Car parking is available in Mill Lane and the in lay-by accessible from the northbound carriageway of the A1 trunk road at the end of Beeston village.

The Dead River is located upstream of the mill pool at Sandy and offers some exceptional sport during the harsh winter months. Roach and Dace are the predominant species with match weights regularly exceeding 15lbs and often several anglers weighing-in double figure catches in the same match. Double-figured Pike and perch to nearly 4lbs have been caught during 2004 as they pursue the large shoals of silver fish into the stretch. The best pike reported weighed an impressive 25lbs and was caught by Paul Hook from Stevenage.

In the Mill Pool, Bream weights have exceeded 50lbs+ with fish averaging between 3-5lbs. Chub to 6lbs have been landed with 4-5lb fish regularly caught. Also present are large Carp, Barbel, Tench, Rudd, Gudgeon and Perch. Big Pike to 25lb are caught with lots of smaller Jack Pike. Carp run to 20lbs+ whilst the best reported Barbel caught in 2004 weighed over 8lbs. Boilies have proved to be killer baits for these sought after species.

Along the 500 yards’ length of The Riddy can be found some very nice fish with chub exceeding 6lbs and numerous double-figured carp present. In February 2005, Paul Webb caught 22 chub from the stretch with 6 of these exceeding 5lbs in weight. He caught nearly all of his fish on float-fished bread and the remainder on cheese paste. Carp have been taken on floaters during the summer months as they hide beneath the weed. Fishing for carp is best at low light levels making dawn and dusk both good times to fish.