{{Short description|Lakes in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Bluebell Lakes''' are a series of five fishing lakes in Tansor near Peterborough. The five lakes are Kingfisher, Swan, Bluebell, Sandmartin and Mallard. The lakes have carp up to {{convert|64|lb|kg}}, tench to {{convert|14|lb|kg}}, catfish to {{convert|130|lb|kg}}, pike to {{convert|41|lb|kg}}, bream to {{convert|18|lb|kg}}, perch to {{convert|4|lb|kg}}, roach to {{convert|2|lb|kg}} and crucian carp to {{convert|4|lb|kg}}.
The lakes were home to what ''The Guardian'' described as "the UK's most famous fish", a large carp nicknamed "Benson", who was {{convert|60|lb|kg}} at her peak. Benson died in 2009, aged 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/aug/05/carp-fishing-benson|title=The extraordinary life and suspicious death of Benson the giant carp|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
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