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Set back from the main drive, this three-quarter acre water offers a total of 18 well-spaced pegs and is often referred to as the Crucian Pool because it holds a good head of pure crucian carp as well as quality roach, plenty of rudd and a good number of tench to 3lbs.

A narrow shelf about three feet wide and three feet wide deep runs around the fringes of the pool before the depth drops to about 6ft. This shelf is always worth a try, particularly in summer.

Priory is generally is best fished on very light tackle with caster, maggot, pellet or sweetcorn on the waggler or pole - although some anglers still prefer to fish the swimfeeder. The water hits its peak mid-Summer when bags of over 50lb a day are often taken, although sport is generally good because it is a fairly easy water to fish.

At the same time, all the fishing platforms have been improved and made suitable for disabled anglers in liaison with the British Disabled Anglers' Association.

Another improvement has been a reduction in the number of pegs. At one time as high as 50, these have now been reduced to just 30 to allow increased room between anglers.

Once known as 'Five Acre Lake' - despite the fact it is only four-and-a-half acres in size - Westminster is the largest of the five Lemington waters and holds 200 common, mirror and ghost carp which weigh between 8lbs and 25lbs.

There is also a good mix of silver fish including bream which average about 3lbs and roach, rudd and perch averaging 1lbs but running to 3lbs.

A good all-round water, Westminster is a popular venue for pole, waggler and ledger anglers and offers superb margin fishing following the addition of new trees and larger swims. Corn and hemp work as well as anything anywhere around the lake whilst fish can be attracted into your swim and held there with good quantities of free offerings.

For those after the carp, boilies generally catch plenty of fish, as does pepperami and old facourites including luncheon meat and bread.

All round the water fishes well so, unless you have a personally preferred spot, picking any of the pegs should provide results. Surface fishing is also good anywhere around the lake. When doing this, anglers are recommended to 5lb to 8lb line and Size 10 to 14 hooks with bread or mixers.

Although Westminster is not aimed at the 'bivvie brigade' it is aimed at those anglers who want to catch bigger fish and are prepared to wait inbetween bites. As with Sunset Lake (see below) anglers are required to have a suitable padded unhooking mat when fishing this water.

Night fishing is allowed on this lake but it is limited to 10 anglers per night and must be booked in advance.

It also pays to have a word with Debbie when you buy your ticket to see if any particular swims, baits or techniques are proving particularly successful. A few words of advice from those who know how the water is fishing could save time and trouble once you have tackled up.

To make it ideally suited to its new role as a tench lake the water was drained and the contours reshaped to provide a shallower lake running between five and six feet deep with a uniform bottom and four central islands which have been planted with lilies.

Stocked with nothing but tench which run between eight inches to 8lbs, the water is a great pole or waggler venue with worm or corn fished in the margins regularly providing weights of over 100lbs in a sitting.

Great fun can be had fishing light and baiting little and often once the fish are in your swim. but anglers should note that they are required to have a suitably padded unhooking mat when fishing this lake and that they should only use one rod.

It has a depth of between four and five feet and a narrow planting shelf about a foot wide and one foot deep which runs all the way round the lake before gradually sloping down to the maximum depth. The water has an uniform bottom.

Stocked with plenty of home-grown carp to about 5lbs as well as pure crucians, rudd, roach, bream, tench, perch and gudgeon, Abbey is the only Lemington water where anglers can use a keepnet, although they should use one net for carp and a separate net for the silver fish. Keepnets should also not be used between 1.00pm and 3.00pm - the hottest part of the day.

Once again Abbey is ideal for both pole and waggler anglers whilst the stocking ratios mean this lake will be a good year-round water.

Accurate baiting and casting on light tackle mean that anglers are catching a lot of fish whilst all baits work equally well.

With spacious wood-chip pegs, plenty of bankside trees, shrubs and marginal plants and islands in the lake there are plenty of features to fish to whilst the lake's setting away from the other Leamington waters make it a delightful haven for serious carp anglers.

Once of the nice features of the water is that all the fish look different and whilst the lake record currently stands at 33lbs the rate at which the fish are growing means that this is unlikely to stand for long.

The depth varies from 3ft 6ins to 12ft in the deepest points, although much of the lake averages 7ft. At the far end by the reeds and lilies the average depth is 10ft.

To reflect the nature of Bishops, the number of pegs have been reduced and new double-width pegs built around the lake to cater for anglers who want to fish overnight.

As one might expect with an established water, both modern and traditional carp fishing techniques work well with those not using boilies going for peperami, tiger nuts, maize, flavoured sweetcorn, pellets or luncheon meat as the preferred baits.

Unusually, those who use boilies find that the fish-based flavours such as halibut work best in summer with the fruit flavours coming into their own in the winter.

In summer, fishing floating crust, dog biscuits or flavoured floating pellets all work well, although for some reason more fish tend to fall to a bait fished in open water than one close in to the margins. Fishing the method feeder is also a favoured technique all year round.

Lemington Lakes is one-and-three-quarter miles on the left. From the south, drive through Moreton towards Stratford and just after you leave the village and go over the railway bridge Lemington Lakes is signposted to the right.

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