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A beautiful stream and spring fed mature lake of just under 4 acres, 200
metres long and 70 metres wide. Depths vary from 1 metre, where the stream
enters, to up to 5 metres at the dam end.
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The lake has a certificate of Private Status awarded by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, which we secured in 2007. This means anglers do not need to buy any form of licence, there are no seasonal restrictions and fishing is permissible 24 hours a day.
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Levels are always maintained in the lake by the incoming streams and also by
springs that can be seen bubbling from the lake bed. In the severe drought
in France, in summer 2006, when many lakes actually dried up, sweet chestnut
lake retained it’s full height
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The lake bed has a combination of rock, clay and silt and there is no significant weed or snags.
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Half of the lake has lovely flat grassed banks, level with the waters edge.
The remaining half is left more undisturbed as a wild life haven, but we have created access points for anglers between the trees, ideal for stalking.
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The lake is surrounded by native woodland . The predominant tree species being
Sweet Chestnut and Oak with Birch, Alder, Poplar and Willow also in abundance.
Beneath the tree canopy is a profusion of other native vegetation, including
Gorse and Broom, Alder Buckthorn and Bracken. Orchids have been seen growing in the shade of the trees.
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It is altogether a very healthy environment.
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Click on the images below to see larger photographs of the lake:
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