Probably the most south-easterly fishery of its size in the UK, Cottington Lakes has established itself as one of the region’s leading day-ticket waters, with eight lakes offering a variety of angling to suit everyone from novices to experienced specimen carp enthusiasts.
The fishery is set in 45 acres of delightful wooded Kentish countryside, which compliments the lakes and provides habit for a wide diversity of flora and fauna.
On site are a tackle shop, café and bar.
There are also modern and clean toilet and shower facilities for visitors.
The tackle shop, the Anglers Kabin, manages lake bookings and anyone wishing to enquire about fishing should contact them directly.
Also on site are the Kingfisher Cafe, which is open from 7am daily and serves hot meals, snacks and a variety of hot and cold drinks, together with the Kingfisher Bar which is open from 11am daily.
The fishery provides a choice of five mixed coarse lakes, two specimen carp lakes and a snake-shaped match lake which is about one-and-a-half miles long.
Lake Pepper was amongst the first purpose dug lakes at Cottington, with excavation of the lake starting in 1990. The lake was first opened to carp anglers in 2003 (prior to this is was a trout water), with an extension nearly doubling its size being completed in 2007.Pepper, which is approximately 7 acres or just under 3 hectares in size, is comprised of 2 distinct sections joined by a narrow caus
An idyllic and beautifully set-out carp pool, Lake Christine is a typical carp angler’s dream and, despite being about three-and-a-half acres in size, it never becomes overcrowded or overfished because the water is limited to six anglers at any one time – a feature which makes advance booking a good idea.This can be done by telephoning the Anglers Kabin on 01304 380691. Depths vary between four fe
Opened in 2005 primarily as a match water, the 30-peg Windsor Lake is proving increasingly popular with day-ticket pleasure anglers because it is such an easy water to fish.Stocked predominantly with common and mirror carp ranging between 3lbs to 8lbs, but with the occasional fish up to 20lbs, Windsor also holds a good head of tench to about 5lbs with the average being between 2lbs and 3lbs. skimm
Offering 52 well-spaced and varied pegs, Black Lake is a general mixed coarse fishery which ranges in depth from approximately three feet by the car park to about nine feet in parts of the bay at the far end and along a channel which runs down the centre of the main section of the lake. Anglers can fish either from the main bank or from the many pegs on the central islands which offer a different
Although more open than the other Cottington Lakes waters, Alder Lake is crammed with fish including Common and Mirror Carp into double figures, some big tench and bream, and good stocks of roach, rudd and chub.Offering 20 well-spaced pegs, Alder Lake varies in depth from five-and-a-half feet to about 12 feet in places and techniques and baits vary depending upon the conditions and time of year, a
Created in 2005 by removing the last two lanes of Match Lake, the new Elliott Lake is a small 30-peg water with a central island which is now fully stocked with a good variety of species making it a good choice for those with children or anglers wanting to catch a lot of fish.In 2009 several double figure carp to 12lbs 8oz were caught, mostly commons, together with a decent number of tench to just
Crammed full of fish, the 93-peg snake-shaped Match Lake is an ideal venue for club matches, individual anglers and youngsters being predominantly stocked with fairly easy to catch carp between 8ozs to 3lbs as well as plenty of roach and rudd between 8ozs and 1lb.Because of the ease of fishing, anglers are allowed to use only one rod or pole at a time. With a maximum depth of about four-and-a-half
The newest of the Cottington Lakes waters having opened in early Spring 2009, Heron is a triangular shaped water between Black Lake and Match Lake and offers 20 pegs on a one-and-a-half acre water which has three central islands to provide features to which to fish.Stocked predominantly with silver fish to provide year-round sport, Heron is just two-and-a-half feet deep in the margins and around t
