BILLERICAY & DISTRICT
ANGLING CLUB
Serving anglers in Essex for 65 years
Serving anglers in Essex for 65 years
Membership fees for the 2024/25 season |
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| Ordinary member | n/a |
| Senior Citizen, Disabled member |
n/a |
| Intermediate (15-17 inclusive) | n/a |
| Junior (1 ROD ONLY) | n/a |
| Associate | n/a |
| Non-Fishing | n/a |
| Barleylands Night Ticket | n/a |
| Laundry Night Ticket | n/a |
| Fishers Green Consortium | £15 (in addition to club membership fee for existing members only) |
| Bait Boat use: B/lands &/Or Laundry Lake |
£25 (available to existing members only) |
Classes of Membership |
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| ORDINARY | A person between 18 and state retirement age. |
| SENIOR CITIZEN | A person of State Retirement age. |
| DISABLED | A person who is in receipt of a disability benefit may join at the Senior Citizen rate. Proof of the current benefit must be sent in every year .e.g. photocopy of CURRENT letter from the Benefits Agency, etc. Blue parking badges are not accepted |
| INTERMEDIATE | This class of membership is open to those aged between 15 and their 18th birthday or to the age of 22 years with documented proof of continuous full time education. |
| JUNIOR | This class of membership is open to those aged between 5 and their 15th birthday. Juniors can only join with an Ordinary or Senior Citizen member and it is a strict Club rule that juniors must be closely accompanied by the senior member responsible for them when on Club waters. Juniors and adults must therefore fish at the same or closely adjacent swim. New rule as from 01/05/2024 Juniors under 10 will not be allowed to night fish. |
| NON-FISHING | A person having attained the age of 18 and only allows entry to club waters. |
| PLEASE NOTE | No other person, including children under 5 years old, is allowed on Club waters. BDAC issues Guest tickets on it's three freehold waters (Southminster, Straits Mill & Asheldham) and our rented waters at Thoby Wood, Hicks Farm and Shalford. Telephone the Helpline for details. |
| LICENCES | Every member of 12 years and over must carry an Environment Agency licence if they wish to fish. The EA licence allows the use of two rods, although some club waters only allow one rod. No member may use more than two rods on any club water, but see below re 3 rods on our night fishing permit waters in Winter. |
| CLUB KEY | Most of our waters require a gate key, which is provided to all new members on joining. This will open all gates up to 31st March 2024. From 1st May 2024, all gates will have a combination lock, the numbers of which will appear on members’ photocards. |
| CLOSE SEASON | Club waters are not accessible during our Close Season, which is 15th March to 15th June inclusive on rivers and the month of April on stillwaters. We do undertake working parties on our stillwaters during March and April. Adult members will be supervised during work in the morning, then be allowed a few hours fishing in the afternoon, at the discretion of that water's Fishery Officer. |
| NIGHT FISHING |
New members from January 2024 will be allowed to night fish our waters at Southminster, Asheldham and Bicknacre as part of their basic membership. New members will only be permitted to enter and fish our two large carp waters during these times:
Barleylands: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Laundry Lake: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m Night fishing permits for these two venues will become available to purchase when renewal forms are sent out in March 2025.
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| FISHERS GREEN |
Cards for the Consortium waters can be purchased on the above on-line application for £15 per member. For details of the waters covered click on “Rivers” on the above heading
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| BAIT BOAT USE: B/lands &/Or Laundry Lake Only |
An additional permit/fee will be required by any member to use a Bait Boat at Barleylands or Laundry Lake.
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Wednesday 27 November 2024 at Hicks Farm
Wednesday 26 March 2025 at Southminster