Aerial view of Willow Bank Fishery showing the lakes and pegs

Marbury · Three lakes · Open daily

Some of the best day-ticket carp fishing in the county.

Three well-stocked waters, forty-two pegs, easy parking and a cafe that opens at six. Day tickets on the bank or book your peg online.

3 lakes42 pegs in total
34lb 8ozCurrent lake record
£12Day ticket, 2 rods
6am–duskOpen every day

Welcome

Forty years of carp, tench and very early mornings

Willow Bank has been in the family since 1984, when my grandfather dug the first lake out of a flooded gravel working.

Three waters now: a match lake that fishes 18 pegs, a quiet silvers pool that's perfect for a first session, and a syndicate mere that holds carp into the thirties. We stock every autumn, weed-cut every spring, and cut the grass so you're not wading through nettles to get to your swim.

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What's on the bank

  • Tarmac car park, ten yards from the water
  • Cafe open 6am – 2pm, seven days a week
  • Toilets and disabled-access pegs on Willow and Alder
  • Tackle and bait shop on site
  • Night fishing on Oak Mere by arrangement
  • Free parking, CCTV covered

Our lakes

Three waters, three very different days out

Every lake has a full plan with peg numbers, depths and features, so you know where you're fishing before you set off.

Willow Lake on a summer morning
Day ticket

Willow Lake

2.5 acres, 18 pegs. Our match lake, with carp to 24lb, big bream and a good head of F1s. Fishes well all year.

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Lily beds in the shallow margins of Alder Pool
Day ticket

Alder Pool

1.2 acres, 12 pegs. Roach, rudd, skimmers and small carp. The one to bring the kids to. You'll never blank.

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Oak Mere from the air, showing the island and swims
Syndicate

Oak Mere

4 acres, 8 swims. Specimen carp to 34lb 8oz. Limited to 30 members, with a waiting list that opens each October.

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Availability

What's free this week

Updated by the fishery, last changed this morning
DateWillow LakeAlder PoolWhat's on
Thu 27 AugOpenOpenDay tickets on the bank
Fri 28 Aug4 pegs leftOpenDay tickets on the bank
Sat 29 AugMatch booked3 pegs leftMarbury AC open, 18 pegs
Sun 30 Aug6 pegs leftOpenPleasure fishing
Mon 31 AugOpenOpenBank holiday, cafe open till 4pm

News & results

Latest from the bank

Two rods set up on the bank at first light

24 August · Results

Marbury AC Summer League, round 6

Dave Ellery takes it off peg 12 with 84lb 6oz of carp shallow. Full weights and the league table inside.

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Calm water on the morning the lake record came out

19 August · Catch report

New lake record: 34lb 8oz mirror

Tom Reeves banked the big linear from the Point swim on Oak Mere at first light on Sunday. Photos inside.

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The margins at Willow Lake before the autumn stocking

11 August · Fishery news

Autumn stocking: 400lb going into Willow

Mirrors and commons from 4lb to 12lb going in at the end of September, plus a top-up of F1s for the match lake.

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Find us

Ten minutes off the A46

We're on Mill Lane just outside Marbury, signposted from the B1234. Follow the brown fishing signs from the village. The entrance is the second gate on the left, past the barn.

  • Mill Lane, Marbury, MB12 4RT
  • what3words: reeds.tackle.morning
  • Free tarmac parking for 40 cars
  • Open 6am to dusk, every day of the year
Willow Bank Fishery Mill Lane · MB12 4RT B1234 Marbury 3mi Ashcote Netherfield A46 · 6 miles

Fancy a session?

Day tickets are available on the bank from 6am, or reserve your peg online and walk straight to the water.

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