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Cyprinus carpio · England

Where koi carp has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded koi carp at 26 sites across 23 waters, between 1986 and 2026. These are monitoring records with dates. They do not establish what is present today, nor that you may fish for it.

Waters

Rivers with the most records

Ordered by how many surveyed sites on each water recorded it. Waters with their own page are linked.

  1. Lincolnshire Lakes2 siteslatest 14 Jan 2003
  2. River Anker2 siteslatest 16 Mar 2004
  3. River Wear (North East)2 siteslatest 8 Jun 2005
  4. Bell - Penton Hook1 sitelatest 10 Sept 2004
  5. Bow Lake1 sitelatest 26 Oct 2009
  6. Chess1 sitelatest 14 Jul 2004
  7. Cowfold Stream1 sitelatest 7 May 2026
  8. Glaven (East Anglia)1 sitelatest 20 May 2008
  9. Lee (Hertfordshire and North London)1 sitelatest 7 Jul 2016
  10. Main river sites1 sitelatest 8 Jun 2023
  11. Merseyside1 sitelatest 26 Jan 2009
  12. Nar1 sitelatest 9 Apr 2019
  13. Prittle Brook1 sitelatest 25 Feb 2013
  14. River Colne Lower (East Anglia)1 sitelatest 29 Apr 2005
  15. River Dearne1 sitelatest 26 Jul 2012
  16. River Ouse (Yorkshire)1 sitelatest 25 Jun 2010
  17. River Stour Middle (East Anglia)1 sitelatest 27 Aug 2002
  18. River Uck1 sitelatest 14 Jul 2023
  19. River Windrush1 sitelatest 1 Apr 2003
  20. Severn - Bewdley to confl Avon (main river)1 sitelatest 8 May 2018
  21. Stillwater Management1 sitelatest 8 Oct 2010
  22. Tetford Country Cottages1 sitelatest 10 Nov 2004
  23. Wandle1 sitelatest 26 Jun 2019

Distribution

By ecology region

  • East Anglia5 sites
  • West Midlands3 sites
  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire3 sites
  • Kent, South London and East Sussex3 sites
  • Yorkshire2 sites
  • Thames2 sites
  • Solent and South Downs2 sites
  • North East2 sites
  • Hertfordshire and North London2 sites
  • Wessex1 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire1 sites

Regions are the Environment Agency’s own ecology areas. Survey effort is not even across them, so a higher count can reflect more monitoring rather than more fish.

Provenance

Source and licence

  • SourceEnvironment Agency Ecology & Fish Data
  • LicenceOpen Government Licence v3.0
  • Source copy retrieved23 Jul 2026
  • Not assertedCurrent presence, abundance, access, permission or fishing quality