Fishing venues

Elton Carp Lakes

Newnham-on-Severn,Gloucestershire· GL14 1JU

AI-enriched — awaiting check

Species: 11 recorded
Day tickets: Not offered / check access
Night fishing: Available — check water
Waters: 2 waters

About the water

Elton Carp & Catfish Lakes comprises two purpose-built fishing lakes near Newnham on Severn in Gloucestershire. The venue welcomes anglers for day and night sessions, including longer stays and social fishing visits. Barn Lake is the original water and has been de-silted, deepened and reshaped. Depths range from 3ft to 12ft. It has six pegs, but a maximum of four anglers may fish at once. Stocks include common and mirror carp, koi, albino grass carp and ghost carp, alongside bream, roach, rudd and eels. The website also records two young albino Wels catfish in this lake. A car-accessible peg on level ground is available for wheelchair users on the top lake, with other easy-access pegs on both waters. Horseshoe Lake opened as a match lake in June 2007 and changed to a specimen lake in 2018 as its fish grew and Wels catfish were introduced. The website reports mirror carp to 29lb, bream to 10.7lb and catfish exceeding 60lb. Other stocks include common carp, ghost carp, roach, rudd, perch and tench. The venue notes that its coloured, clay-rich water can make fishing challenging. Work to install new pegs is also mentioned on the website.