Venford is the most sheltered of the wild Dartmoor reservoirs — thirty-three acres tucked into broadleaf woodland with a footpath that runs all the way round in just over a mile. Wild brown trout, clear granite-filtered water, and the kind of stillness you get when the wind dies and the only sound is a wood pigeon making an opinion about something a mile away. Bank fishing only. There's no permit and no fee; an EA non-migratory rod licence is the only paperwork. Most of the path is stable, with five steps halfway round and a couple of stretches that won't suit wheelchairs or pushchairs. A good place to fish a small dry through a summer evening when the bigger moorland waters are getting roughed up by the wind.
- Reservoir
- Granite
