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Bury Hill Fisheries near Dorking, Surrey, closed in February 2025; an independent archive keeps its lakes, records and old website online with sources.
Short paragraph
Bury Hill Fisheries was a four-lake fishery in a wooded valley near Dorking, Surrey, known for its carp, zander and big mixed bags. The Old Lake closed in February 2023 and the whole venue in February 2025. The Bury Hill Fisheries Archive keeps a sourced record of the lakes, the fish and the closure, and restores the fishery’s old web pages at their original addresses.
Longer description
Bury Hill Fisheries was a day-ticket fishery on a 200-year-old estate near Dorking, Surrey. Its 12.5-acre Old Lake held carp to 33 lb and was one of a handful of British still waters with big zander. Milton, Bonds and Temple lakes were added between 1991 and 2002. The fishery closed in stages between 2023 and 2025. The independent Bury Hill Fisheries Archive records that history with a dated source beside every figure, restores 37 pages of the old buryhillfisheries.com at their original addresses, and offers a free rebuild of the 3D Carp game the fishery gave away in 2007.
Fact sheet
The figures most often asked for
4 lakes
Old Bury Hill, Milton, Bonds and Temple
12.5 acres
Old Bury Hill, the spring-fed estate lake
33 lb
Old Lake carp record, early 1970s
16 lb+
Zander lake record, as of 2002
Feb 2023
Old Bury Hill Lake closes
Feb 2025
The whole venue closes
More figures, with sources, are in the data downloads. Each figure above has its own # link you can cite.
The 3D Carp game
Game description in three languages
English
In 2007 Bury Hill Fisheries, near Dorking in Surrey, gave away a free 3D carp fishing game for Windows XP. It was downloaded 18,973 times. The original is preserved by the Internet Archive, and the Bury Hill Fisheries Archive now offers a small, free rebuild that plays offline in any modern browser.
Nederlands
In 2007 gaf Bury Hill Fisheries, een viswater bij Dorking in Surrey, gratis een 3D-karpervisspel weg voor Windows XP. Het werd 18.973 keer gedownload. Het origineel is bewaard door het Internet Archive, en het Bury Hill Fisheries Archive biedt nu een kleine, gratis nabouw die offline in elke moderne browser werkt.
Norsk
I 2007 delte Bury Hill Fisheries, et fiskevann ved Dorking i Surrey, ut et gratis 3D-karpefiskespill for Windows XP. Det ble lastet ned 18 973 ganger. Originalen er bevart av Internet Archive, og Bury Hill Fisheries Archive tilbyr nå en liten, gratis gjenskaping som kan spilles uten nett i alle moderne nettlesere.
The Dutch and Norwegian versions are the editor’s translations. If you are a native speaker and can improve them, please send a correction. Link to the game page.
Images
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These cards are made by the archive and are free to use. The photographs elsewhere on the site come from the former fishery’s website and are not covered by this licence.
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The archive’s own text, data and share images are licensed under CC BY 4.0. You may quote, translate and republish them, including commercially, as long as you credit the archive and link to the page you used.
A credit line such as “Source: Bury Hill Fisheries Archive, buryhillfisheries.com” is enough. Restored pages from the old fishery website remain the work of their original authors.
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Can I use text from the Bury Hill Fisheries Archive in an article?
Yes. The archive’s own text, data and share images are licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit the archive and link to the page you used.
Can I use the photographs?
Not under the archive’s licence. They come from the former fishery’s website, so permission would need to come from the photographer or the former operator.