Fishing in Leeds: 301 Waters, Nearest 0.9km

Looking for somewhere to fish near Leeds? The water around Leeds is mixed — 150 rivers and 120 lakes among 301 named waters within 20km. The closest is River Aire, 0.9km out — and 25 more sit inside 5km.

What you can expect to catch near Leeds

What's realistic here follows the water you've actually got in range, and it varies by type:

Rivers (150, closest 0.9km) — Expect chub, roach, dace and perch through most English rivers, with barbel in the faster, gravelly stretches and pike in the slower ones. Upper reaches may hold trout and grayling.
Lakes (120, closest 1.4km) — Carp, tench, bream and roach dominate most stillwaters, with perch and pike where there's baitfish to support them.
Reservoirs (19, closest 5.6km) — Many reservoirs are stocked with trout and run a permit season; the coarse ones tend towards big bream, roach and pike.
Canals (12, closest 0.9km) — Roach, perch, bream, gudgeon and skimmers make up most canal catches, with pike and increasingly carp for anyone targeting something bigger.

Fishing the water around Leeds

On rivers, read the flow before you cast. Fish hold on the seam where fast water meets slow, in the crease behind obstructions, and under undercut banks. Approach from downstream where you can — fish face into the current, so you'll be behind them.

On stillwaters, features do the work: margins, islands, weed edges, drop-offs and any wind-blown bank. Plumb the depth before committing to a spot, and remember the uncomfortable windward bank is usually where the food ends up.

Before you go

You'll need an Environment Agency rod licence to fish for freshwater species in England, and that's separate from permission to fish the water itself — most venues also need a day ticket or club membership. Check both before you travel, along with any close season on rivers.

Every named water within 20km

301 in total, closest first — a live slice of the 500,000+ waters in CastLog. Photograph a catch on any of them and the app names the species, estimates its size, and logs the spot and conditions automatically.

Rivers near Leeds

River Aire · river · 0.9km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Hol Beck · river · 1.0km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Lady Beck · river · 1.2km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Sheepscar Beck · river · 1.2km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Meanwood Beck · river · 2.4km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Gipton Beck · river · 2.5km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Farnley Wood Beck · river · 3.3km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Gledhow Beck · river · 3.5km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Wortley Beck · river · 3.9km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Mill Stream · river · 4.1km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Farnley Beck · river · 4.5km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Wyke Beck · river · 4.5km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Mill Shaw Beck · river · 5.0km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Adel Beck · river · 5.1km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Dean Beck · river · 5.5km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Kirkstall Forge Goit · river · 6.1km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Cow Beck · river · 6.1km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Oil Mill Beck · river · 6.1km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Great Heads Beck · river · 6.2km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Topcliffe Beck · river · 6.4km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Mill Beck · river · 6.6km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Tong Beck · river · 6.9km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Pudsey Beck · river · 7.1km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Haigh Beck · river · 7.3km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Running Sike · river · 7.4km from Leeds centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.

+125 more within range — open CastLog to search the full list.

Lakes near Leeds

Clarence Dock · lake · 1.4km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Knostrop Cut · lake · 2.7km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
The Goit · lake · 3.2km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
The Lake · lake · 3.4km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Mill Pond · lake · 3.4km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Kirkstall Goit · lake · 3.8km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Roundhay Park · lake · 4.6km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Waterloo Lake · lake · 4.6km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Roundhay Park Lake · lake · 4.6km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Spring End Farm Fishery · lake · 4.8km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Farnley Fish Pond · lake · 5.1km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Whitehall Road Fishing Lake · lake · 5.3km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Middleton Ponds · lake · 5.5km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Upper Lake · lake · 5.6km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Middleton Pond · lake · 5.6km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Clayton Wood Ponds · lake · 5.9km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Abbey Mill Race · lake · 6.0km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Menagerie Ponds · lake · 6.7km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Avenue Ponds · lake · 7.5km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Adel Dam · lake · 7.7km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Paul's Pond · lake · 8.2km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Helicon Pond · lake · 8.5km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Chippies Quarry · lake · 8.7km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Jude's Pond · lake · 8.9km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Swillington Park Fishing · lake · 9.1km from Leeds centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.

+95 more within range — open CastLog to search the full list.

Reservoirs near Leeds

Moortown Service Reservoir · reservoir · 5.6km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Eccup Reservoir · reservoir · 7.7km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Ardsley Reservoir · reservoir · 9.0km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Middle Reservoir · reservoir · 9.0km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Idle Hill Reservoir · reservoir · 13.7km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Whetley Hill Reservoir · reservoir · 14.9km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Heaton Reservoir · reservoir · 15.3km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Brownroyd Reservoir · reservoir · 15.3km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Harold Park reservoir · reservoir · 15.6km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Horton Bank Reservoir · reservoir · 17.4km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Chellow Dene Reservoir · reservoir · 17.5km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Chellow Dean lower reservoir · reservoir · 17.5km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Brayshaw Reservoir · reservoir · 17.7km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Chellow Dean Reservoir · reservoir · 17.8km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Chellow Dean upper reservoir · reservoir · 17.8km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Whitley Reservoir · reservoir · 17.9km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Weecher Reservoir · reservoir · 18.1km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Compensation Reservoir · reservoir · 19.0km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Graincliffe Reservoir · reservoir · 19.7km from Leeds centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.

Canals near Leeds

Aire & Calder Navigation Main Line · canal · 0.9km from Leeds centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal · canal · 1.1km from Leeds centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Leeds Dock · canal · 1.5km from Leeds centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Aire and Calder Navigation · canal · 5.2km from Leeds centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Dewsbury Arm (Calder & Hebble Nav) · canal · 14.3km from Leeds centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Wakefield Branch (Aire & Calder) · canal · 14.6km from Leeds centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Aire & Calder Canal Fishing · canal · 14.9km from Leeds centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Pits Beck · canal · 16.2km from Leeds centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Horbury Canal - Wakefield Area · canal · 16.8km from Leeds centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Horbury Canal · canal · 17.2km from Leeds centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Calder and Hebble Navigation · canal · 17.3km from Leeds centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Huddersfield Broad Canal · canal · 18.0km from Leeds centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.

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