Tinca tinca · England
Where tench varieties has been recorded
Environment Agency surveys have recorded tench varieties at 121 sites across 61 waters, between 1978 and 2024. 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.
- Lee Navigation (Hertfordshire and North London)12 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
- Flood Relief9 siteslatest 16 Apr 2009
- Lee (Hertfordshire and North London)8 siteslatest 22 Aug 2011
- Grand Union Canal6 siteslatest 21 Apr 1988
- Colne (Hertfordshire and North London)5 siteslatest 5 Jul 2017
- Beult4 siteslatest 16 Jun 2009
- Darent - main river4 siteslatest 9 Jul 2007
- Rmc4 siteslatest 30 Jun 2007
- Beane3 siteslatest 13 May 2008
- Eden3 siteslatest 12 Jun 2007
- Roding3 siteslatest 24 May 1992
- Stort Navigation (Hertfordshire and North London)3 siteslatest 10 Jun 2011
- Broxbourne Mill Stream2 siteslatest 29 Jul 2010
- Duke of Northumberland2 siteslatest 6 Oct 2010
- Glaze2 siteslatest 26 Apr 2016
- Great Stour - main river2 siteslatest 21 May 2009
- North Level Main Drain2 siteslatest 11 Apr 2012
- River Trent (West Midlands)2 siteslatest 16 Jul 2009
- River Lostock2 siteslatest 27 Jul 1995
- Stillwaters2 siteslatest 7 Dec 2011
- Beam1 sitelatest 9 Mar 1996
- Bow Brook1 sitelatest 29 Apr 2008
- Bradley Brook1 sitelatest 17 Mar 2011
- Bridgwater / Taunton Canal1 sitelatest 27 Apr 1994
- Cliveden1 sitelatest 31 Aug 2006
- Colnebrook1 sitelatest 8 Jun 2010
- Crane (Hertfordshire and North London)1 sitelatest 14 Sept 2022
- East Fen Catchwater1 sitelatest 11 May 2006
- Fleet1 sitelatest 22 May 2019
- Gade1 sitelatest 19 Sept 2008
- Gowy1 sitelatest 13 May 2008
- Iron River1 sitelatest 15 Jul 2011
- Itchen (Solent and South Downs)1 sitelatest 31 Aug 2010
- Leybourne Stream1 sitelatest 29 Aug 2007
- Lower Lee Boomboat Surveys1 sitelatest 12 Oct 2010
- Main River Brue1 sitelatest 12 May 2005
- Medway - main river1 sitelatest 5 Jun 2007
- North Drove Drain1 sitelatest 12 Apr 2012
- Old River Lea1 sitelatest 5 May 2010
- Piddle1 sitelatest 17 Aug 2010
- Poolstock Brook1 sitelatest 13 Jul 2000
- River Anker1 sitelatest 15 Apr 2014
- River Sow1 sitelatest 19 Jul 2013
- River Aire (Yorkshire)1 sitelatest 23 Jun 2008
- River Calder catchment1 sitelatest 11 Jan 2008
- River Don1 sitelatest 6 Aug 2007
- River Don catchment1 sitelatest 15 Jan 2008
- Rother - main river1 sitelatest 4 Jul 2006
- Sarre Penn1 sitelatest 22 Jun 2006
- Severn - Bewdley to confl Avon (main river)1 sitelatest 8 May 2018
- Silk Stream1 sitelatest 12 Sept 2011
- Stort (Hertfordshire and North London)1 sitelatest 16 Aug 2007
- Torne1 sitelatest 27 Apr 2016
- Trolliloes Stream1 sitelatest 21 Jun 2010
- Turnford Brook1 sitelatest 11 May 2011
- Vernatt's Drain1 sitelatest 17 Apr 2012
- Wallers Haven1 sitelatest 29 Jun 2010
- Wantsum1 sitelatest 22 Sept 2006
- Warwickshire Avon1 sitelatest 7 Jul 2009
- West Fen Catchwater1 sitelatest 19 Mar 2012
- Wey South1 sitelatest 2 Jul 2008
Distribution
By ecology region
- Hertfordshire and North London62 sites
- Kent, South London and East Sussex22 sites
- West Midlands7 sites
- Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire6 sites
- Yorkshire4 sites
- Solent and South Downs4 sites
- Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire4 sites
- East Midlands4 sites
- Wessex3 sites
- Cumbria and Lancashire3 sites
- Thames2 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