Pitsford water fishing lodge

Would give this place more stars except you are not allowed to take a look walk around the place with out a ticket that I would have thought you would buy if you are fishing but not to just have a look at the place I walked to the cafe looking place to gather information found a board with information and instructions took a few pics from this point and then got back in my car to look for other places that don't charge you just to take a look walk around shame seems like a nice place to spend a afternoon with your camera

2 hours or so walking with the dog around part of the lake - perfect! If you appreciate rural Northamptonshire and peaceful surroundings this is one of the places to come to although I'm not sure it would be so peaceful at holiday time.

Really beautiful place to walk around - it is over 7 miles, so not for the faint of heart. Ridiculously expensive parking - so i park close by and walk in.

Lovely level walk. About 8 miles if you go all the way ... I didn't. Popular for walkers and cyclists. Thriving fishing club. There is a separate, secluded, wildlife area where dogs are not allowed. Usual Anglia Water car park charges.

It's an Anglian water reservoir, that is also a trout fishery, you don't have to be able to flyfish as spinning is permitted for a few months each year check the details of this with the fishing lodge when booking, prior booking is required, two 8 trout tickets and a days boat hire came to just over £100, trout are catch and keep, pike and perch are catch and release regardless of if they are the target species or not, fly fishing and spinning/lure fishing specifically for pike and perch is also permitted during some months again check with the fishing lodge when booking, The lodge has a good tackle shop, lifejackets are mandatory and supplied with the boats, boats are equipped with drogues and landing nets as a bio security measure against invasive fresh water shrimp, use of your own is permitted but only if decontamination/disinfection measures are taken before and after use, again check with the lodge when booking.The reservoir itself is split by a road on a causeway and if you think that is the dam, looks rather small, however once you've passed under the causeway it takes ½-¾ of an hour to motor to the dam a point worth remembering as you need to be back at the dock approximately ½ an hour before sunset

We spent several hours walking around the nature reserve. A gorgeous venue with well maintained / clearly defined tracks. A wide variety of wildlife both on, and off, the water.Although members of BCN Wildlife Trust, a permit is still required to access the reserve. However, there were only fishing permits available in the self-service hut, no nature reserve permits...

Very good staff, I had the pleasure of dealing with the manager today. She was nice, polite, and very helpful, I'm extremely grateful for her help in resolving my issue. I shall be donating £10 to the RSPB as a thank you for her professionalism. Thank you assisting me!

Nice helpful man in there to explain about parking and permits for the nature reserve (£6). I parked at the causeway and walked to the lodge but it turns out you can park there.

Nice place for a day out with your family..Car park, cafè, kids area, and much more..Nice walks and time spent on site usually 2-4 hours unless you go for bbq or picnic.

Really nice place to visit, we walk our dog here. Decent cafe, good playground for kids. Car park can be expensive, we buy a yearly ticket which is much cheaper.