Tales from the riverbank

These houses with fishing rights would make great catches for keen anglers, says Arabella Youens

- Arabella Youens

Dorset, £3.5 million

Chamberlayne's Farm, which comes with 1,520 yards of double-bank fishing—brown trout and the occasional late-season salmon—on the River Piddle, a small chalkstream rising in the Dorset Downs, stands in 182 acres between Bere Regis and Wool and within easy distance of the Jurassic coastline. The Grade II-listed former mill house and farmhouse is in need of some modernisation, but has potential as an exceptional family home, says agent Matilda Stent. Mill Pond cottage, a converted coach house, is currently used as a holiday let. Savills (01962 834036)

Pembrokeshire, £1.5 million