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Rutilus rutilus · England

Where roach has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded roach at 5,830 sites across 1,185 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. Lincolnshire Lakes144 siteslatest 6 Dec 2011
  2. Warwickshire Avon108 siteslatest 6 Oct 2025
  3. River Cherwell40 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
  4. Main river sites36 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  5. River Trent (West Midlands)36 siteslatest 11 Sept 2025
  6. River Don36 siteslatest 12 Aug 2025
  7. River Kennet36 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  8. Upper Thames (Thames)36 siteslatest 16 Oct 2025
  9. Wensum (central)36 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
  10. Above Wansford35 siteslatest 17 Sept 2018
  11. Grand Union Canal34 siteslatest 4 Jun 2013
  12. Blackwater (Solent and South Downs)32 siteslatest 6 May 2026
  13. Colne (Hertfordshire and North London)32 siteslatest 15 Jun 2026
  14. Lee (Hertfordshire and North London)30 siteslatest 9 Jun 2026
  15. Lee Navigation (Hertfordshire and North London)29 siteslatest 16 Sept 2025
  16. Tidal Yare29 siteslatest 29 Jan 2026
  17. River Aire (Yorkshire)28 siteslatest 14 Aug 2025
  18. Middle Thames (Thames)27 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  19. River Evenlode27 siteslatest 29 Aug 2024
  20. River Tees (North East)27 siteslatest 15 Aug 2025
  21. R.Ancholme Subcatchments26 siteslatest 25 Apr 2018
  22. River Leam26 siteslatest 25 May 2023
  23. River Deben (Main Reaches)26 siteslatest 14 Apr 2026
  24. Mole - main river (Kent, South London and East Sussex)25 siteslatest 29 Jul 2025
  25. Roding25 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
  26. Great Ouse (Newport Pagnell to Bedford)24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  27. Lake Surveys24 siteslatest 26 Jan 2015
  28. River Churnet24 siteslatest 20 Sept 2024
  29. River Blackwater (East Anglia)24 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  30. River Stour Middle (East Anglia)24 siteslatest 11 Aug 2025
  31. Main River Yeo (Wessex)23 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
  32. River Tame23 siteslatest 10 May 2018
  33. River Chelmer Lower (C&B Navigation)23 siteslatest 9 Jul 2025
  34. River Ouse (Yorkshire)23 siteslatest 22 Jun 2026
  35. Bollin22 siteslatest 13 Aug 2025
  36. Bow Brook22 siteslatest 26 May 2017
  37. River Thame22 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  38. Severn - Confl Vyrnwy to Bewdley (main river)22 siteslatest 19 Sept 2023
  39. Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)21 siteslatest 22 Oct 2025
  40. Main River Parrett21 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
  41. Medway - main river21 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  42. Counter Drain20 siteslatest 10 Jun 2026
  43. Great Ouse (Bedford to Brampton)20 siteslatest 5 Oct 2018
  44. Great Ouse (Brackley to Newport Pagnell)20 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  45. Main Avon Sites (Wessex)20 siteslatest 14 Oct 2025
  46. River Arrow (West Midlands)20 siteslatest 20 May 2025
  47. River Calder20 siteslatest 14 Aug 2025
  48. River Colne Lower (East Anglia)20 siteslatest 2 Jun 2026
  49. River Dearne20 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
  50. River Stour Upper (East Anglia)20 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  51. River Ure (Yorkshire)20 siteslatest 13 Aug 2025
  52. TWARP reaches of the Thames20 siteslatest 20 Jul 2025
  53. Waveney (central)20 siteslatest 25 Sept 2023
  54. Above Wellingborough19 siteslatest 16 Nov 2018
  55. Great Stour - main river19 siteslatest 17 Jul 2024
  56. Relief Channel (East Anglia)19 siteslatest 9 Aug 2023
  57. Arun (Solent and South Downs)18 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  58. River Douglas18 siteslatest 1 Jul 2024
  59. River Lostock18 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  60. Soar18 siteslatest 19 Jun 2026
  61. South Holland Main Drain18 siteslatest 3 Apr 2025
  62. Weaver18 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  63. Hickling Broad17 siteslatest 23 Jan 2026
  64. Main River Axe (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)17 siteslatest 4 Jul 2013
  65. River Alne17 siteslatest 20 Jul 2023
  66. Long Eau Riffles16 siteslatest 26 Sept 1996
  67. Ouse (Solent and South Downs)16 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
  68. R.Bain16 siteslatest 13 Jun 2023
  69. R.Stour special sites16 siteslatest 25 Sept 2007
  70. River Cole16 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
  71. River Derwent (Yorkshire)16 siteslatest 19 Aug 2024
  72. River Swale (Yorkshire)16 siteslatest 7 Aug 2025
  73. River Tern16 siteslatest 2 Jun 2025
  74. Trent (East Midlands)16 siteslatest 19 Sept 2025
  75. Yare16 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  76. Barton Broad15 siteslatest 16 Jan 2026
  77. Below Wansford15 siteslatest 30 Oct 2024
  78. Ivel15 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  79. Nar15 siteslatest 3 Mar 2026
  80. Ouzel15 siteslatest 7 Aug 2025

Distribution

By ecology region

  • East Anglia1,367 sites
  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire843 sites
  • West Midlands796 sites
  • Thames572 sites
  • Wessex440 sites
  • Yorkshire409 sites
  • Solent and South Downs282 sites
  • Hertfordshire and North London278 sites
  • Kent, South London and East Sussex243 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire225 sites
  • East Midlands195 sites
  • Cumbria and Lancashire104 sites
  • North East42 sites
  • Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly34 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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