Fishing in Newcastle upon Tyne: 198 Waters

Looking for somewhere to fish near Newcastle upon Tyne? Newcastle upon Tyne is rivers country: 61% of the 198 named waters within 20km are rivers, with lakes the next most common. The closest is River Tyne, 1.5km out — and 7 more sit inside 5km.

What you can expect to catch near Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Rivers (120, closest 1.5km) — 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 (53, closest 5.4km) — Carp, tench, bream and roach dominate most stillwaters, with perch and pike where there's baitfish to support them.
Sea & coastal (22, closest 3.0km) — Bass and mackerel through the warmer months, flatfish year-round, and codling more likely once the water cools.
Reservoirs (3, closest 10.2km) — Many reservoirs are stocked with trout and run a permit season; the coarse ones tend towards big bream, roach and pike.

Fishing the water around Newcastle upon Tyne

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.

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

198 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 Newcastle upon Tyne

River Tyne · river · 1.5km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Ouse Burn · river · 2.1km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
River Team · river · 3.0km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
River Derwent · river · 4.8km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
The Letch · river · 4.9km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Gosforth Letch · river · 5.1km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
The Trench · river · 5.4km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Black Burn · river · 5.6km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Wallsend Burn · river · 5.7km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Lady Park Burn · river · 6.3km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Blaydon Burn · river · 6.5km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Monkton Burn · river · 7.9km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
New Burn · river · 8.2km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Leyburnhold Gill · river · 8.4km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Seaton Burn · river · 8.5km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
River Don · river · 8.5km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Hartley Burn · river · 8.6km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Dewley Burn · river · 8.7km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Reigh Burn · river · 8.7km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Barlow Burn · river · 9.0km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Rowletch Burn · river · 9.4km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Bobgins Burn · river · 9.5km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Sandy's Letch · river · 9.7km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Usworth Burn · river · 9.9km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Rowland's Gill · river · 10.0km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.

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

Lakes near Newcastle upon Tyne

Gosforth Lake · lake · 5.4km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Shibdon Pond · lake · 5.5km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Stargate Pools · lake · 6.5km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Big Water · lake · 7.1km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Angel of the North Fishing Lakes · lake · 8.4km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Bowes Lake · lake · 8.6km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Lookout Lake · lake · 8.6km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Stargate Pond and Tilcon Pond · lake · 8.7km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Bassett's Pond · lake · 8.7km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Little Bigwater · lake · 9.1km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Little Big Water · lake · 9.1km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
QE II · lake · 9.3km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Far Pasture Ponds · lake · 9.3km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Ouston Springs Pond.the Rof. · lake · 10.3km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Brenkley Pond · lake · 10.4km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Horse Shoe · lake · 10.8km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Beamish Lakes, Stanley, Durham · lake · 11.4km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Horton Grange · lake · 11.6km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Batley’s Pond · lake · 12.0km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Grove Pond · lake · 12.2km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Wansbeck and Cramlington Angling Club · lake · 12.2km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Pattinson South Pond · lake · 12.4km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Corgi Pond · lake · 12.6km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Dissington Pond · lake · 12.7km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Virginia Water · lake · 12.7km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.

+28 more within range — open CastLog to search the full list.

Reservoirs near Newcastle upon Tyne

Seghill Reservoir · reservoir · 10.2km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Mill Race Reservoir Retaining Wall And Sluice South Of Leap Mill Farmhouse · reservoir · 10.4km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Whipley Reservoir · reservoir · 12.2km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.

Sea & coastal near Newcastle upon Tyne

Team Gut · coastal mark · 3.0km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Derwent Gut · coastal mark · 4.8km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Turn Wheel · coastal mark · 4.9km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Lemington Gut · coastal mark · 5.7km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Cromwell · coastal mark · 7.0km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Willington Gut · coastal mark · 7.4km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Northumberland Dock · coastal mark · 9.4km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Shields Harbour · coastal mark · 10.3km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Peggy's Hole · coastal mark · 12.0km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
The Gut · coastal mark · 12.1km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
The Narrows · coastal mark · 12.2km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Long Reach · coastal mark · 12.8km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Dog Hole · coastal mark · 13.0km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Oxfauld · coastal mark · 13.5km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Byer's Hole · coastal mark · 16.5km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Potter's Hole · coastal mark · 16.8km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Swinging Basin · coastal mark · 17.5km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
North Tidal Basin · coastal mark · 17.6km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Wave Basin · coastal mark · 17.7km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
North Half Tide Basin · coastal mark · 17.8km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Cowpen Pool · coastal mark · 18.0km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.
Turning Basin · coastal mark · 18.7km from Newcastle upon Tyne centre
Bass and mackerel in the warmer months, flatfish year-round, codling once it cools.

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