Buy your licence online – avoid service charges

Over 500,000 fellow anglers already buy their licences online – why don’t you join this angling club?

 

 

What’s in it for you?

• It’s quick and easy and you’re licensed immediately – renewing next year will be even easier
• Renewing online costs us less – so more of your money goes directly toward protecting and improving your fishing
• Look out for a new range of online and mobile services that will help you choose when, where and how to go fishing

Rod licence prices 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014

 Category

 Non-migratory trout, char, freshwater
(coarse) fish, smelts and eels

 Salmon and migratory (sea) trout and non-
migratory trout, char, freshwater (coarse) fish,smelt and eels

 Full season

 £27

 £72

Senior concession (aged 65 or
over) and disability concession**

 £18

 £48

 Junior concession (aged 12 to 16)

 £5

 £5

 Children under 12

Free

 Free

 8 day

 £10

 £23

 1 day

 £3.75

 £8

 

 

 

 

 

 



 ** You can apply for a disability concession rod licence if you have a Blue Badge parking concession or receive Disability Living Allowance.   Please provide us with your Blue Badge Number or National Insurance Number when buying your licence.

• Full and concessionary rod licences expire on 31 March each year
• One day rod licences are valid for 24 consecutive hours
• Eight day rod licences are valid for 192 consecutive hours from the start time and date

Other ways to buy your rod licence

  • Buy your rod licence online (some other websites may charge an additional fee, please ensure you use the Post Office when buying online)
     
  • Buy your rod licence at your local Post Office (England and Wales and selected Post Offices in Scotland)
  • Buy your rod licence by direct debit - 03708 506 506 (lines are open 8 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday)

  • Buy your rod licence over the phone – 0844 800 5386 (lines are open from 8.30am to 8 pm daily from March to September excluding Bank Holidays except Good Friday and Easter Monday and 8.30 am to 6 pm from October to February, Monday to Saturday)
  • Buy your rod licence by retained agent – please contact our customer contact centre to find which locations also sell our rod licences – 03708 506 506

Please note: Calls to an 0844 number can cost up to 5p per minute for BT users. Calls made using other service providers or mobiles may cost more. This telesales line is operated by Post Office Ltd on our behalf.

Overseas Customers

Overseas customers wishing to buy a full, senior concession or short term rod licence in advance of their visit, should purchase them via the website.  In the event that you do not receive the full licence in the post (and we do not issue short term licences purchased online), it is essential that you keep your confirmation email as your proof of purchase and use this when you go fishing. If you are applying for a disabled concessionary licence, please contact us directly, either via our website or by calling us on our general enquiries number. You can find our contact details by clicking the ‘Contact us’ link at the top of this page.

All other overseas customers wishing to use a rod and line to fish will need to buy a licence on their arrival in England or Wales using the address they are staying at during their visit

Frequently asked questions

Remember!

  • It is an offence to fish for freshwater fish and eels without a valid rod licence
  • If you are caught you may be fined up to £2,500
  • If you fish without a rod licence you are cheating other anglers
  • Money raised through rod licence sales is invested in fisheries work to benefit all anglers
  • If you are coarse fishing with three or four rods, you need two licences