With the lifting of all Covid restrictions, fishing can return to relative normality. We do ask members not to visit our lakes if they have symptoms that might be Covid or they have been in contact with a Covid positive person in the last 48 hours
Please take some time to browse our site and find out about the club and its ethos.
We are a small club with three waters in the Hockley, Rayleigh and Rochford area. Our waters allow members to enjoy both pleasure and match fishing in harmony with the local wild life.
Day tickets are not issued but members may obtain guest permits in advance of fishing to introduce accompanied friends to our waters.
To view more information about each of our waters, please CLICK HERE
At Falklands, we have a junior lake which provides facilities to prospective youngsters who wish to experience and enjoy fishing. For more details on Junior membership please see the MEMBERSHIP PAGE
In the summer we hold an open day and in the evening we hold a BBQ and disco. We also have an active match fishing section which is well supported both at club and inter club level. The club also arranges a Charity match every two years, where several thousand pounds have been raised for Charity each year. For more details please see the MATCHES PAGE
Club History
This is a brief history of the club with thanks to Mike Hansford.
The club can trace its beginnings back to around 1954 when Rochford Railway Angling Club was formed by a group of railway employees including Fred Turner, the stationmaster at Rochford, who obtained the fishing rights to Rochford Reservoir. British Railways subsequently leased the land and reservoir to a local smallholder and RRAC leased the fishing rights at the reservoir from them.
In 1963 the club dropped the “Railway” from its name, then in the freeze of winter 1963/4 suffered a massive fish kill. In 1966 Rochford Council compulsory purchased the land and reservoir from British Railways and in 1967 drained the reservoir to facilitate the building of Bradley Way By Pass. The loss of the clubs only water saw the club’s membership drop to less than fifty and almost fold but in 1967 the club were able to lease a fishery at Temple Farm Hanningfield and around 1968/9 the reservoir was reinstated and fishing restarted
1972 saw the club involved in legal action when a local sewage works polluted the reservoir and caused a massive fish loss. With uncertainty over the future of the reservoir and problems at Temple Farm the club, under the chairmanship of Joe Walker began to actively pursue its aim of owning its own water.
In 1976 the club located a piece of land at Wrights nurseries on the Hullbridge Rayleigh border and over the next few years planning approval and grants were obtained and in June 1980 work started on the lake which was opened in 1982 and was named Falklands in tribute to those who fought and died in the Falklands War.
In 1984 the club decided not to renew the lease at Temple Farm and between 1993 and 1996 the club leased a fishery at Barnes Mill on the Chelmer but were unable to continue the lease beyond this time.
In 1998 the club gained a second lake when it leased Lowlands which it continues to lease at present and in 2020 we leased third lake near Stambridge which has had a great deal of work carried out by members and is developing into an excellent fishery.