Fishing Holidays at Haven

UK fishing holidays 2023 & 2024

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UK fishing holidays with Haven

Fishing holidays are a great chance to connect with nature and challenge yourself at an activity that's been popular through the ages. Our Haven holiday parks across the UK have a range of coarse, freshwater, and specimen fishing available to get stuck into with a number of lakes across the sites. Whether you've been fishing for years or are just starting out, our lakes are calling your name.

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The Haven fishing experience

Our lakes at Haven
Lovely lakes

There are 13 lakes spread across nine of our holiday parks, with three additional lakes at Far Grange and Hafan y Môr exclusive to our owners, who also enjoy free access to every lake. You can also swim across all of our lakes.

Species on park
Go fish!

There's plenty of fish to catch in our lakes, among bream, chud, pike, perch, roach, common and golden rudd as well as tench. There are also common, crucian and mirror carp. Species vary by park, but we’ve seen some fish reach a massive 30lb!

Types of fishing at Haven
Types of fishing

On a Haven site, you can try your hand at coarse, freshwater and specimen angling from March to November. Facilities vary park-to-park with most having a catch-and-release policy, but some will let you keep your haul until the end of the day before you weigh it and set it free.

Hire fishing equipment at Haven
Hire equipment

You can bring your own equipment or rent rods, reels, and bait from our hiring service before heading down to the lake. Find out more about where you can hire in our park list below.

Fishing holidays at Allhallows

Coarse fishing at Allhallows

  • Species: bream, carp, perch and tench

  • Lakes: one with 22 swims

  • Equipment: bring your own

  • Book one day's fishing in advance, or up to a week when you arrive.

Fishing holidays at Blue Dolphin

Freshwater fishing at Blue Dolphin

  • Species: carp, roach and tench

  • Lakes: one with 8 swims

  • Equipment: bring your own

  • Book one day's fishing in advance, or up to a week when you arrive.

Fishing holidays at Burnham-on-Sea

Coarse fishing at Burnham-on-Sea

  • Species: bream, carp, perch, pike, roach, rudd and tench

  • Lakes: two with 40 swims

  • Equipment: hireable. £10 per day for rods. £5 per day for landing nets. Bait and equipment also sold

  • Book one day's fishing in advance, or up to a week when you arrive.

Fishing Holidays at Golden Sands

Coarse fishing at Golden Sands

  • Species: bream, mirror carp, perch, roach, rudd and tench

  • Lakes: two with 34 swims

  • Equipment: bring your own

  • Book one day's fishing in advance, or up to a week when you arrive.

Fishing Holidays at Primrose Valley

Coarse fishing at Primrose Valley

  • Species: bream, carp, chub and roach

  • Lakes: one with 8 swims

  • Equipment: bring your own

  • Book one day's fishing in advance, or up to a week when you arrive.

Fishing Holidays at The Orchards

Specimen fishing at The Orchards

  • Species: bream, carp, crucian carp, perch, roach, rudd and tench

  • Lakes: two lakes, one for fishing with 17 swims

  • Equipment: bring your own

  • Book one day's fishing in advance, or up to a week when you arrive.

Fishing holidays at Thornwick Bay

Freshwater fishing at Thornwick Bay

  • Species: bream, carp, perch, roach, rudd and tench

  • Lakes: two with 26 swims

  • Equipment: £5 per day for rods and reels. Bait and equipment also sold

  • Book one day's fishing in advance, or up to a week when you arrive.

Fishing Holidays at Thorpe Park

Coarse fishing at Thorpe Park

  • Species: bream, common carp, golden rudd, mirror carp, perch, roach, rudd and tench

  • Lakes: two with 20 swims

  • Equipment: bring your own

  • Book one day's fishing in advance.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. You can purchase a rod licence online or purchase one when you arrive at our holiday park for convenience!

Subject to availability, you can select a caravan spot at your chosen park that suits you with Choose Your Holiday Home. This handy service allows you to see a map of everything on park, so you'll be able to select the closest available spot close to the fishing lakes.

If you're travelling with friends or family who have booked another van, you can select a spot close to each other by sharing your location within Choose Your Holiday Home. Both bookings will need Choose Your Holiday Home enabled.

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Here are the species of fish you can at our holiday parks with fishing lakes:

Allhallows, Rochester, Kent: bream, carp, perch and tench

Blue Dolphin, Filey, Yorkshire: carp, roach and tench

Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset: bream, carp, perch, pike, roach, rudd and tench

Golden Sands, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire: bream, mirror carp, perch, roach, rudd and tench

Primrose Valley, Filey, Yorkshire: bream, carp, chub and roach

The Orchards, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex: bream, carp, crucian carp, perch, roach, rudd and tench

Thornwick Bay, Flamborough, Yorkshire: bream, carp, perch, roach, rudd and tench

Thorpe Park, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire: bream, common carp, golden rudd, mirror carp, perch, roach, rudd and tench

Allhallows, Rochester, Kent: one with 22 swims

Blue Dolphin, Filey, Yorkshire: one with 8 swims

Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset: two with 40 swims

Golden Sands, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire: two with 34 swims

Primrose Valley, Filey, Yorkshire: one with 8 swims

The Orchards, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex: two lakes, one for fishing with 17 swims

Thornwick Bay, Flamborough, Yorkshire: two with 26 swims

Thorpe Park, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire: two with 20 swims