Fishing venues

Bellbrook Valley Trout Fishery

Tiverton,Devon· EX16 9EX

Trout fishing will not reopen for the foreseeable future. Ironmill has been stocked with carp; the website announces planned opening for holiday residents at the beginning of June and day tickets shortly afterwards, without specifying a year.

AI-enriched — awaiting check

Species: 1 recorded
Day tickets: Not offered / check access
Night fishing: Not confirmed
Waters: 5 waters

About the water

Bellbrook Valley Fishery is at Oakford near Tiverton, in the Exe Valley between Devon and Somerset. The site occupies its own 40-acre valley and describes a complex of five fishing lakes, with accommodation in lodges for visiting anglers. The grounds support wildlife including deer, badgers, foxes, rabbits and buzzards. The homepage announces that trout fishing will not reopen for the foreseeable future. Instead, Ironmill, the largest lake, has been stocked with carp from Lana Springs Fish Farm. The announcement sets out plans to open to holiday residents at the beginning of June, with day tickets to follow shortly afterwards, but gives no year or confirmed day-ticket opening date. Visitors are directed to telephone the fishery for further information. Bellbrook was developed as a fishery in about 1977, when its founder extended Bellbrook Lake and constructed additional waters in the valley bottom, fed by the Bell Brook. Later owners renovated the banks and improved access. Ironmill Lake was doubled in size in 2007. Older parts of the website describe trout tuition and group fishing packages; these sit alongside the newer announcement about the move away from trout fishing.