ROAD Rickmansworth dates back to Saxon times and with its prominent position at the M25 Junc 19 UXBRIDGE ROAD Parsonage A404, M25 Junc 18 confluence of the 3 rivers Chess, Gade & Colne. It grew to a sizeable town gaining its Malvern Way Grand Union Canal Rickmansworth Park RECTORY Track Canal Lock London Underground Fishing Chandler’s Cross Chandler’s Cross Towpath Station Dell Wood A412 JMI School Rickmansworth Station royal charter in 1542. Public / Private (no through road for vehicles) Maple Cross Baldwins Lane Lane Rail and Metropolitan Line, Mill M25 Junc 17 N A412 Rectory Lane The canal was built in 1797, and many businesses sprang up in the vicinity including Gade River / Canal / Lake Grove Road London Underground Rickmansworth Park Bank Cycle Routes (traffic free) Street / Minor Road Car Park Watersports PARK ROAD A412 Lane Walking & Cycling JMI School New Road Barton Way ” proposed A412 5 paper mills and a brewery. Later came the railway to Watford built by Lord Ebury route Langleybury UXBRIDGE ROAD Lodge End Girton Way continues Cycle Route part of the Pub / Restaurant / High Street in 1862 becoming the Ebury Way after the line finally closed in 1981. The state of Main Road Toilet School / College L School Links Way on other National Cycle Network Refreshments an gle Pennsylvania USA is named after a famous former resident William Penn who lived in Dickinson Avenue side ybu A412 ry L Rousebarn a The Grand Union Canal Wensum Basing House - now Three Rivers Museum. Cycle / Pedestrian Crossing Motorway Supermarket / Shop Children’s Play Area Fields ne Cassiobridge Open Land Way StationRickmansworth Road Malvern Way Lock No. 78 Colne The annual Canal & Environment Festival in May promoted by Three Rivers District Infant & Nursery School Winton Drive Cycle Routes signed on quiet road River Cycle Shop Railway Museum Woodland Kings Langley Halfords High Three Rivers District Council and Rickmansworth Waterways Trust brings together the local community and ” proposed Towpath A404 Council Offices Hemel Hempstead Ebury Road canal folk in a showcase of old working boats and traditionally painted canal wares, L Street Shared Cycle Route / a Tourist Information Arts Centre n Three Rivers Railway disused Residential area M25 together with a variety of environmentally friendly goods, ideas, and events. Bus Lane g from Rickmansworth to Watford Baldwins Lane l A41 Museum Croxley Green e High Street Winton Drive Northway Viaduct y New b Watersmeet Footpath Bridge Railway Station Miniature Railway u Rickmansworth WATFORD ROAD Commercial area r St Joan of Arc y Winton Approach Marina Library / Theatre Road L River Colne RC School a The Grand Union Canal wends its way from Information WATFORD ROAD n Harvey Road A412 Bridge e Primary School A412 London to Birmingham through city, town 169 Kings Langley Harvey Road Springwell 1 kilometre St Paul’s C of E Bury Lane Croxley Station Primary School Hemel Hempstead RIVERSIDE DRIVE All Saints Lane Valley Walk A412 and country. The towpath from Bridge 167 at Talbot Road Metropolitan Line, 1/2 mile Berkhamsted... The Aquadrome Croxley Hall London Underground Croxley Station ...Birmingham Sycamore Approach Key scale 1: 8,150 The Grove Wood Sycamore Road (closed) Whippendell Wood Canal Towpath Cassiobury Park to Abbots Langley was resurfaced Bury Lake Hazelwood Rd Lane Grand Union Church Street Site of Special Scientific Interest Canal Norfolk Road Little Green Lane Chess Bridge in 2013/2014. Enjoy the peace and tranquility of Stocker’s Lake Batchworth Lake Drive Bridge 162 River Lane Frankland Road Oakleigh Lane Durrants Drive the canal or use the route as a traffic free journey Valley Walk SkidmoreWaters Road St Mary’s Drive Canal Towpath Rousebarn The Bury Bush to work away from busy roads. It’s an easy bike Church Grand Union Canal Beggars NCN Route 6 Street Way Ebury Way to Maple Cross, A404 No.72 ride along 5 miles of towpath between Leavesden Uxbridge, Grand Blackmoor Lane nal Towpath Church Long Valley Bridge Grand Union Canal Croxley Green Union Canal Ca Blackmoor Lane Winton Drive Jacotts Hill Hunton Bridge Wood 170 and the Aquadrome in Rickmansworth. joins River Thames Croxley Hall Links Way Locks Winton Approach Hunton Bridge Hill at Brentford Recycling The Wood Centre Canal Ebury Way Croxley Hall Common Moor No.73 Farm Byewaters Ascot Road Canal TowpathCanal Bridge Centre Lock 79 Ascot Road There is so much to see and do along the way. 175 Croxley The Grove Park Union Old Mill Road Hamilton Road Canal Towpath Golf Course Springwell Chalk Pit Stocker’s Grand Union Canal Bridge Bridge Business Park Grand Proposed Explore ancient woodland and roam between Lock 83 Lock 82 174 173 River Gade cycle route: Batchworth WATFORD ROAD The Aquadrome Links Way M25 the trees in Whippendell Wood. Take the kids to Lock 81 Canal Towpath West Herts The Aquadrome lakes, Bury and Batchworth just Harefield Road LONDON Golf Club Grand Union Canal Lodge End Proposed Cassiobury Park and ride the minature railway or south of Rickmanworth Town were once gravel cycle route: Grand Union Canal Hatters Lane Lady Capel’s A41 ay pits that provided roadstone for Wembley Stadium Croxley Common Moor hw Greenhill Lane Lock No.74 ig get back to nature at the Aquadrome. e Canal Towpath Canal r H and the M1 and now provide opportunity for a u Crescent pe en Batchworth ROAD The Grove Up Sherfield Av This Local Nature Reserve provides a great habitat Union variety of water based activities from fishing to A412 Bridge Grand for meadowland wildflowers and many birds Gypsy Lane For those wanting to explore further, walk or cycle sailing or just walking and watching the wildlife. A4145 West Herts Grove Mill Lane Towpath Stocker’s Lock including green woodpeckers. Walking over the Golf Club Canal A411 through history looking for the clues of the old Lot Mead common shows how the damp moorland provides Baldwins Bridge Bridge This lock with its picturesque Batchworth Lock Canal Centre Rousebarn Lane Abbots Langley Croxley View 164 163 Lock 80 River Gade habitat for a variety of insects including ants which is Long Elms railway line along the Ebury Way. Alternatively white cottage, shares its Croxley Common Moor The Grove The lockside Canal Centre gives an insight into the past Nature Reserve A41 name with the 16th century a sign the land has never been ploughed.The banks Mill when the River Chess Lock and the Canal Lock here Site of Special Scientific Interest of the River Gade and the canal are home to a variety follow the towpath south towards London and route farm nearby used for filming ROAD was an important point on the London to Birmingham continues Ebury Way of wildfowl and kingfishers are a common sight. Croxley View tv series Black Beauty. route with overnight refreshment facilities for boatmen on other Canal Towpath Uxbridge or north towards Hemel Hempstead. side Grand Union Canal RiverGade North The old Coal Post London and their horses. Canal narrowboats were made at the Gade Bank Bridge Cassiobury Park Boundary marker still stands Caxton Way Greenhill Crescent Bridge LONDON Walkers Boatyard nearby. Canal Towpath This guide will show you many places of interest 169 Lock No. 76 165 outside the Toll House where Moor Lane Bridge Grand Union Canal Western Avenue Hunton River Colne Viaduct tolls were levied on goods Crossing Cassiobridge 168 Park en route, as well as all the access points including Holywell A412 Holy Rood d Lock No. 78 Bridge Grove Mill Lane Lane Beggars Cassiobury Park going into London. Herts is Iron Bridge Hempstead Road RC Schools South Way m 167 Ebury Way Lock No. 77 Top Lock No. 75 links into West Watford and Rickmansworth town a Bush Lane and Middlesex Wildlife Trust n Road t Marina Old’s Approach l Watford Batchworth Circular Walk or Cycle Crossing e The Drive manages the Nature reserve d Business Park Hempstead Road Greenbank centre. Leaflets in this series covering the Ebury Springwell ra Playing Fields Bridge at Stocker’s Lake which is i From the Canal Centre at Batchworth there is a pleasant Lane lw 166 a Gade Side y Fisheries Playing Fields Way and cycling in Watford are also available home to a wide variety of Industrial Estate Moor l Croxley View River Gade short circular walk or cycle of about 2 miles proceeding in Ascot Road wildfowl or birds, insects e Leavesden Aerodrome from local outlets. north up the towpath to the Ebury Way Ramp just Dwight Road Caxton Way Watercress (disused) and mammals. West Watford Beds before Lot Mead Lock.The ramp links to the Ebury Way Ascot Road R Avenue ic k The Colne Valley Regional Park Gade Gade Avenue Sports Clubs traffic free route back southwards to Rickmansworth. m Beechpark Way N A4145 a River Gade Proposed Just over the Chess Bridge the circle is completed by MOOR LANE Business Park n Established in 1965, the park covers 43 square miles of Ebury Way s Drive cycle route: the short cut south on the River Chess towpath back to w Leavesden varied countryside on the edge of London stretching Holywell o A405 r Cassiobury the Canal Centre at Batchworth. t Conningsby Cassiobury Leavesden from Rickmansworth down to Staines. It is a mosaic TOLPITS LANE proposed JMI School h West Cassiobury Park Infant & Nursey School Bricket Wood A404 link R JM School Avenue St Albans o Swiss Avenue A41 of farmland, woodland and water with many hidden Dwight Road Langley Way A4145 River Colne a Watford Gade Avenue Drive Avenue M25, M1 The Withey Beds Whippendell Road d Bellmount Wood treasures ranging from popular recreation areas such as Sandy Lodge Road, Watford Stanbury Courtlands Warner Bros.