Fishing near Abingdon
Abingdon sits on the Thames where the Ock joins it, and the town stretch is the best-known free water on this map.
We hold ten waters here: nine river stretches and one lake. Everything below is within 15 km.
By permission: six reported as club membership water, three as free fishing and one as club day ticket water. The three free waters are the hardest of these to establish and the most worth knowing.
Nine of the ten carry the river close season, 15 March to 15 June. The other one is reported fishable all year.
Species reported most often: chub at two, perch at two and roach at one. Reported by anglers, not surveyed.
These were last checked between 4 September 2026 and 17 September 2026.
Every line below is a report with a date on it, not permission to fish. Read the disclaimer.
10 waters
These are reports, not permission. Verify locally before fishing. This site grants no permission to fish.
- Clifton Hampden Wharf5.6 km from the centreClub day ticketRiver stretch · Clifton Hampden£5.00 day ticketReported as club day ticket water — page last updated 9 September 2026.
- Long Wittenham / Clifton Hampden Free Stretch6.0 km from the centreFreeRiver stretch · Clifton HampdenReported as free fishing — page last updated 17 September 2026.
- The Plough at Long Wittenham6.1 km from the centreFreeRiver stretch · Long WittenhamReported as free fishing — page last updated 4 September 2026.
- Day's Lock8.2 km from the centreMembers onlyRiver stretch · Little WittenhamReported as club membership water — page last updated 4 September 2026.
- Dorchester Lake8.9 km from the centreMembers onlyLake · Dorchester on ThamesReported as club membership water — page last updated 4 September 2026.
- Hurst Water Meadow 29.3 km from the centreMembers onlyRiver stretch · Dorchester on ThamesReported as club membership water — page last updated 5 September 2026.
- River Thame to Thames9.3 km from the centreMembers onlyRiver stretch · Dorchester on ThamesReported as club membership water — page last updated 5 September 2026.
- Hurst Water Meadow 19.3 km from the centreMembers onlyRiver stretch · Dorchester on ThamesReported as club membership water — page last updated 5 September 2026.
- Thame Stream Bridge to Keen Edge Ferry9.9 km from the centreMembers onlyRiver stretch · Dorchester on ThamesReported as club membership water — page last updated 5 September 2026.
- Wallingford Splash Park14.0 km from the centreFreeRiver stretch · WallingfordReported as free fishing — page last updated 4 September 2026.
Below 3 waters a page like this does not publish at all. If this one looks short, it is because we have not mapped enough here yet — not because there is nothing to find.