On-site facilities include car parking and a snack-bar which serves hot and cold drinks and snacks. There is also an on-site ladies and gents toilet.

Up to 12ft deep along the Keller Bank which runs below the entrance road, Lambsdown shallows to between three and four feet at the narrow end near the entrance and up to seven feet along the dam wall. Depths are generally between seven and nine feet in the centre.

The water is believed to hold one of the largest stocking ratios of fish in the country with summer anglers reporting catches of up to 300 fish at one sitting. It is also home to some large tench, the biggest taken to date being 9lb 2oz, and a stock of stillwater barbel running to just over 10lbs. There is also a massive head of bream to 7lbs and roach which have been witnessed to 3lbs 3oz.

Whilst not regarded primarily as a carp water, Lambsdown holds some good sized fish. The largest recorded Mirror stands at 32lbs 2oz, the largest Wild Carp at 23lbs 4oz and the largest Ghost Carp at 23lbs. In addition, the water has a good head of Crucians, nearly all of which are over 1lbs with the biggest to date being 3lbs 8oz.

Because of its size, roach, rudd and bream also abound and the fishery record for both roach and rudd currently stands at 3lbs 3oz whilst bream to 7lbs and perch to 4lbs have also been taken. In addition there are roach/bream/rudd hybrids.

When it comes to fishing Lambsdown, the most popular method is with the pole, although both waggler and legering work well on the rod. The Method Feeder also accounts for large bags of carp.

In summer, carp pellets, paste, luncheon meat and bread on the top all work well, but with such high fish stocks Lambsdown is a very hungry lake and all baits work well.

The hot weather of summer 2006 brought one of the fishery's best seasons ever for floating baits with bread and Meadowlands own flavoured biscuits working particularly well for carp off the car park bank on warm evenings.

Although there are no particular hot spots, winter fishing is always best in the deeper water whilst on the right days in summer the shallower water produces good catches. Pegs 4 to 14 are the deepest to around 12 feet.

When fishing Lambsdown the secret is to build up a tight swim and cast accurately into it, clipping off the line to ensure consistent distance every time. Use groundbait or pellets around an in-line Method Feeder - elasticated feeders are not allowed - and bury your bait for best results.

Although it is a fairly large water, fishing the pole is popular and many successful anglers do away with the float and sink the pole tip about three inches under the surface fishing a floating pole. This technique normally leads the fish to hook themselves and can prove a great way of fishing.

Another secret is to feed about a dozen pellets or hook samples regularly with meat, maggots, casters and pellets all good baits. Start at 11 metres out until the fish move closer when they can be caught at about three metres.

In addition, Warren Pool also contains a good head of carp between 1lb and 15lbs which were supplemented with 3,000 fish four years ago. These have now grown on nicely to provide some excellent sport. In addition, there are plenty of roach and skimmers and some quality bream to 7lbs, although the majority are in the 3-4lbs range.

A further 2,000 stock carp to 2lbs were introduced in January 2007.

However, it is as a crucian carp lake that Warren Pool is starting to excel. Indeed, crucian carp made up a large number of fish in the Pool Match Record catch of 197lbs 6oz which was taken from Peg 27 in August 2006. The bulk of the bag, which also included some commons and mirror carp, was taken on in-line Method Feeder with dead red maggots as hookbait.

Because Warren Pool does not go as deep into the water table as its neighbour Lambsdown, it tends to be shallower with an average depth of four feet. The swims off the bank nearest Lambsdown are where the most depth can be found and are a favourite haunt for carp anglers, whilst walking round the pool to the right leads to Peg 19 near the trees. Again this is about four feet deep making it ideal for pole and waggler - but hold on tight as this is where some of the big boys live!

Further round towards where the pool runs into a narrow gully is a favourite spot for crucian carp and bigger ghosties to 20lbs. Here the water is slightly deeper at just over five feet. The landing stages down the left hand bank of the pool overlook swims about five feet deep, and again these are favoured pegs for the carp.

When it comes to techniques, most anglers fish the pole with maggot, caster or meat baits on the bottom over a bed of hemp. As with Lambsdown, regular loose-feeding with free offerings of hook bait is essential to keep the fish in the swim. For the carp, floating baits are currently the most popular technique with crust or biscuit fished in near the bank usually productive.

Although the pool is shallow, another very popular technique for both pleasure and match anglers is to fish an in-line running Method feeder with 8lb main line and 6lb hook length to a size 16 or 18 hook. Summer anglers using the pole are recommended to use a 10,12 or 14 elastic with 3lb or 4lb hook line, again to 16 or 18 hook.

Meadowlands' has its own website where news of the latest match results and catches can be seen. Click on the logo to see what they have been up to.

Fishing Meadowlands - why not stay at Home Farm? Anglers travelling any distance to Meadowlands can stay just across the road from the fishery at Home Farm Bed and Breakfast. Run by lifelong angler Danny James and his wife Jane, Home Farm offers special angling break packages and modern, clean and comfortable accommodation with a licensed bar downstairs and rooms with en-suite bathrooms, tea and coffee making facilities and TVs with DVD player. There's even Internet connection for those who want it!Click here to go to their pages.

Travelling north or south on the M6, leave the motorway at Junction 2 and follow the A46 signed Warwick until you reach the A45 at the Toll Bar End roundabout. Take the left turn onto the A45 and about half a mile the slip road to the left which leads to the former Peugeot factory and the A423. Follow the road round by the Peugeot factory and go straight over the next roundabout. The entrance to Meadowlands Fishery is clearly signed on the left immediately after the Keller factory.

From Leamington and Warwick, take the A445 to Ryton on Dunsmore and at the Sky Blue Connection roundabout turn right down the A423 and follow the directions above.

If travelling from the south on the M1, at Junction 17 take the M45 towards Coventry and then the A45. Turn left at the second large roundabout onto the A445 towards Bubbenhall and Leamington and at the next roundabout turn left again onto the A423. The entrance to Meadowlands Fishery is clearly signed on the left immediately after the Keller factory.

Go back to Fisheries homepage