Charity Lakes Fishery

Welcome to our fishery, Lenwade Charity Lakes set in 32 Acres of the beautiful Wensum valley.
With three superb lakes & 0.5 mile of the river Wensum this lovely tree lined fishery offers our members some excellent fishing in peaceful, secure surroundings. The fishery has a fantastic pedigree and was once privileged to be the home of Norfolk's largest mirror carp (Baby Face) at 53.10 and still offers excellent quality carp fishing and some of the best tench fishing in the county, Whether you wish to fish for 'Large Norfolk Carp' or catch tench at dawn on the traditional float lift method Charity Lakes can offer you the fishing experience you're looking for.
 

ABOUT US
OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR FISHERY, THE ENVIRONMENT & LOCAL COMMUNITY

With a quality stocking program in place over several years the future of this superb fishery is looking fantastic. Now home to five forty pound carp our beautiful large common at 45lbs is well on track to hit '50lbs' in the next few of years again placing Charity Lakes at the top of Norfolks big fish venues.

Traditional mixed species fisheries are in danger of becoming a thing of the past in Norfolk, at Charity Lakes we have a passion to balance the traditional character of this well loved fishery with the opportunity to fish for some of the largest carp in Norfolk. Please take time to look through our website pages where you will find all the details needed to decide that Charity lakes is the place to fish this season.

 Whilst known for its stunning carp and tench not many of our members actually realise the important role this fishery also plays in the community of Lenwade and Gt Witchingham. The land popularly but incorrectly known as Great Witchingham Common includes some 25 acres, 3 roods and 11 perches of land belonging to the Great Witchingham Fuel Allotment Charity. The Great Witchingham fuel allotment was originally created in 1811 by the Enclosure Commissioners under the Great Witchingham Enclosure Act. At that time the purpose of the Great Witchingham Allotment was to be for the benefit of persons in the parish who occupied dwellings in the parish of less than £5 annual value who had no other common rights and who had not been allotted an award of land by the Enclosure Commissioners. 

MAIN LAKE

The largest of the three lakes at the fishery at 5.7 acres the 'Main Lake', also known as Church lake was at one time home to Norfolk's largest carp 'Baby Face' weighing a fantastic 53.10.

TENCH LAKE

The Tench Lake at around four acres attracts anglers looking for some excellent quality tench fishing, and they are not disappointed.

LONG LAKE

Long lake as its name suggests is a long narrow lake at around 2.5 acres, again tree lined and full of interesting bays with over hanging branches & reed lined margins, perfect for stalking a wary carp or margin fishing for catches of quality tench. The lake offers comfortable fishing with plenty of swims to choose from.

Membership

To apply to join Charity Lakes waiting list and register your details with us please do so via our online membership form.

Membership for Charity Lakes is offered with limited numbers available in several categories, from 15th April - 14th March & River 16th June - 14th March

Updates from the Fishery

New Website Launch

 If you have visited in the past you will see we have been busy over the winter creating a new look website. We hope you will find it useful and help you find all the information you need to decide Charity Lakes Fishery is the fishery for you. There are links to the various pages from the home page and importantly easy links to our online fishery application form. We hope you like the new style for 2026  

A few of our fish 

Here are a few of the superb fish our fishery has to offer. 

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Contact us

Telephone: 07403925825

E-Mail: information@charitylakes.co.uk

Address: Common Lane, Gt Witchingham (Lenwade) Norfolk NR9 5QH

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