Fishing in Preston: 259 Waters, Nearest 2.5km

Looking for somewhere to fish near Preston? Preston is rivers country: 59% of the 259 named waters within 20km are rivers, with lakes the next most common. The closest is Hennel Brook, 2.5km out — and 6 more sit inside 5km.

What you can expect to catch near Preston

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

Rivers (154, closest 2.5km) — 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 (72, closest 2.6km) — Carp, tench, bream and roach dominate most stillwaters, with perch and pike where there's baitfish to support them.
Reservoirs (27, closest 11.7km) — Many reservoirs are stocked with trout and run a permit season; the coarse ones tend towards big bream, roach and pike.
Canals (6, closest 10.2km) — 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 Preston

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

259 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 Preston

Hennel Brook · river · 2.5km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
River Darwen · river · 3.3km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Mill Brook · river · 4.4km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Many Brooks · river · 4.6km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
River Lostock · river · 4.9km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Drum Head Brook · river · 5.3km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Black Brook · river · 5.7km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Fowler Brook · river · 5.8km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Longton Brook · river · 6.2km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Clayton Brook · river · 6.4km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Beeston Brook · river · 6.5km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Gorton Brook · river · 6.7km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Bannister Brook · river · 7.4km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Quaker Brook · river · 7.8km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
River Ribble · river · 8.0km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Rakes Brook · river · 8.3km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Wymott Brook · river · 8.6km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Shaw Brook · river · 8.7km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Carr Brook · river · 8.9km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Worden Brook · river · 9.5km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
River Douglas · river · 9.7km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Tarra Carr Gutter · river · 9.7km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Dunkirk Dib · river · 9.7km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Carr Heys Watercourse · river · 9.7km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.
Trout Brook · river · 9.7km from Preston centre
Typically chub, roach, dace and perch, with barbel in faster water and pike in slower stretches.

+129 more within range — open CastLog to search the full list.

Lakes near Preston

Vernons Lodge · lake · 2.6km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Turbary House Coarse Fishery · lake · 4.6km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Faringdon Lodge Pools · lake · 5.2km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Lodge Park Lake · lake · 5.2km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Byers Farm And Fishery · lake · 5.3km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Fairhaven Fishery · lake · 5.7km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Cuerden Valley Park Fishery · lake · 6.6km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Neets Valley Park · lake · 6.6km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Martin Hall Farm Fishery · lake · 8.6km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
cunneries fishery · lake · 9.5km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Low Mill Lodge · lake · 9.7km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Stoat Hall Fisheries · lake · 11.6km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Oak Royal Fishery · lake · 11.6km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Twin Lakes · lake · 11.7km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Oak Royal Fisheries · lake · 11.8km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Twin Lakes Fishery · lake · 12.1km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Trout Fishery · lake · 12.2km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Number 1 · lake · 12.4km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Heapy Lodges · lake · 12.4km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
german lane fishery · lake · 12.5km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Ornamental Pond · lake · 12.5km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Heapey Reservoirs · lake · 12.6km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Number 2 · lake · 12.6km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
The Cunneries · lake · 12.6km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.
Number 3 · lake · 13.0km from Preston centre
Typically carp, tench, bream and roach, with perch and pike where there is baitfish.

+47 more within range — open CastLog to search the full list.

Reservoirs near Preston

Boardman's Heights Reservoir · reservoir · 11.7km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Heapey Reservoir 1 · reservoir · 12.5km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Abbey Village Reservoir · reservoir · 12.5km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Rake Brook Reservoir · reservoir · 13.3km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Lower Roddlesworth Reservoir · reservoir · 13.7km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Anglezarke Reservoir · reservoir · 14.0km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Roddlesworth Reservoirs · reservoir · 14.2km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Higher Roddlesworth Reservoir · reservoir · 14.4km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Upper Roddlesworth Reservoir · reservoir · 14.5km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
High Bullough Reservoir · reservoir · 15.3km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Earnsdale Reservoir · reservoir · 15.3km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Sunnyhurst Hey Reservoir · reservoir · 15.9km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Fishmoor Reservoir · reservoir · 16.4km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Yarrow Reservoir · reservoir · 16.7km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Guide Reservoir · reservoir · 16.9km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Hills Reservoir · reservoir · 17.0km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Bold Venture Reservoir · reservoir · 17.1km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Upper Rivington Reservoir · reservoir · 17.4km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Rivington Reservoirs · reservoir · 17.7km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Belmont Reservoir · reservoir · 18.7km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Lower Rivington Reservoir · reservoir · 19.0km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Adlington Reservoir · reservoir · 19.2km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Hoddlesden Reservoir · reservoir · 19.2km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Ward's Reservoir · reservoir · 19.3km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.
Pickup Bank Reservoir · reservoir · 19.4km from Preston centre
Often stocked trout on a permit season; the coarse ones hold big bream, roach and pike.

+2 more within range — open CastLog to search the full list.

Canals near Preston

Leeds and Liverpool Canal · canal · 10.2km from Preston centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Walton Summit Arm (L&L Canal) · canal · 10.5km from Preston centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
River Chor · canal · 12.0km from Preston centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Old Course of River Asland · canal · 13.2km from Preston centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Rufford Canal · canal · 16.4km from Preston centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.
Rufford Branch (L&L Canal) · canal · 19.8km from Preston centre
Typically roach, perch, bream and gudgeon, with pike and carp for anyone going bigger.

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