The fishing platform at Stew Pond sits beside this small, attractive pond of roughly three-quarters of an acre on Epsom Common, Surrey.

Stew Pond is the only water on the common where fishing is permitted, and it operates as both a members and day-ticket fishery managed by CALPAC. The platform provides an access point for anglers along the fishable banks.

The pond has historical roots as a monastic holding pond, once part of lands belonging to Chertsey Abbey, where fish were fattened before use.

It has since become a community angling venue, hosting inclusive Get Fishing events run by the Angling Trust for families and individuals of all abilities. Anglers are asked not to create new swims and to take care near the bank edges.