Macclesfield Canal
1 Congleton (Lamberts Lane)
The club controls between Bridges 72-77 of the Macclesfield Canal, in the Congleton area. There are no day tickets available on any of our canal fisheries.
2 Astbury (Dodds Lane)
The middle section of our fishing on the Macclesfield Canal, extends to 1.25 miles, and lies between Astbury and Moreton, just off the A34 Congleton road. This is a pleasant, peaceful rural location. The canal here features good habitat, with a variety of reeds, trees, moored boats, cattle drinks and sedges to fish to. There are also some decent stands of reeds on the towpath side, providing good cover and breeding / nursery habitat for fish.AccessThere are 5 roads that give access to this section of the canal. The best and easiest access and parking is at the North end of the stretch, at Dodds Lane (Bridge 80) where there is a lay-by adjacent to the canal with parking for up to 10 cars.There is limited access at all other bridges, with small laybys by each one with parking for 2-4 cars.FishingThe stretch offers decent canal fishing with a variety of features. General fishing for roach, perch and bream in autumn and spring when the boat traffic eases can be excellent. The stretch holds some quality roach, perch and a small head of ghost carp.
3 Scholar Green (Cinderhill Lane)
This short length of WAA-controlled canal offers decent mixed fishing. The canal is quite near the junction with the Trent & Mersey Canal, and hence pulls when the locks are opened. The result is a quite coloured canal that offers good fishing all year round.The canal is approx. 10-11m wide. The far shelf can be very shallow in places. Best fishing is down the track, although the far shelf can produce where there is are holding features (reeds, moored boat, etc). There are plenty of roach, bream, gudgeon, perch, ruffe and eels present. The area is also noted for a few carp into double figures, and tench are also caught regularly along this length.This length has recently been renovated, and thankfully, British Waterways have utilised coir rolls to reinforce the far bank, as opposed to the usual sheet piling. This has resulted in an improved habitat for fish, with marginal reeds and grasses offering cover. There are usually some boats moored up by the old bridge (88). The towpath is quite wide with a verge that allows plenty of room for the angler. Please be careful about shipping your pole back into people’s gardens.LocationThis is a short length (approx. 500m) of the Macclesfield Canal, at Scholar Green between Bridges 97 and 89. It is 2 miles south of Congleton, and 1.5 miles north of the junction with the Trent & Mersey Canal at Church Lawton / Kidsgrove.ParkingPark either in Cinderhill Lane (See the map) or at the Rising Sun pub next to bridge 87. Please park sensibly and do not block in residents in Cinderhill Lane.Overhead CablesPlease be aware that there are low-level power cables at some of the properties backing onto the canal.
