You can fish in many places along the:
- River Can, which flows through Central Park and Admirals Parks
- River Chelmer, which flows from Valley Bridge to Bunny Walk and into the city centre
You can’t fish:
- in the city centre by the Meadows Shopping Centre
- from the concrete channelled river banks which run from the city centre through to New London Road by the M&S back entrance
- on either side of the river at Bell Meadow and Blue Sky Pasture (which is near Market Square on one side and the County Cricket Ground on the other)
- from the riverbank next to Tesco on Springfield Road
- either side of the weir near the Essex Records Office
- in the West Park Pitch and Putt course
You also can’t fish from any bridges, due to risk to pedestrians and people using the river below.