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Planning a session in Thornbury, Gloucestershire? Start with Oldbury-on-Severn, Oldbury Naite and Oldbury Pill. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
7.8 miles from Thornbury
A productive Severn Estuary mark along the sea wall by Sharpness Docks/Marina. Expect a huge tidal range and powerful currents; most fishing is done around the last of the flood and first of the ebb or on neap tides. The bottom is predominantly soft mud with the main channel close...
8.9 miles from Thornbury
Historic ships’ graveyard on the Severn estuary bank, opposite Sharpness. You fish from the sea wall/embankment above soft mud and the beached hulks. The Severn’s huge tidal range creates fierce currents with deep scours tight to the wall at high water; at low water it’s vast mudflats. Best fished 2–3...
9.3 miles from Thornbury
A tidal Severn estuary bank by the Purton ship graveyard (Purton Hulks). Stone revetments front deep, fast water on springs with extensive mudflats at low tide. Best known for flounder and thin‑lipped mullet, with silver eels and school bass also taken; dab and the odd sole show in settled conditions....
