Common Mead Lane/Chantry

River Stour (Dorset)

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From

Watersmeet

Eccliffe Mill

Common Mead Lane/Chantry is a stretch of the Dorset Stour running from Watersmeet to Eccliffe Mill, controlled by Gillingham & District Angling Association. Day tickets are available, so you do not need to be a member to fish here. Species include chub, roach, bream, perch, dace, grayling, carp and trout. Night fishing is not permitted.

Permits

Season Ticket £

G&DAA annual membership: Senior (18–65) £75; Over 65 or disabled £65; Junior (14–17) £25; under 14 free (membership still required). River ONLY annual membership £40, covering the Upper Stour stretches. River season 16 June – 15 March. Memberships run 12 months from the date of payment.

Day Ticket £

River day ticket £6, open to any angler, for the G&DAA Upper Stour stretches, 16 June – 15 March. Book via the club's Clubmate site.

Night Fishing

Night fishing times are not published for this section.

Where To Buy

gillinghamanglingclub.co.uk (Clubmate)

Parking

Parking Information

Chantry: Gillingham Library Car Park (what3words: braced.gown.marketing). Common Mead Lane: nearest is next to Tinknell Fuels on Brickfields Industrial Estate (what3words: bleaching.shares.urging); the library car park also serves it but the club notes it is a LONG WALK. Access to Common Mead Lane is from the back of Brickfields Industrial Estate, off New Road, Gillingham.

Species

Chub

Roach

Bream

Perch

Dace

Grayling

Carp

Trout

At a Glance

Controller

Gillingham & District Angling Association

Bank

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Access

Day Ticket & Season

Night fishing

Pegs

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Postcode

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Last Verified - October 2026

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