Fishing near Dorchester on Thames
Waters within a short drive of Dorchester on Thames. Each says what it is reported to need and when anybody last checked.
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.
- Hurst Water Meadow 2100 m from the centreMembershipRiver stretch · Dorchester on ThamesReported as club membership water — page last updated 5 September 2026.
- Hurst Water Meadow 1350 m from the centreMembershipRiver stretch · Dorchester on ThamesReported as club membership water — page last updated 5 September 2026.
- River Thame to Thames650 m from the centreMembershipRiver stretch · Dorchester on ThamesReported as club membership water — page last updated 5 September 2026.
- Thame Stream Bridge to Keen Edge Ferry750 m from the centreMembershipRiver stretch · Dorchester on ThamesReported as club membership water — page last updated 5 September 2026.
- Dorchester Lake850 m from the centreMembershipLake · Dorchester on ThamesReported as club membership water — page last updated 4 September 2026.
- Day's Lock1.2 km from the centreMembershipRiver stretch · Little WittenhamReported as club membership water — page last updated 4 September 2026.
- Long Wittenham / Clifton Hampden Free Stretch3.4 km from the centreFreeRiver stretch · Clifton HampdenReported as free fishing — page last updated 17 September 2026.
- The Plough at Long Wittenham3.7 km from the centreFreeRiver stretch · Long WittenhamReported as free fishing — page last updated 4 September 2026.
- Clifton Hampden Wharf3.7 km from the centreDay ticketRiver stretch · Clifton Hampden£5.00 day ticketReported as club day ticket water — page last updated 9 September 2026.
- Wallingford Splash Park5.4 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, and a page assembled from a combination like this one also needs those waters to carry real evidence rather than placeholder records. If this one looks short, it is because we have not mapped enough here yet — not because there is nothing to find.