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| Fishery Name: Shorne Country Park
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| Address: Brewers Road, Shorne, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 3HX
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Entrance Grid Ref.Q 68483 69912
Car Park Grid Ref: TR 00963 62360
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| Sat Nav: DA12 3HX
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Phone Numbers: 03000 414747
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| Email Address: [email protected]
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Description: Steps Lake is the first lake you see as you approach from the car park. This is approximately 61m long and 33m wide. (0.5 acres) There are 14 pegs with reeds either side. Pegs 10 and 11 have a large lily pad as a feature. There is a bed of reeds approximately 2m(6.5ft) wide running down the middle of the lake. These reeds hide a secret - a sunken conveyor belt, from when it was a working quarry. Steps Lake varies in depth from 1m to approximately 2.5m (8.5ft) in the middle with pegs 1 - 7 being slightly shallower than the opposite side. Peg 7 and 8 on the lake are designed for disabled anglers. All swims fish well (author�s opinion).
Long Lake is to the left of Steps Lake and has 17 Pegs. Long lake is approximately 130m long and 20m wide (0.65 acres) There is one smallish island to fish to, which can be reached comfortably from pegs 7 and 10. Long Lake contains many features such as lily pads and rushes. It also varies in depth from as little as 0.5m to over 3m in the middle. Careful plumbing is therefore necessary to find the shelves and undulations, if you are to maximise the potential of your swim. Don�t be put off by the floating weed as the carp like to hide underneath it. Peg 8 is designed for disabled anglers..
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Fish Species:
Bream
Common |
Bream
Silver |
Bullhead |
Carp
Common |
Carp
Crucian |
Carp
F1 Carp |
Carp
Ghost |
Carp
Grass |
Carp
Leather |
Carp
Koi |
Carp
Mirror |
Catfish
Wels |
Eel |
Goldfish |
Goldfish
Brown
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Orfe/Ide
Blue |
Orfe/Ide
Golden |
Orfe/Ide
Silver
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Ruffe |
Schelly |
Stickle
back |
Stone
Loach |
Sturgeon |
Tench |
Tench
Golden |
Walleye |
Zander |
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Rules:
Opening times
Open daily 9am 'til dusk, except Christmas day. The cafe is open from 10am to 5pm in the summer, and from 11am to 4pm in the winter.
General Information - Day Tickets
Adults (18+): 6.00 per day for up to two rods maximum.
Juniors (U18): 3.00 per day for one rod only.
Like any other fishery certain rules apply. These are posted on the notice boards at both lakes.
In the winter, the water goes very clear and the fishing becomes a lot harder, but you can still catch if you adjust your tackle accordingly.
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Facilities:
Shorne Country Park has two lakes, a modern Visitor Centre, where there are toilet facilities and a cafe for hot and cold food, and drinks, Exhibition and information Centre and Outdoor Play Area. Some tackle can be purchased at the visitor centre such as landing nets and un-hooking mats.
A number of facilities are available to less mobile visitors including an easy access trail featured in their Walks For All Pack, sensory gardens, electro-scooters, etc.
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