Monk Lakes
Website
Address: Monk Lakes, Staplehurst Road, Marden, Kent, TN12 9BS
Tel: 01622 833 332
Email: info@monklakes.co.uk
3 main lakes (1 specimen and 2 pleasure), 4 match lakes and a stretch of the River Beult
Facilities: 4/5
Catering Facilities: The NEW food bar is now open and serves a variety of hot & cold food including filled baguettes & sandwiches, full English breakfasts, burgers and chips.
Toilet Facilities: We have Male & Female toilets on site as well as a portable Disabled toilet block located in the car park.
Bait and Tackle: Small shop where you will find a full selection of bait and tackle which includes three different sorts of maggots, many sizes of boilies, pellet ground bait and flavoured particle ground bait
Quality of fishing: 3/5
This used to be a half decent fishery, but the last time a group of us went there was no structure at all. On Bridges Lake there was far to many swims, people were casting over each other because of this.
Disabled Facilities 4/5
Have installed 80 new swims with the help of Paddy Timms from PADS ARMY Disabled Platforms. He secured some Lottery Funding to put towards the project and they can be used by all able-bodied and disabled anglers.
Fish Stocks: 3/5
There are decent fish in this fishery but they are few and far between. The bigger fish are in the speci lakes but again few and far between. The Puma Lake used to be a very good lake but again its gone right down hill.
Pricing: 2/5
For me expensive, considering the lakes that are within a 10 mile radius of this lake I'd rather go to Greenacres, Elphicks, Tanyards or even Beaver Farm.
Adult Day Ticket £10.00 for 1 rod
Adult Day Ticket £14.50 for 2 rods
Adult Day Ticket £18.50 for 3 rods
Adult 24hrs £25.00 for 2 rods
Adult 24hrs £27.50 for 3 rods
Juniors, Disabled & OAPs Day Ticket £7.00 for 1 rod (Pleasure & Match Lakes only)
Juniors, Disabled & OAPs Day Ticket £8.00 for 2 rods (as above)
Juniors, Disabled & OAPs 24hrs £20.00 for 2 rods (as above)
Specimen Lake Adult Day Ticket £25.00 for 2 rods
Specimen Lake Adult Day Ticket £27.50 for 3 rods
Specimen Lake Adult 24hrs £35.00 for 2 rods
Specimen Lake Adult 24hrs £37.50 for 3 rods
Matches & Specimen Lake by Appointment, Please call the shop on 01622 833332
Staff: 3/5
They will talk to you in the shop and give you a little hint or two but don’t expect them to go out of their way for you.
Security 4/5
The gates do get locked at given times
Overall: 3/5
Rated the 4th best fishery in Britain it advertises on its website...WHEN?!? Certainly not within the last 5 years that's for sure. I'd be very interested to find that out as well. This has done some improving with the disabled swims but to be fair that was down to someone else and lottery funding not the lake itself. The fishing isn’t the best, the swims need sorting out, Puma gets very boggy and Bridges need to lose swims.
The website is shocking it's all over the shop and there hasn’t been a catch report from them since May this year. I have contacted them for a catch report but I'm yet to receive anything back.
Website
Address: Monk Lakes, Staplehurst Road, Marden, Kent, TN12 9BS
Tel: 01622 833 332
Email: info@monklakes.co.uk
3 main lakes (1 specimen and 2 pleasure), 4 match lakes and a stretch of the River Beult
Facilities: 4/5
Catering Facilities: The NEW food bar is now open and serves a variety of hot & cold food including filled baguettes & sandwiches, full English breakfasts, burgers and chips.
Toilet Facilities: We have Male & Female toilets on site as well as a portable Disabled toilet block located in the car park.
Bait and Tackle: Small shop where you will find a full selection of bait and tackle which includes three different sorts of maggots, many sizes of boilies, pellet ground bait and flavoured particle ground bait
Quality of fishing: 3/5
This used to be a half decent fishery, but the last time a group of us went there was no structure at all. On Bridges Lake there was far to many swims, people were casting over each other because of this.
Disabled Facilities 4/5
Have installed 80 new swims with the help of Paddy Timms from PADS ARMY Disabled Platforms. He secured some Lottery Funding to put towards the project and they can be used by all able-bodied and disabled anglers.
Fish Stocks: 3/5
There are decent fish in this fishery but they are few and far between. The bigger fish are in the speci lakes but again few and far between. The Puma Lake used to be a very good lake but again its gone right down hill.
Pricing: 2/5
For me expensive, considering the lakes that are within a 10 mile radius of this lake I'd rather go to Greenacres, Elphicks, Tanyards or even Beaver Farm.
Adult Day Ticket £10.00 for 1 rod
Adult Day Ticket £14.50 for 2 rods
Adult Day Ticket £18.50 for 3 rods
Adult 24hrs £25.00 for 2 rods
Adult 24hrs £27.50 for 3 rods
Juniors, Disabled & OAPs Day Ticket £7.00 for 1 rod (Pleasure & Match Lakes only)
Juniors, Disabled & OAPs Day Ticket £8.00 for 2 rods (as above)
Juniors, Disabled & OAPs 24hrs £20.00 for 2 rods (as above)
Specimen Lake Adult Day Ticket £25.00 for 2 rods
Specimen Lake Adult Day Ticket £27.50 for 3 rods
Specimen Lake Adult 24hrs £35.00 for 2 rods
Specimen Lake Adult 24hrs £37.50 for 3 rods
Matches & Specimen Lake by Appointment, Please call the shop on 01622 833332
Staff: 3/5
They will talk to you in the shop and give you a little hint or two but don’t expect them to go out of their way for you.
Security 4/5
The gates do get locked at given times
Overall: 3/5
Rated the 4th best fishery in Britain it advertises on its website...WHEN?!? Certainly not within the last 5 years that's for sure. I'd be very interested to find that out as well. This has done some improving with the disabled swims but to be fair that was down to someone else and lottery funding not the lake itself. The fishing isn’t the best, the swims need sorting out, Puma gets very boggy and Bridges need to lose swims.
The website is shocking it's all over the shop and there hasn’t been a catch report from them since May this year. I have contacted them for a catch report but I'm yet to receive anything back.
