Monk Lakes is a 120-acre fishery off the A229 just south of Maidstone in Kent, that encompasses all that is great about angling in Britain. The site currently comprises of 2 pleasure lakes and 2,000m of river bank along the River Beult available without pre-booking for day & night fishing, 4 match lakes and a specimen lake available with pre-booking. In total, they have over 45 acres of prime water for all levels of anglers. They have installed 80 new swims, with the help of Paddy Timms from PADS ARMY Disabled Platforms, who secured some Lottery Funding to put towards the project. They can be used by all able-bodied and disabled anglers. Their onsite parking and facilities also include bait and tackle sales & catering facilities so all you need to do is turn up and fish.
There are weekend catering service during winter, which increased to full-time in the summer; offering fresh sandwiches, burgers, bacon and sausage baguettes. There is a clean seating area and ice-creams available. There are ladies and gentlemen’s toilets on site as well as toilets for the disabled located in the car park.
In their small shop you will find a full selection of bait and tackle which includes three different sorts of maggots, many sizes of boilies, pellet ground bait and flavoured particle ground bait.