Cumbria and Lancashire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Darwen?
Monitoring has recorded 9 species across 14 surveyed sites on this water, between 1996 and 2018. 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.
Recorded species
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 trutta13 siteslatest 22 Aug 2018
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus4 siteslatest 28 Aug 2014
- European eelAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 22 Aug 2018
- GudgeonGobio gobio3 siteslatest 28 Aug 2014
- PerchPerca fluviatilis3 siteslatest 14 Feb 2015
- RoachRutilus rutilus2 siteslatest 27 Aug 2014
- Common breamAbramis brama1 sitelatest 14 Feb 2015
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 14 Feb 2015
- PikeEsox lucius1 sitelatest 28 Aug 2014
Surveyed sites on this water
14 shown, newest survey first
Houghton Bottoms
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 22 Aug 2018
Stanworth Pond
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 14 Feb 2015
U/S Ewood Park
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 28 Aug 2014
U/S River Blakewater near Witton
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 28 Aug 2014
Pleasington Fields
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 27 Aug 2014
Pleasington Fields 2
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 27 Aug 2014
Above Davyfield Brook conf
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 18 Aug 2014
Peabody Street
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 18 Aug 2014
Cross Street
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 12 Aug 2014
Crown Public House
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 12 Aug 2014
Watery Lane
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 12 Aug 2014
Ashton Park, Darwen
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 8 Nov 2008
Feniscowles Roadside
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 10 Jul 2001
Lower Darwen
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 18 Jun 1996
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