Colne Water
- EA ecology area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- Waterbody IDs
- GB112071065150 · GB112071065190 · GB112071065200 · GB112071065210
- Catchments
- River Ribble
Colne Water fishing evidence · Cumbria and Lancashire
What fish are in the Colne Water?
Monitoring has recorded 11 species across 8 surveyed sites on this water, between 1993 and 2023. These are survey records with dates. They do not establish what is present today, that the water is fishable, or that you have permission to fish it.
River evidence passport
Four signals, kept deliberately separate.
The passport shows identity, survey breadth, evidence freshness and trip constraints without turning unlike facts into an opaque “best river” score.
8 sites · 26 events
11 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 3 Jul 2023
- Within 2 years
- 0 sites
- 3–5 years
- 1 sites
- 6–10 years
- 1 sites
- Older
- 6 sites
Permission is not established
Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
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What monitoring has found here
Ordered by how many sites on this water recorded the species. A species not listed has not been recorded by these surveys — which is not the same as being absent.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta8 siteslatest 3 Jul 2023
- European eelAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 3 Jul 2023
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae2 siteslatest 7 Jul 1993
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar1 sitelatest 29 Sept 1998
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 24 Jun 2013
- BullheadCottus gobio1 sitelatest 10 Sept 2012
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 15 Oct 2007
- GraylingThymallus thymallus1 sitelatest 16 Aug 2017
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 10 Sept 2012
- River lampreyLampetra fluviatilis1 sitelatest 10 Sept 2012
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 10 Sept 2012
Surveyed sites on this water
8 shown, newest survey first
Greenfield Road
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 3 Jul 2023
D/S M65 ptc Pendle Water
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 16 Aug 2017
PTC Trawden Brook
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 27 Sept 2016
Cotton Tree Lane
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 22 Sept 2015
Laneshaw bridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 24 Jun 2013
Laneshaw Reservoir
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 5 Jun 2013
D/S North Valley Road Brook
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 10 Sept 2012
Confluence Church Clough Brook
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 10 Aug 1999
Provenance
Source and licence
- SourceEnvironment Agency Ecology & Fish Data
- LicenceOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Source copy retrieved23 Jul 2026
- Waterbody nameAs published by the Environment Agency
- Not assertedCurrent presence, access, permission, fishing quality or safety