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Milton Lakes Complex

Chilham Lake Fishing Pan Lake Handle LAke Swan Lake Tonford Lake 1: Pan Lake
Size: 16 Acres
Stock: Carp 40lb, Tench 11lb, Pike 36lb, Roach 3lb & Perch 3lb

2: Handle Lake
Size: 9 Acres
Stock: Carp 30lb, Bream 10lb, Tench 10lb, Pike 26lb, Roach 2lb & Perch 3lb

3: Swan Lake
Size: 4 Acres
Stock: Carp 40lb, Pike 26lb & Perch 1lb

4: Tonford Lake
Size: 4 Acres
Stock: Carp 38lb, Bream, Tench, Roach, Rudd & Perch

Information: Dug in the eighties for gravel, Mid Kent Fisheries took the lakes on in 1992.

The Pan was already partially stocked with carp from the Mill Pool at Faversham. We have continued to stock both lakes since taking them over with a major stocking of Carp in 2002.

Since then the growth rates have been exceptional with both lakes now doing carp over 40lb, the biggest at the time of going to print a 46lb common.

Both lakes are renowned for their huge tench with many top anglers like Martin Bowler considering them to be the best in the country.

There is a huge number of double figure tench in both lakes, one 48hr catch consisted of 8 tench over 10lb, 13 over 9lb and 23 over 8lb, it speaks for itself.

There are also some very large bream to 15lb in the Handle and both lakes hold large pike the biggest being 36lb from the Pan.

Please note that the aerial photo is taken looking towards Canterbury. The Path immediately next to the Howfield Lane turn-off can be seen at bottom right of the image. Houses seen at top right are Thannington.

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See map location of Milton Complex

Additional Rules:

  1. No guests except non-fishing partner.
  2. No driving around the lake.
  3. All gates to be locked at all times.
  4. No parking in front of any gates for any reason or in approach roads.
  5. Access to pumping station must not be blocked at any time.
  6. Only 3 rods allowed on Handle Lakes at any time.
  7. Dogs permitted under control.

Only tiers 1 and 2 may fish these lakes
 

Please note that access to this and all Mid Kent fisheries sites is strictly by appointment only.

All our venues apart from Match Lake are only available to members. Please check with our office for the availability of day tickets for Match Lake

Our fishing sites are on private land and often shared with other amenities or industrial areas such as working quarries. Requests for permission to access to view these sites should be made to the fisheries manager Chris Logsdon.