Fishing in Upper Town

22.5 miles from Upper Town

An upper-Severn estuary mark on the outside of a bend by the hamlet of Gatcombe (between Newnham and Lydney). You fish from the floodbank/stone revetment above extensive mudflats, with the main channel drawing close on spring tides. Strong tidal flow and heavy silt demand wired leads and short, well-timed sessions...

22.8 miles from Upper Town

Frampton-on-Severn offers access to the upper Severn estuary along the sea wall and saltmarsh. It’s a strongly tidal, very muddy mark with fast currents and a notable bore on big tides. Angling is chiefly from the firm bank/sea wall into gutters and channels across the mud. Best results are typically...

22.9 miles from Upper Town

Urban, tidal-river mark at the head of the tide on the River Avon. Netham Weir creates fast-flowing seams and slack eddies that draw mullet and occasional bass on the flood, with eels and flounder more active at dusk and into the night. Access is straightforward from paths by Netham Lock/Feeder...

23.1 miles from Upper Town

A powerful tidal rock and clay ledge on the Beachley peninsula of the Severn Estuary, locally known as The Noose, just upstream of the Severn Bridge on the Gloucestershire side. Fished mainly over the ebb and first push of the flood around low water, it has a deep, fast-running gutter...

23.2 miles from Upper Town

Saul Warth is a tidal Severn estuary saltmarsh and sea wall stretch near Frampton-on-Severn/Fretherne. It overlooks broad mudflats, gutters and creek mouths that flood and empty rapidly with the Severn’s huge tidal range. Anglers typically fish from firm ground along the sea wall or hard patches at the edge of...

23.4 miles from Upper Town

A small tidal pill opening onto the upper Severn Estuary just south of Sharpness. Expect fast currents, heavy silt and a huge tidal range; fishing is best around the last two hours of the flood and first of the ebb from firm ground near the pill walls/slipways. The water is...