​​​Parking and access for the Ocean is just past knights grange pub,

 DO NOT park on the Fairways estate or along Grange Lane.  ​

up to 2 rods can be used at the Ocean.

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​The pool is about 3.9 acres in size.​

Anglers can now fish in old  out of bounds area, now the golf course has gone.

 

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This still water is one of the oldest in the town of Winsford.....and busiest! And also one of the Associations most prolific waters .

Over a hundred years ago it was known as the Floods and lay at the lowest point of a number of farmers fields,

the water from these fields flowed into the natural hollow and the lake was formed.

However where the name "The Ocean" comes from no-one has any idea.

If you do we would love to know!

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The lake has been a WDAA water for as long as anyone can remember, bar a couple of years when it was a syndicate water.

King carp were stocked into the lake in 1963. These fish were bought from fisheries in the South of England and Belgium and arrived in bags at Winsford train station.

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Over the years the fish bred like mad and the smaller carp were used to stock all the other Winsford waters and many other waters further afield. So just about every carp in our lakes (and a lot of the northwest waters waters  further afield) is a direct descendant of the original stocking of the Ocean 60 + years ago!

 

  The water contains rudd, roach, a few pike and of course loads of small carp. The water was netted several years ago to reduce the smaller carp and allow some better fish to come through.

The water is now once again full of carp after several successful breading seasons, and at some point will need to be netted again

although there are no current plans for this as of 2026

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The water did suffer a water oxygen crash during the winter of 2025/26, and the water became very clear for several months

this did cause a few fish deaths early in 2026 over several weeks, but the water has now returned to normal levels of oxygen, and the water is no longer clear, which is normal for the pool. 

the reason for the oxygen crash is unknown, and probably down to several factors over the winter,

The water still has plenty of carp of all sizes.

Access to the water is from Knights grange past the running track and follow the path down to the water.

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