Six of the best locations to go fishing in the UK

Holidays closer to home are on the agenda for many British holidaymakers this year – but where to go and what to do? As two of the UK's best-loved comics, Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse, are back on our screens exploring some of the most beautiful fishing locations in Britain and causing gentle havoc wherever they go, we've asked them to share some of their favourite scenic spots.

Recognised as one of the great salmon rivers of the UK, the River Tweed flows east across the Border region and northern England.

Not only are they wonderfully calm and relaxing places to be, Broad Fen and Smallburgh Fen have also been designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) as part of the Broadland site north-east of Norwich. The Fens are spring-fed, flow into the River Ant and are home to various rare species.

Paul and Bob went fly fishing for brown trout in the River Test after the angling ban was lifted during the Covid-19 lockdown, and it was the first time they had fished this summer.

The River Test is 40 miles long, and the chalk stream is regarded as having some of the richest fauna and flora of any lowland river in England. And the perfect place to have a picnic on the banks looking over the water.

Although privately run, this is a spectacular spot of beautiful gravel pit lakes in the village of Great Somerford just outside Malmesbury. The 12 acres of water is open to members to fish all year around.