Fishing in St Mary Hill

5.8 miles from St Mary Hill

Dunraven Bay (Southerndown) is a broad, scenic bay of sand and rough ground backed by cliffs, with easy access from the car parks and a short walk onto the beach/rock ledges. Fishing is typical Bristol Channel mixed ground: clean sand patches for rays/flatfish and rougher kelpy/reef areas that hold wrasse,...

5.9 miles from St Mary Hill

Southerndown (Dunraven Bay) is a mixed shore mark of reefy rock ledges, kelp gullies and small sandy patches, with access via the beach and steps/paths from the car park. It generally fishes best around the flooding tide into dusk/night, with rough ground species close in and rays/dogs/flatfish from the sandier...

6.1 miles from St Mary Hill

Ogmore Estuary is the tidal mouth of the River Ogmore at Ogmore-by-Sea, with easy access from nearby parking and short walks onto sand/mud flats and the channel edges. Fishing is typical estuary work: best around moving water on the flood/ebb with baits fished on the deeper runnels and out toward...

6.4 miles from St Mary Hill

The Ogmore River Mouth mark is a mixed sand-and-shingle beach with an estuary channel that shifts after floods; anglers typically fish the surf line and the deeper run at the outflow, with best sport around the pushing tide and dusk. Access is on foot from nearby parking and paths, but...

6.4 miles from St Mary Hill

Cwm Nash is a small, steep-sided cove west of Llantwit Major with a shingle/sand beach backed by low cliffs and reefs. Access is on foot down the coastal path/valley track, with fishing either from the beach into the gully or from rough ground/rock edges at low water. It’s a classic...

6.4 miles from St Mary Hill

Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes fronts a long, open sandy shore at the mouth of the River Ogmore, with access on foot via dune paths from the car parks and a fair walk depending on tide height. Fishing is typical surf-beach work: long casts to clean sand for flatties and dogfish,...