Welcome to the home of Abbey Cross Angling Society Ltd. Established in 1946 the Society offers a variety of quality waters to whet the appetite of any angler, be they pleasure, match or specimen. A variety of venues on rivers, lakes and canal to cover all fishing needs. The website is designed to offer information to its members only, and members can direct any enquiries through the website.
Please note that there is no general meeting in August or December
Important Notices
Nazeing Lakes
Abbey Cross Angling Society would like to publicly thank Gardener Tackle and Angling Direct for their continued support with the supply of fishery specific mats, nets and slings for our Nazeing fisheries.
Club Match Date Change
Please note that the match at Taylor's on 12th April has been moved to 19th April. The lake will be closed.
Green Lane Nazeing
The LVRP tree surgeons will be back to complete the last of this year's work on Monday 13th April. Please note the main lake will be closed from 7.30am until 4pm.
Annual General Meeting - NEW DATE
The AGM will now be held on Monday 20th April and will start at 8.15pm.
Hunters Hall - Maintenance
The next Hunters Hall closure will be Thursday 23rd April, noon to 5pm.
Nazeing Lakes
The club is pleased to announce that both lakes at Nazeing re-opened on January 1st 2026. The codes will be changed back to normal shortly before. A lot of work has been done on both lakes and we now have cages for nets/slings/mats on both lakes.
Both lakes will require you to use the provided nets/slings/mats. You must not bring your own on to the fisheries.
Please do not mix the two lakes nets/mats.
Coopers Lake December 2025 update
From January 1st, the 48 hour rule on Coopers will no longer be in force.
Coopers with have its own set of landing nets, unhooking mats, weigh slings and buckets for each swim. These will be locked up in cages in the car park. Please do not abuse these items. Nobody is to use or bring their own nets slings at all.
If you are found using anything other than club nets/slings provided, you will be dismissed from the club with immediate effect.
We will not be using dip tanks but we will have disinfectant sprays in the cages to be used on anything you wish (and the provided equipment).
Carp are no longer to be sacked/retained day or night and we will not be providing retainment slings.
For 2026, we will be trialling a close season in June/July on Coopers and Green Lane. This will reduce the stress on the carp around spawning time.
One Green Lane re-opens we will have the same set up for each lake with nets and slings provided.
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