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River stretch · Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

Thames at Abingdon, St Helen's Wharf

1.1 km along both banks — left and right are as you look downstream.

Reported as free fishing

Verify locally before fishing.

Season
Close season reported, 15 March to 15 June · What it covers

DisclaimerA rod licence is required

Checked by CanI.fish

Checked on 30 July 2026

dtodd found the evidence, recorded it on this page and dated it.

Page last updated 30 July 2026How verification works

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Can I fish there?

  • Free· no charge

    Free stretch.

    This rule confirmed 30 July 2026

Types of fishing

  • Coarse

Close season: 15 March to 15 June. Close season explanation.

  • Night fishing reported as not allowed

Evidence (1)

  • Club or fishery website
  • Checked by CanI.fish, 1 month ago

Page last updated 30 July 2026.

What’s in there?

Reported, not confirmed

  • Maybe chub
  • Maybe common bream
  • Maybe gudgeon
  • Maybe perch
  • Maybe pike
  • Maybe roach

No catches logged here yet — and logging them is how the species list above fills up. Log one and it helps everybody who reads this page next.

What do I need?

  • Free

    Free stretch.

  • Plus an Environment Agency rod licence — buy or check one at GOV.UK.

    Free stretch. An Environment Agency rod licence is still required.

How do I get there?

Open the water itself in maps

Easy access once you are there — but nobody has told us how to get in

No parking, no way in, no walk recorded. If you have fished here, tell us how to get there.

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Parking and getting thereWhere you leave the car, the way in, and how hard it is.1 gap

Missing here: no parking or way in recorded.

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The way in, where to park, what methods are allowed, and any rules the fishery sets. One box — say whichever of those you know.

Species presentNothing missing

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Where to next

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Waters nearby

Within 15 km, measured straight across the map.

Who contributed this

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