Page Last updated: 8/7/10
Please Note: Almost all parking in the City is Pay & Display or Multi-storey
Prebends & Cathedral:
Water Rules
1. Ground-baiting (by swimfeeder only) and loose feeding are only allowed between
16th June and the following 14th March.
Please read EA byelaws
2. Hooks larger than size 10 must be barbless or crushed barb.
3. The stretch upstream of Counts House to just below Kingsgate Bridge, and the other small section marked in RED on the above map is private fishing controlled by St Chad’s College. Members are not entitled to fish these.
D.C.A.C. control most of the fishing on both banks around the peninsula on which Durham Castle & Cathedral stand, one of the Worlds most spectacular skylines and a World Heritage site. These two sections of water always produce some excellent catches of dace, chub and roach in the winter months, ( the new national record dace, 1lb-05oz-02drms came from the County Hotel water directly upstream.) and Prebends is one of the few stretches of river in the whole North East of the country that can produce barbel in mid winter. Summer catches of double figure nets of small barbel are now being reported with news of some big catches of chub taken by carp anglers on boilie baits are now emerging. Sightings of big shoals of chub were reported being seen from the Framwellgate and Prebends bridges during the 2005 close season.
Parking:. As with most City Centres these days, parking can be difficult during the day time. Some members park in the multistory car parks at Milburngate, and the new Prince Bishops shopping centre, but please check the opening hours before as some are not 24 hour opening, whilst other’s make use of the park and ride scheme currently operating on Saturday departing form County Hall car park. Some parking, although ticket, is also available at Pimlico at the top of South Street, on the opposite bank to the Cathedral and close to Durham School just off the A177 Stockton road
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E.A. Byelaws apply at all times