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Do you practice catch and release?No catch a fish and keep it. Each fish caught takes one Fish Token.
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What time do the lakes openAll lakes open at 08:30.
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How do Fish Tokens work?Each token purchased represents a fish caught. For each fish caught a token is placed in the return box at each lake.
A token is valid for the fishing season (April 1st – March 31st)
If you don’t use all your fish tokens on your visit unused tokens are carried over to your next visit.
You can exchange unused fish the token at Kingfisher farm shop for a frozen trout during the last few days of the season.
Or between the 28th and 31st March, the tokens can be exchanged for fresh fish at the trout farm by appointment.
A token is valid for the fishing season (April 1st – March 31st)
If you don’t use all your fish tokens on your visit unused tokens are carried over to your next visit.
You can exchange unused fish the token at Kingfisher farm shop for a frozen trout during the last few days of the season.
Or between the 28th and 31st March, the tokens can be exchanged for fresh fish at the trout farm by appointment.
Day Members may purchase 2,3 or 4 Tokens at a time.
Season Members may purchase Tokens in 10s.
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What membership do you offer?The Albury Estate Fisheries is a membership only fishing club. You can join as a day member and pay to go fishing by the day or you can become a season member and benefit from unlimited fishing with no daily charge. We also offer a Syndicate membership at the Park Fisheries.
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Where are your lakes?We operate 5 lakes: Syon Park close to the river Thames in the grounds of Syon House and 4 lakes in Albury, close to Guildford in Surrey.
See Syon Park Location
See Albury Locations
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I have never Fly Fished before can you help me?We operate a tutorial programme for new anglers where we can help you with the basics and loan you with equipment for your first day. See Learn to Fly Fish page.
We also run TeachIn Days. These are group lessons / sessions for any member. These are help on a regular basis and accomodate 6 people per class. See TeachIn Page for more detailed information.
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Is there a fishing supply store near Albury?Sadly we no longer share Albury with Peter Cockwill who is a recognised authority on all aspects of Fly Fishing. His shop was in Albury next to the Drumond Pub and closed in early 2018.
Flys are available to purchase on the bank at Syon and at Albury.
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Section - What can we do nearby to Albury?Albury lies in the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There are lots of activities to enjoy and places to visit, have a look here for some of the best: surreyhills.org
Very close to the Albury fisheries are: The Drummondarms.co.uk which is a traditional pub who can even cook your catch.
Newlands-corner Offers walking and mountain biking on the North Downs Way, with spectacular views and cafes.
If you like Gin you must check out silentpooldistillers.com Award winning distillers.
And for wine lovers take a visit to alburyvineyard An organic vineyard producing wine served on the Royal Barge to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012.
And for geneal outdoor activities see hatchlands-park 400 acres of dog friendly parkland with activities for all age groups, all year round.
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Can you suggest a place to stay near Albury?There are a number of pubs that offer accommodation in and around Albury.
The closest to the Lakes is the Drummond At Albury who offer 9 rooms. The also cook a mean Trout.
A little further away in Peaslake is the Garden Room B&B run by Brian and Marilyn Simmons. It is a detached self-contained annexe where guests are able to have a key and come and go as they please which might be an attraction to people who may want to be in and out at odd hours. Learn more at www.gardenroom.org.uk
In Ripley we have the first class Broadway Barn Properties – Broadway Barn, High St, Ripley, Woking GU23 6AQ01483 223200 or see the website.