A guide to fishing in Swallowfield

A quality guide to fishing in Swallowfield

Information about angling in Swallowfield, covering fishing venues, tackle shops, supermarkets, and local weather. Part of a guide to angling in Berkshire.

Location

Swallowfield is a village in the Loddon Valley, close to where the Loddon and Blackwater rivers meet. It is in the south of central Berkshire, south of Reading and north of Riseley. RG7 1QY

Angler amenities

River fishing is supplied in Swallowfield by the River Blackwater (holding barbel, pike, chub, carp, bream, dace, roach, perch and trout), and to the north by two stretches of the River Loddon which holds chub, barbel, pike, carp, bream, dace, roach, perch and trout. South of Swallowfield a river beat on the Whitewater is also available the provides coarse and game fishing on a season ticket.

Just north of the village lies Decoy Pond which provides year round coarse angling on a season ticket for carp, pike, tench, bream, rudd, roach and crucians.

Angling clubs offering fishing in the Swallowfield area include:

Civil Service Angling Society
Farnham Angling Society
Swallowfield Fishing Club

There are no fishing tackle shops in Swallowfield. However, there are several tackle stores nearby.

There is one to the west at Tadley – Tadley Angling, Reading Road, Padworth Common, Tadley nr Reading, RG7 4QG. Due north in the suburbs of Reading there is Woodley Tackle Box, 181 Wokingham Road, RG6 1LT. Meanwhile to the east at Holme Grange Fishery there is an on-site tackle shop: Wokingham Without, Wokingham RG40 3BJ.

Swallowfield does not have any chain supermarkets. The nearest is Morrisons at Basingstoke Road, Reading RG2 0HB. There is a Londis just to the north west of the village on Eversley Road, Arborfield Cross, RG2 9PQ.

Information:

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