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Esox lucius · England

Where pike has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded pike at 4,153 sites across 885 waters, between 1976 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. Warwickshire Avon87 siteslatest 11 Apr 2023
  2. Lincolnshire Lakes53 siteslatest 6 Dec 2011
  3. River Kennet47 siteslatest 9 Oct 2025
  4. Main river sites41 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  5. River Cherwell38 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
  6. Wensum (central)36 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
  7. Above Wansford31 siteslatest 17 Sept 2018
  8. Upper Thames (Thames)31 siteslatest 16 Oct 2025
  9. R.Ancholme Subcatchments28 siteslatest 25 Apr 2018
  10. Main Avon Sites (Wessex)27 siteslatest 14 Oct 2025
  11. Blackwater (Solent and South Downs)26 siteslatest 6 May 2026
  12. Middle Thames (Thames)26 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  13. River Leam25 siteslatest 14 May 2019
  14. Great Ouse (Newport Pagnell to Bedford)24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  15. River Stour Middle (East Anglia)24 siteslatest 11 Aug 2025
  16. Itchen (Solent and South Downs)23 siteslatest 29 Aug 2025
  17. River Churnet23 siteslatest 20 Sept 2024
  18. River Blackwater (East Anglia)23 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  19. River Chelmer Lower (C&B Navigation)23 siteslatest 9 Jul 2025
  20. Test23 siteslatest 20 Sept 2024
  21. Great Ouse (Brackley to Newport Pagnell)22 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  22. River Trent (West Midlands)22 siteslatest 5 Dec 2017
  23. River Deben (Main Reaches)22 siteslatest 14 Apr 2026
  24. Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)21 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  25. River Evenlode21 siteslatest 29 Aug 2024
  26. Great Ouse (Bedford to Brampton)20 siteslatest 5 Oct 2018
  27. Mole - main river (Kent, South London and East Sussex)20 siteslatest 29 Jul 2025
  28. TWARP reaches of the Thames20 siteslatest 20 Jul 2025
  29. Waveney (central)20 siteslatest 25 Sept 2023
  30. Above Wellingborough19 siteslatest 16 Nov 2018
  31. Bow Brook19 siteslatest 13 Apr 2010
  32. Counter Drain19 siteslatest 10 Jun 2026
  33. River Ouse (Yorkshire)19 siteslatest 22 Jun 2026
  34. River Ure (Yorkshire)19 siteslatest 16 Jul 2025
  35. Roding19 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
  36. Colne (Hertfordshire and North London)18 siteslatest 14 May 2026
  37. Main River Yeo (Wessex)18 siteslatest 8 Jul 2010
  38. River Colne Lower (East Anglia)18 siteslatest 14 May 2026
  39. River Don18 siteslatest 4 Aug 2025
  40. River Stour Upper (East Anglia)18 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  41. River Swale (Yorkshire)18 siteslatest 7 Aug 2025
  42. US Lt Ouse18 siteslatest 20 Aug 2024
  43. R.Stour special sites17 siteslatest 25 Sept 2007
  44. Relief Channel (East Anglia)17 siteslatest 8 Aug 2023
  45. Tinwell to Peakirk17 siteslatest 16 Oct 2024
  46. Grand Union Canal16 siteslatest 16 Sept 2013
  47. Great Stour - main river16 siteslatest 17 Jul 2024
  48. Lee (Hertfordshire and North London)16 siteslatest 11 Sept 2025
  49. Nar16 siteslatest 1 Apr 2026
  50. South Holland Main Drain16 siteslatest 1 Apr 2025
  51. Yare16 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  52. Ivel15 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  53. R.Bain15 siteslatest 14 Jun 2023
  54. River Dearne15 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
  55. River Windrush15 siteslatest 4 Oct 2023
  56. Arun (Solent and South Downs)14 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  57. Below Wansford14 siteslatest 30 Oct 2024
  58. Main River Axe (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)14 siteslatest 4 Jul 2013
  59. Ouzel14 siteslatest 5 Aug 2025
  60. Peakirk downstream14 siteslatest 21 Sept 2000
  61. River Arrow (West Midlands)14 siteslatest 17 May 2022
  62. River Brett (Main Reaches)14 siteslatest 7 Apr 2026
  63. River Chelmer Upper (Main Reaches)14 siteslatest 25 Sept 2025
  64. River Hull14 siteslatest 7 Oct 2025
  65. River Leadon14 siteslatest 2 Aug 2017
  66. River Loddon14 siteslatest 1 May 2025
  67. River Thame14 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  68. River Wharfe (Yorkshire)14 siteslatest 22 Aug 2024
  69. Soar14 siteslatest 23 Jun 2025
  70. Bure (central)13 siteslatest 20 Jun 2025
  71. Cut-Off Channel13 siteslatest 22 Jun 2023
  72. Oxford Watercourses13 siteslatest 4 Apr 2019
  73. River Aire (Yorkshire)13 siteslatest 16 Aug 2016
  74. Tidal Yare13 siteslatest 29 Jan 2026
  75. Wensum (Restoration strategy)13 siteslatest 30 Aug 2024
  76. West Glen13 siteslatest 12 Apr 2017
  77. Wey Combined13 siteslatest 7 Jul 2023
  78. DS Lark12 siteslatest 17 Sept 2024
  79. Medway - main river12 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  80. Ouse (Solent and South Downs)12 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024

Distribution

By ecology region

  • East Anglia1,108 sites
  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire697 sites
  • Thames512 sites
  • West Midlands506 sites
  • Wessex327 sites
  • Yorkshire261 sites
  • Solent and South Downs214 sites
  • Kent, South London and East Sussex157 sites
  • East Midlands140 sites
  • Hertfordshire and North London136 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire39 sites
  • Cumbria and Lancashire33 sites
  • North East13 sites
  • Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly10 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
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