Address: Melksham, Wiltshire
Telephone: 0117 960 3378
Details
This stretch has many weirs barbel, chub and roach predominate in the faster water with large bream shoals in the deeper runs. Individual records include a monster pike of over 33lb and the almost unbelievable tench of 12lb 7oz caught by Rick Seal from Cardiff in the river at Christian Malford in November 1998.
Directions:
Approximately 150m on the left hand bank upstream from the A350 Melksham By-pass bridge behind the electricity sub-station. The entrance is off the by-pass roundabout through the gate near the traffic island which has good hard standing for cars.