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 - Maintenance
Nazeing Lakes will be closed on 31st Jan/1st Feb for maintenance works. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Nazeing Lakes - December 2025
The club is pleased to announce that both lakes at Nazeing will re-open 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.
The car park lake nets etc are now in the green hut in the overflow car park.
The main lake has two stations. One of the bank near the swim Teles and the other on the bank near the swim Brambles. Please try and put the nets etc back in the cage you got it from so we can keep track.
The main lake will be closed the weekend of Jan 31st for works.
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.
Hertingfordbury 19522