilet on lakeside.

  • Most swims have large, comfortable platforms.

  • Species: Carp, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Perch, Crucians, Gudgeon

Pawlett Ponds

  • Four lakes (approx. 1–1.25 acres each) with adjacent large car park.

  • Majority of swims have comfortable platforms.

  • Species: Rudd, Roach, Bream, Carp, Tench, Eels, some Perch

Shackell’s Lake

  • Large car park area, followed by a 300m walk across fields to the lake.

  • All swims have platforms.

  • Closed 1st May – 15th June each year.

  • Species: Roach, Rudd, Bream, Carp, Tench

Tockenham Reservoir

  • Match bookings restricted to the left-hand side of the reservoir and the dam wall.

  • Species: Carp, Bream, Tench, Roach, Rudd, Perch

  • Premium peg fee applies.

get in touch

Mrs Pat Leonard

Fisheries Administrator

patrica.leonard@homecall.co.uk

Tel: 0117 9603378

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