Latest News

For the very latest news, photos, fishing form, etc, please take a look at our Facebook page click here.  You don't have to belong to Facebook to be able to view the content of our page so please don't be put off!    However, if you choose to 'like' or 'follow' us, you will get the very latest as it happens.  

We also post on Instagram and Twitter.

You can also get information on the fishing form by checking out our 'How's it Fishing' article too - click here or on the notebook icon at the top of the news page..

We're also lucky enough to get some nice mentions in the national angling press from time to time.

UPDATE 30.04.25: 

Total raised £640, thank you so much to all who have donated. 

Our Just Giving page: https://www.justgiving.com/page/bullockfarm30thanniversary will remain active until the end of April for anyone who would like to make a donation.

UPDATE 19.03.25:

ORIGNAL POST:

Now here’s a thing…

Over the weekend of Saturday 15^th and Sunday 16^th March 2025 we’ll be celebrating the 30^th anniversary of opening the fishing lakes here at Bullock Farm.  Surely that can’t be possible, we hear you say – no, you don’t look any older either! 

On Wednesday 15^th March 1995 we opened The Match Lake and The South Pool.  Kevin Burden from the BBC Points West team came out and did a little feature on us which was broadcast on that evening’s local news – Phil’s first TV appearance (amazingly, there have been more).

The Carp Lake and North Pool followed the next year.  Rushcombe Lake was created in 2003 and Will Glennon from the Points West team came to film as we stocked the lake in May of that year (told you he’d been on the telly more than once!) it officially opened on 19^th October 2003.

To mark our 30^th anniversary we’d love you to come to join us to fish over the weekend of 15^th & 16^th March at the same price that we charged for a day ticket when we originally opened which was £5.  All money raised over the weekend will be donated to a wonderful charity, Dorothy House Hospice, who cared for a very close friend of ours who very recently passed away.  Some of you will have known Dave Garland – a keen fisherman, a huge Bristol City fan and all-round top bloke.  If any of you are interested Phil did a little tribute to Dave that was read out at his funeral (see the news item below) and also appears on the Bristol City Fans’ Forum ‘One Team in Bristol’. 

Please do spread the word and share this post, it would be great to see as many people as possible over that weekend and to raise some much needed funds for the hospice.

If you're not able to make it but would like to donate we have a Just Giving page - just follow this link: Bullock Farm's fundraiser for Dorothy House

See the following news item for details of how to enter the photographic competition to win a free year's fishing...

Photographic competition results:

And the winner is….

Stuart Graham who took this great photo of son, James, on his first trip to Bullock Farm last summer.  Congratulations go to him and he now has free fishing for the next year on our five lakes here at Bullock Farm.

Stuart wrote these lovely words along with his entry:

"I started my fishing journey myself fishing Bullock Farm every week in the year 2000, where my father would happily drive me down from Bristol at 0600 and drop me off for the day, before returning later on the same evening to see just what I had managed to catch, for me I always wanted to show him to make him proud that I could catch fish, and I did, he still tells me now that the excitement when I lifted out my keepnet was always a joy! Bullock Farm is where I learnt many things about the sport / hobby that I still love to this day. 

Now though I have even more reason to love it, I get to share it with my son James, I was adamant that his first trip fishing would be to Bullock Farm and so in May last year, at the age of 4 he was determined to show me that he could catch! Set up on Peg 3 of the Match Lake we had a wonderful few hours as I ran him through the very basics, needless to say, he caught several fish, his first was a Roach, only 2oz in size, but the most important Roach to have ever existed! It will remain in my memory for as long as I live, the pure joy it gave him was magical.

And in the picture attached he is holding his favourite fish from that great day, a Skimmer, which when it was netted, he couldn't believe that he had caught it! The smile in the picture says a 1000 words, one of my favourite memories to this day with him, being able to share something that I love with him, and for it to be at Bullock Farm made it even more special."

We'd like to say a really big thank you to everyone who sent entries in, there were some great photos and we'll share some of them on our website gallery and on our social media feeds too.  Please feel free to keep sending photos to us, we love to see and share them.

The photo competition is now closed

Who would like free fishing for a whole year?! 

To help celebrate the 30^th anniversary of creating and running our lakes here at Bullock Farm we're running a photographic competition. We’re asking you to send us your best/favourite photo of a visit to the fishing lakes over the past 30 years.  The person who submits our favourite photo will receive a season ticket worth £200 to fish for free for 12 months.

Please e-mail your entries in .jpg format to info@bullockfarm.co.uk  along with your name and phone number.  The competition is open now and will close at 5pm on Wednesday 30^th April 2025.  Open to all age groups (under 16’s must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to participate in the competition).  Your photo can be fishing-related or a scenic shot of the lakes.  A maximum of 5 entries per person.   

Please read the terms and conditions below before entering.

We're really looking forward to seeing your photos!

TERMS & CONDITIONS:  

1.  All entries to the competition must be in .jpg format and must have been taken at Bullock Farm. You can submit photos taken at any time over the last 30 years but you must not have sent them to us previously.

2.  A maximum of 5 entries per person.

3.  The competition is open to all age groups. Under 16’s must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to participate in the competition.

4.  The winner will be notified by phone and/or email within 14 days of the closing date. If the winner cannot be contacted or does not claim the prize within 14 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner.

5.  No cash alternative to the prize will be offered and the prize is not transferable.

6.  The winner will need to provide us with their full name, address and two passport-sized photographs of themselves in order for their season ticket to be issued.

7.  All entrants agree to the use of the images they supply in any publicity material.

8.  Any personal data relating to the winner or any other entrants will be used solely in accordance with our privacy policy and these terms and conditions.

9.  Bullock Farm’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

10. By entering this competition, all entrants are indicating their agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.

The photo competition is now closed but please keep sending in your photos, we love to see and share them.

January 2025

We're very sad to announce that we lost a good friend recently.

Dave Garland, who some of you will have known, was a keen fisherman and a huge Bristol City fan.  Here's a little tribute that Phil wrote to him which was read out at his funeral and also appears on the Bristol City fan forum 'One Team In Bristol':

I feel I have to post on hearing this very sad news about my good friend Dave. 

I first met Dave 29 years ago when he fished a lake on the farm. Dave was a keen angler, fishing the river Kenn and with Stoke Bishop Angling Club but first and foremost, Dave was a City fan. 

From the time he left school until 2020, some 50 years, Dave only missed three home games and went to numerous away games including City knocking the great Leeds Utd side of the 1970’s out of the FA Cup - in Dave’s opinion, our best result ever!

I have so many shared football memories with Dave: going away to Grimsby on Tuesday night - Aaron Brown scoring a late winner; going to Carlisle and witnessing Bradley Orr’s unintentional stroke of genius - his intended cross screaming into the top corner; Torquay away - sea fog meant we could only see half of the pitch and as Dave often told me, his happiest City memory was Tom Ritchie equalising for City against Rovers at Eastville when we knocked them out of the FA Cup in 1984!

Things Dave disliked:

No 1, Bristol Rovers Football Club - to quote Jonathan Pearce “pathological liars”;

“Tippy-tappy football”;

Any game not kicking off at 3pm on a Saturday.

Things Dave liked:

Centre forwards who could play with their back to goal - “John Galley is our King”;

Hard-tackling defenders and midfielders;

Managers, not coaches.

In my mind there’s one story that sums Dave up and that is he gave up his time freely to help in an old people’s home in Bristol but only on the condition that they stopped buying their milk from Dunfords Dairies (the owners of Bristol Rovers at the time)!

Dave was the biggest Bristol City fan I ever met but I will miss him most because he was such a good mate.

We send our love to Sandy.

We’ve made it easier for you to book! 

We now have a new online booking system in place to make it easier for you to book a pitch on our campsite.

All you need to do is click the button below and you’ll instantly be able to see our availability, pricing and pay online using your debit or credit card.  You’ll receive confirmation of your booking via e-mail.  Notification of your pitch number and details of what to do when you arrive with us will be sent on the day prior to your arrival.

Cut off time for bookings is 12pm on the day prior to your arrival.

We take advance bookings only, we do not accept bookings on arrival

We've been receiving some really nice reviews on our Facebook page and Google, we really appreciate them!  Here are a couple of recent ones:  

"Great place to fish nice food"

"First time we fished here. Great pegs to fish on Rushcombe lake. £10 for day ticket. Cafe on site with toilets nearby." 

"Fabulous campsite. Friendly with good, clean facilities a nice little on-site cafe and plenty of fishing lakes catering for most tastes. Camping/touring side isn't too large either. Fishing stands are well spaced. Lacks a tackle shop but there is one close by."

Follow this link to our reviews on Google.

We have tried to keep our prices down over recent months but, unfortunately, our operating costs continue to rise – the most recent being waste/recycling collections and cleaning costs.   Regrettably this means that there will be small increases in our camping and fishing prices. 

From Friday 15^th March 2024 our fees are as follows:

CAMPING:

Adults:                                             £10 per person per night

Children (14 & under):                   £8 per person per night

Electric hook up:                           £5 per night

Dogs:                                               £1 per night

There is still no additional charge for awnings and use of the shower/toilet facilities continues to be included in the price.

FISHING:

Fishing day ticket: Adult              £10 from dawn to dusk

Concessionary ticket:

OAP/Disabled/14’s & under       £8 from dawn to dusk

Season ticket: Adult                      £200 per annum

Season ticket:  

OAP/Disabled/14 & under          £160 per annum

Extra rods:                                       No charge

Please take extreme care if you wish to have a barbecue when staying with us on the campsite.  All barbecues must be up on legs so that they are raised up above the grass so that it doesn't scorch.   Please ensure that hot coals are properly extinguished when you have finished cooking before disposing of them responsibly and never take them inside your tent/awning/caravan, etc due to the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Single-use/disposable barbecues are not permitted, nor do we allow firepits or campfires.  

Stay safe.

15th October 2021:

It’s been a great week weather-wise for carrying out further improvements and maintenance work on the lakes.

All the lakes are now back open.

Similar to the project we carried out in 2018 to create new islands, we’ve taken silt from the Match Lake and Carp Lake and used it to backfill and strengthen the banks around the Match Lake in places where they had been naturally eroded over time.  We’ve also been able to clear the remainder of the weed in the Carp Lake and North Pool and they now look really great and are very fishable again. 

We’ve taken lots of photos and video footage which you'll find on our website gallery and Facebook page. 

Lastly and this is really important: please do not walk on any areas where the silt has been placed alongside the existing banks – stick to the original path.

We had a visit from the Truxor courtesy of Aquatic Solutions UK in August 2021 to tackle removing the weed that has been a problem in the North Pool and Carp Lake this year.  This amazing little  machine, operated by 'Superstar Dan', made light work of the job.

Ben & Alex from Benedict Simmons Landscaping were on hand in the digger and dumper to clear up as we went.

Photos on our fishing gallery.

Wednesday 7th July 2021 - another donation!

We're delighted to announce that, due to your continued generosity donating your change, we've been able to donate a further £625.50 to Cancer52 making a total of £1,520.50.  We think that's tremendous - thank you so much!  

Wednesday 24th March 2021 - update

Today, we have donated a further £314 to Cancer52 via Dom's Just Giving page.  

Due to covid we’ve asked our customers to bring the correct fishing fee so that we avoid handling change. This donation is what we would normally have handed back to them.

This brings the total donated so far by customers of Bullock Farm Fishing Lakes to a magnificent £895!  Thanks very much everyone!

Thursday 13th August 2020 - a further update:

We have today been able to donate a further £276 to 'The Big Shave' Just Giving page in aid of Cancer 52.  This was made up of £176 from fishing customers and a further £100 from the new owners of 'Steven the caravan' who had sadly been abandoned on our campsite.  The total raised by customers of Bullock Farm has grown to a wonderful £581!  Thank you everyone.  

Monday 8th June 2020 - 'The Big Shave', an update for you on my original message below. 

Dom has now done the deed and shaved his head for charity - along with his beard!  Thank you so much to everyone who has donated by rounding up their fishing fee and, in some cases, you have been even more generous with donations.  We're delighted to announce that the customers of Bullock Farm have so far donated a total of £305 to his current total of £1,347 which will go towards supporting a very worthy charity, Cancer 52.  Donations are still coming in and we'll let you know his final total in due course.  In the meantime, we thought you might like to view the 'The Big Shave'... 

Hello everyone,

A personal message from me today, 20th May 2020

Firstly I’d just like to say how nice it is to be able to welcome people back to the fishing lakes now that the lockdown has been lifted and to thank you for all your messages of support throughout what has undoubtedly been a very difficult time for so many people. The lakes are looking really lovely at the moment and it’s great to be able to share them with you. Phil is particularly happy to see you all as he’s only had me to talk to throughout the lockdown period!

Thank you also for adhering to the new measures we’ve introduced to try to keep everyone as safe as possible.

As you will already know, one of those measures is that we are asking you to bring the correct money and put it at a safe distance behind your swim for us to collect. Some of you have been kind enough to ‘round up’ your fishing fee from £8 to £10 so, what we’ve decided to do is to donate each additional £2 to what we think is a very worthy cause.

Our eldest son, Dom (a teacher), is raising funds for a charity called Cancer 52 (https://www.cancer52.org.uk/cancer52) which aims to promote improved diagnosis, treatment and support for those affected by rare and less common cancers. He’ll be doing it by shaving his head, on camera, and maybe his beard too if his initial target of £200 is raised. It will also depend on which way those making donations have voted – ‘shave the head and keep the beard’ or ‘shave the head’ and lose the beard. Personally I’m undecided – but it’s been a very long time since I’ve seen his face!

I know that times are financially hard for a lot of people at the moment, and this isn’t a request for donations, but we hope that you approve of our choice of what to do with the additional money that some of you have given us or may decide to give.

Take care everyone.

Jude

As you can see from the photos in our fishing gallery, we had some very lively new arrivals delivered to us on Tuesday 16th March!

Some fabulous mirror, linear mirror and common carp have been put into Rushcombe Lake and the North Pool and some superb tench have gone into the Match Lake.

The colour in all the lakes is really good and the new fish are already showing well.

Just a gentle reminder that we’re only open to locals at the moment but if we all continue to do our bit, the signs are encouraging that we’ll be able to welcome everyone back before too long.  In the meantime we hope you enjoy the photos and videos that we’ve shared on our Facebook page.

'Tiffin at the Farm'  

Tiffin's lovely team invite you to visit them here at the farm where they've created a special place to visit with a warm and welcoming atmosphere. They serve up farmhouse kitchen style food championing local produce - we can heartily recommend their Sunday roast (bookings advisable) and breakfast is a treat not to be missed!

Here’s a link to their website with their opening hours and to get your mouth watering in anticipation: Tiffin Cafe at Bullock Farm or you can call them on 01934 833125. 

If you're looking for a gift for the angler in your life, we can provide fishing vouchers.  A day's fishing from dawn to dusk costs £9 for adults, £7 for OAP's/Disabled/14's & under.  We make a small charge of £2.50 to cover postage as the vouchers cannot be e-mailed. 

We can also offer season tickets which cover a whole year's fishing.  They cost £180 or £140 for a concession.

Please call or e-mail for full details.

We hope you like our website.  The content is constantly being updated and it's also mobile responsive making it much easier to browse through it on your mobile phone and tablet.  We’d like to thank Alistair Whiteley for the web design, Jamie Dodd for the superb photography and Phil Wiseman for the great drone footage and video which can be viewed from the homepage. Let us know what you think...