Compare the beats

Use this page to compare the various beats by price, wading, dogs, distance from a train station, WC or whatever parameters are important to you.
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Beat	River	County	Min. no Rods	Max. no Rods	No. Beats	Species	Difficulty Rating	Tranquility Rating	Wading	Depth	Flow Rate	Length	% Wild	Bank terrain	Bank vegetation	Outfit	Take home catch limit	Dry Fly only?	Fishing Cabin	WC	Dogs	Price/Rod from	Station	Season Begins	Season Ends
Exton Manor Farm	River Meon	Hampshire	1	1	1	BT	4	2	Yes	1-2ft	Fast	555 yds	100	All wading	n/a	Light	0	& nymph	Yes	No	No	£ 75	Petersfield 12m	Apr 3	Sep 30
Coln St Aldwyns	River Coln	Gloucestershire	1	3	1	BT G	2	3	No	2-4ft	Standard	2.4 m	25	Moderate	Moderate	Light/Medium	2	All year	Yes	No	No	£ 125	Swindon 17m	Apr 1	Nov 30
Compton Chamberlayne	River Nadder	Wiltshire	1	6	7	BT RT	2	3	No	1-3ft	Standard	2.7 m	30	Easy	Moderate	Medium	2	until July	Yes	No	Yes	£ 153	Tisbury 7m	Apr 23	Oct 8
Dunbridge	River Dun	Hampshire	1	2	1	BT G	2	3	No	1-4ft	Standard	604 yds	30	Easy	Easy	Medium	1	& nymph	Yes	No	Yes	£ 195	Mottisfont & Dunbridge 0.30m	May 4	Sep 30
Kanara	River Itchen	Hampshire	1	2	1	BT G ST S	3	2	Yes	1-4ft	Fast	850 yds	50	All wading	n/a	Medium	2	& nymph	Yes	No	No	£ 153	Shawford 3m	Apr 16	Nov 30
Mottisfont Abbey	River Test & Dun	Hampshire	1	8	4	BT RT G	3	3	No	2-4ft	Fast	1.97 m	40	Easy	Moderate	Medium/Heavy	2	until 22 June	Yes	No	No	£ 226	Mottisfont & Dunbridge 1m	May 1	Oct 13
Abbots Worthy	River Itchen	Hampshire	2	3	1	BT G	3	1	Optional	2 - 4 ft	Standard	773 yds	100	Moderate with wading	Easy	Light	0	& nymph	Yes	No	No	£ 108	Winchester 2.50m	Apr 3	Nov 30
Middleton Estate	River Test	Hampshire	1	3	1	BT G	3	2	No	1-3ft	Standard	1.08 m	50	Moderate	Restrictive	Light/Medium	1	until 22 June	Yes	No	Yes	£ 204	Andover 3m	May 1	Sep 30
Holmewood	River Frome	Dorset	1	2	1	ST S	4	3	Optional	1-3 ft	Standard	1 m	100	Moderate	Restrictive	Heavy	0	& nymph	No	No	No	£ 100	Corfe Castle 6m	Mar 15	Oct 31
Cotton's Fishing Temple	River Dove	Derbyshire	1	3	1	BT G	3	3	Yes	1-3ft	Standard	1.55 m	100	Moderate	Moderate	Light	0	& nymph	Yes	No	No	£ 65	Buxton 12m	Apr 1	Feb 28
Breach Farm	River Itchen	Hampshire	2	3	1	BT G S ST	2	1	No	3-6ft	Standard	1450 yds	35	Moderate	Moderate	Medium	2	& nymph	Yes	No	No	£ 125	Eastleigh 2m	Apr 16	Dec 31
River Aire with Phillippa Hake	River Aire	Yorkshire	1	1	1	BT, G	4	3	Yes	3-6ft	standard	3 yds	100	All wading	n/a	Medium	0	& nymph	No	No	No	£ 200	Keighley 2.50m	Mar 25	Sep 30
Hill Deverill	River Wylyle	Wiltshire	1	2	1	BT G	4	3	Yes	1-3ft	standard	1300 yds	100	Moderate with wading	Moderate	Light	0	& nymph	No	No	No	£ 75	Warminster 4m	Apr 15	Jul 31
Timsbury 5	River Test	Hampshire	3	5	1	BT G ST S	2	2	No	3-6ft	Standard	950 yds	35	Easy	Easy	Medium/Heavy	2	& nymph	Yes	No	No	£ 225	Romsey 3m	May 1	Sep 30
Upper Clatford	River Anton	Hampshire	2	2	1	BT G	2	1	Optional	1-3ft	Fast	400 yds	50	Moderate	Moderate	Light	2	until August	Yes	No	No	£ 83	Andover 3m	May 1	Dec 31
River Calder with Phillippa Hake	River Calder	Yorkshire	1	2	1	BT G	3	2	Yes	3-6ft	Standard	2.27 m	100	All wading	n/a	Medium	0	& nymph	No	No	No	£ 200	Sowerby Bridge 2.50m	Mar 23	Feb 28
Wimborne St Giles	River Allen	Dorset	1	3	5	BT	4	3	Yes	1-2ft	Fast	1.65 m	75	Moderate	Restrictive	Light	0	& nymph	No	No	Yes	£ 85	Salisbury 12m	Apr 16	Sep 30
Wrackleford Estate	River Frome	Dorset	1	6	7	BT G	3	2	Optional	1-3ft	Standard	4.75 m	75	Moderate	Restrictive	Light	1	& nymph	Yes	No	No	£ 75	Dorchester South 3m	Apr 1	Jan 31
Shawford Park	River Itchen	Hampshire	1	4	1	BT G	3	2	Optional	1-3ft	Standard	1500 yds	35	Easy	Easy	Light	2	until mid June	Yes	Yes	No	£ 195	Shawford 0.25m	Apr 16	Oct 2
Qing Ya Xi	River Itchen	Hampshire	1	3	1	BT G S	2	2	No	1-3ft	Fast	900 yds	35	Easy	Easy	Light	2	until 5 June	Yes	Yes	Yes	£ 159	Eastleigh 3m	Apr 16	Dec 31
Ilsington	River Frome	Dorset	1	6	1	BT S ST G	4	3	Yes	1-4ft	Fast	6 m	100	Moderate	Restrictive	Medium	0	& nymph	Yes	Yes	Yes	£ 135	Dorchester South 3m	Apr 1	Feb 28
Mulberry Whin	Driffield Beck	Yorkshire	1	5	1	BT G	2	2	No	2-4ft	Standard	1555 yds	50	Moderate	Moderate	Light	2	& nymph	Yes	Yes	No	£ 85	Nafferton 3m	Mar 24	Feb 28
Deans Court	River Allen	Dorset	1	2	1	BT G	2	2	Yes	1-3ft	Fast	762 yds	85	Moderate with wading	Moderate	Light	0	& nymph	Yes	Yes	No	£ 55	Poole 7m	Apr 15	Dec 31
Upavon Farm	River Avon	Wiltshire	1	2	1	BT G	3	3	Yes	1-3ft	Standard	519 yds	100	All wading	n/a	Light/Medium	0	until 30 June	No	Yes	Yes	£ 55	Pewsey 4.60m	Apr 15	Dec 31
Avon Springs	River Avon & Lakes	Wiltshire	1	4	1	BT RT G	1	3	No	2-4ft	Standard	909 yds	25	Easy	Easy	Light/Medium	2	until 1 June	Yes	Yes	No	£ 73	Salisbury 9m	Apr 14	Feb 28
Barton Court	River Kennet	Berkshire	1	6	1	BT RT G	2	2	No	2-4ft	Standard	2.1 m	25	Standard	Easy	Medium	2	& nymph	Yes	Yes	Yes	£ 130	Kintbury 0.70m	Apr 15	Sep 30
Broadlands House	River Test	Hampshire	1	4	1	BT	3	2	Optional	3ft - 6ft	Fast	1155 yds	30	Easy	Moderate	Heavy	2	& nymph	Yes	Yes	No	£ 195	Romsey 1m	May 4	Jul 14
Donnington Grove	River Lambourn	Berkshire	1	2	1	BT G	3	1	Yes	1-3ft	Fast	1181 yds	75	All wading	n/a	Light	1	& nymph	Yes	Yes	Yes	£ 75	Newbury 4m	Apr 1	Feb 28
Bullington Manor	River Dever	Hampshire	1	6	4	BT G	3	2	No	1-3ft	Fast	2.1 m	75	Easy	Moderate	Light	2	& nymph	Yes	Yes	Yes	£ 175	Andover 5m	Apr 22	Jan 31
Fisherton de la Mere	River Wylye	Wiltshire	1	2	1	BT G	2	2	Optional	1-3ft	Standard	445 yds	50	Moderate	Moderate	Light	1	& nymph	Yes	Yes	Yes	£ 65	Warminster 9m	May 1	Sep 30
Wherwell Priory	River Test	Hampshire	1	8	2	BT G	2	3	Optional	1-4ft	Fast	1.4 m	25	Easy	Easy	Medium	2	until July	Yes	Yes	Yes	£ 247	Andover 4m	Apr 22	Oct 9
The Parsonage	River Test	Hampshire	1	6	1	BT G ST S	2	2	No	3-6ft	Standard	1.02 m	35	Easy	Easy	Medium/Heavy	2	& nymph	Yes	Yes	Yes	£ 175	Romsey 3m	May 1	Sep 30
Whitchurch Fulling Mill	River Test	Hampshire	1	2	1	BT G	3	1	Yes	1-3ft	Fast	998 yds	65	Easy	Easy	Light	2	until August	Yes	Yes	Yes	£ 195	Whitchurch 1m	May 1	Sep 30
School Farm	River Dun	Hampshire	1	3	1	BT RT	2	3	No	2-4ft	Standard	755 yds	30	Easy	Easy	Medium	1	& nymph	Yes	Yes	Yes	£ 175	Mottisfont & Dunbridge 1m	Apr 23	Oct 9
Benham Estate	River Kennet	Berkshire	1	3	1	BT RT G	3	2	No	2-4ft	Standard	3.5 m	25	Easy	Moderate	Medium	2	& nymph	Yes	Yes	No	£ 173	Kintbury 2m	May 1	Sep 30
Avington	River Itchen Carrier & Lakes	Hampshire	1	2	1	BT G	2	3	No	1-3ft	Standard	782 yds	50	Standard	Moderate	Light	0	& nymph	Yes	Yes	Yes	£ 55	Winchester 6m	Apr 3	Feb 28
West Wycombe Park	River Wye & Lakes	Buckinghamshire	1	6	1	BT RT	2	3	No	1-3ft	Slow	1200 yds	10	Easy	Easy	Medium	0	& nymph	Yes	Yes	Yes	£ 225	West Wycombe 2.50m	Apr 1	Sep 30


Difficulty rating is based on casting precision required,stealth, spookiness of fish and bank vegetation. 1=Easy 2=Moderate 3=Difficult 4=Expert Tranquillity rating 1 score for major road noise or footpaths. 2 indicates there is infrequent intrusion like a train line or shared bank. 3 is total bliss.	Species: Game fish present in the river but with no account taken of numbers or catchability. BT=Brown trout RT=Rainbow trout G=Grayling ST=Sea trout S=Salmon Wading: Yes: indicates wading required. Optional: wading not required but you may wade parts if you wish. No: wading not permitted	Depth is average depth excluding shallows and deep pools Flow compares chalkstreams only Length is the linear length of the fishery i.e from start to finish along one bank. No account is taken of single/double bank rights or fishing capability Percent Wild: Estimate based on personal observation and stocking history	Bank terrain: Based on 75% of beat length Bank vegetation: Based on 75% of beat length Outfit: Light #2-3 outfit Medium #4-5 outfit Heavy #6-7 outfit Fishing Cabin: The facilities vary widely. Check the star rating.