River Coln
Coln at Fairford Park
Coln at Fairford Park is a fishing beat on the River Coln. Club members only. Membership is the main route on, but it is worth asking, as many clubs keep guest or taster days open.
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Coln at Fairford Park at a glance
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Coln at Fairford Park is the Cotswold Flyfishers’ stretch of the River Coln at Fairford Park, between Fairford and Quenington. The club’s map also shows a separate Leafield Meadow beat further upstream as part of this fishery. The club calls the Coln the best known of the Cotswold trout streams, and fishes seven stretches of it, several of which have to be booked. The water is usually clear enough to stalk individual fish, with early hatches of large dark olives and grannom, a good mayfly, and blue-winged olives and pale wateries in summer. Some of the club’s Coln fisheries are topped up with stocked trout, but all of them hold wild trout of a good size and some grayling.
Cotswold Flyfishers water is for members only. The club does not issue day tickets or temporary memberships, and full membership was £660 for the 2026 season plus a non-returnable £187 registration fee. All the club’s wild trout waters are fished catch and release with barbless hooks. If you are thinking of joining, the club’s endorsed guides run taster days on some of its waters.
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Where Coln at Fairford Park is
Exact location is hidden at the owner's request. This beat is on the River Coln.
Approximate locationThe river
River
The River Coln rises north of Brockhampton, east of Cheltenham, and runs south and south-east through the Cotswold Hills, past Andoversford, Withington, Fossebridge, Bibury, Coln St Aldwyns, Quenington and Fairford. Between Withington and Fossebridge it passes Chedworth Roman Villa, and below Fairford it feeds the…
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Coln at Fairford Park FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Coln at Fairford Park, from tickets to tactics.
