8 of the best properties for sale with fishing rights
The best properties for sale with fishing rights – from a watermill on the River Banwy in Powys to a Victorian lodge in Sutherland with fishing rights on the River Shin and Loch Shin

Walton Park, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire.
A Category B-listed, Georgian house with a traditional courtyard and stable block on a residential estate with a walled garden and 445 metres of single-bank fishing on Urr Water. 6 bedrooms 3 receptions, 3-bedroom flat, 2 cottages, 16 acres of pasture, 28.02 acres.
Price: £1.5m+ Savills 01387-274394.

Walton Park, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire.
A Category B-listed, Georgian house with a traditional courtyard and stable block on a residential estate with a walled garden and 445 metres of single-bank fishing on Urr Water. 6 beds 3 receps, 3-bed flat, 2 cottages, 16 acres of pasture, 28.02 acres.
Price: £1.5m+ Savills 01387-274394.

Lairg Lodge and River Shin Fishing, Lairg, Sutherland.
A renovated Victorian fishing lodge with 3.5 miles of double-bank salmon-fishing rights on the River Shin and trout fishing on Loch Shin. It has ten bedrooms, an annexe, and comes with four cottages. 92 acres of woods, 70 of pasture, 184 acres in total.
Price: £2.4m+ Savills 0131-247 3720.

Lairg Lodge and River Shin Fishing, Lairg, Sutherland.
A renovated Victorian fishing lodge with 3.5 miles of double-bank salmon-fishing rights on the River Shin and trout fishing on Loch Shin. It has ten bedrooms, an annexe, and comes with four cottages. 92 acres of woods, 70 of pasture, 184 acres in total.
Price: £2.4m+ Savills 0131-247 3720.

Brimptsmead Estate, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
A renovated, Edwardian house in Dartmoor National Park, with fishing rights for two rods and direct access to the moors. It has a new clay-tile roof and 120 hand-crafted leaded-light mullioned windows. 6 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 3 receptions, breakfast kitchen, reception hall/library, study, gunroom, two 3-bedroom cottages, 2 garages, party barn, gardens, woodland, 9.22 acres.
Price: £4.5m Knight Frank 01392-848842.

Brimptsmead Estate, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
A renovated, Edwardian house in Dartmoor National Park, with fishing rights for two rods and direct access to the moors. It has a new clay-tile roof and 120 hand-crafted leaded-light mullioned windows. 6 beds, 7 baths, 3 receps, breakfast kitchen, recep hall/library, study, gunroom, two 3-bed cottages, 2 garages, party barn, gardens, woodland, 9.22 acres.
Price: £4.5m Knight Frank 01392-848842.

Styperson Pool Cottage, Styperson, Whiteley Green, Macclesfield.
A period stone cottage now in need of some updating in a scenic location, with fishing rights on the neighbouring 6.88-acre lake. The cottage could be extended, subject to planning permission. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 receptions, breakfast kitchen, boot room, gardens, 9.44 acres in total.
Price: £850,000+ Jackson-Stops 01625-540340.

Heniarth Mill, Llangyniew, Welshpool, Powys.
A Grade II-listed watermill situated beside the River Banwy with mature gardens and grounds that include 1.5 kilometres of pristine riverfrontage with exclusive angling rights. It has exposed wall and ceiling timbers, exposed stonework and open fireplaces with wood-burning stoves. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 receptions, breakfast kitchen, gallery, garden room, greenhouse, 4 acres.
Price: £650,000 Fine & Country 01938-531006.

Wardrew House, Gilsland, Brampton, Northumberland.
A renovated, 1750s house with 340 metres of fishing rights on the River Irthing. It has oak floors, open fireplaces and a breakfast kitchen with sliding doors leading onto a terrace. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 receptions, orangery, gardens, paddock, woodland, 5.4 acres.
Price: £1.2m Knight Frank 0131-222 9606.

Wardrew House, Gilsland, Brampton, Northumberland.
A renovated, 1750s house with 340 metres of fishing rights on the River Irthing. It has oak floors, open fireplaces and a breakfast kitchen with sliding doors leading onto a terrace. 4 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, orangery, gardens, paddock, woodland, 5.4 acres.
Price: £1.2m Knight Frank 0131-222 9606.

The Grange, Rhewl, Ruthin, Denbighshire.
A Grade II-listed, 17th-century house with a Victorian Gothic façade set in landscaped gardens leading down to the River Clywedog, on which it has fishing rights for two rods. It has wood panelling and retains its original fireplaces. 7 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 receptions, kitchen, breakfast room, billiard room, barn with garage, workshop, Edwardian greenhouse, orchard, 10.11 acres.
Price: £1.5m Fisher German 01244-617980.

Lancych Mansion, Boncath, Pembrokeshire.
A restored, Grade II-listed mansion in one of the prettiest river valleys in West Wales with formal gardens bordered by a river and water meadows. It retains its original fireplaces and stained-glass windows. 7 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, breakfast kitchen, dressing room, 3 receptions, library, office, 2-bedroom cottage, stone outbuildings, rotating summer house, island, fishing rights, 15 acres.
Price: £1.5m Country Living Group 01437-616101.
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