Reading, Berkshire

River Thames - Caversham Lock and Kings Meadow

Accessible and comfortable free public-bank fishing at Caversham Lock, running through Caversham Meadow and Kings Meadow toward the mouth of the River Kennet — a long, accessible Reading Thames reach.

Rules

No fishing from the Tesco mooring platform or in the lock area. Parking off Napier Road. • An Environment Agency rod licence may be required in addition to the fishery/club permission. • Normal coarse river close season: 15 March–15 June inclusive, unless a different legal/species rule applies. • Carp and coarse fish: catch-and-release unless the fishery rules state otherwise.