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How to get there Navigation Restoration By Bus Powered boats Current work is focussed on re-profiling and lining the section of canal There are several services serving locations along the Wendover Arm. The first 1½ miles of the Wendover Arm from Bulbourne Junction are from to Little Tring. There is limited parking at As services can change, please check your route before setting out. open to navigation. There are no locks and there is a winding hole for Drayton Beauchamp Bridge; from there head east along the towpath past Route 500 ( – Watford) for Buckland Wharf, Aston Clinton full-length boats at the current limit of navigation beyond Little Tring sections of canal that have already been restored and are are already in Bridge with good moorings nearby. Route 50/55 (Aylesbury – RAF Halton) for Wharf Road, Wendover water. Continue towards Little Tring, you will see completed sections of and Halton See our leaflet Cruising Guide for more information. dry canal that adjoin the current working area. Restoration volunteers use heavy plant equipment to excavate earth to create sloping sides with a Route 61 (Luton Airport – Aylesbury) for Buckland Wharf, Aston Canoes flat base ready for lining with the clay based liner Bentomat ® that Clinton and New Mill, Tring Passage by canoe from Bulbourne Junction to Little Tring is straightforward. makes the canal water-tight; this is protected with concrete blocks, Route 164 (Aylesbury – Leighton Buzzard) for Gamnel Bridge, near Other sections of the Arm can be explored subject to water conditions which will be hidden below the water level. Coir rolls line the top New Mill, Tring and weed growth. There are several local canoe clubs that use the Arm and spoil is backfilled to create the finished banks. For more information contact Arriva Buses www.arrivabus.co.uk/ for training. South-East or Intalink (Herts Transport Service) www.intalink.org.uk . Regular work parties are held. Visitors are welcome at the work site By Train to see the restoration volunteers at work and they are always happy to The Wendover Arm is served by two train lines: Fishing answer any questions you may have. For work party dates and information go to: The Chiltern Line (www.chilternrailways.com ) from London Marylebone The fishing rights on all the navigable section of the Arm from Bulbourne www.wendoverarmtrust/restoration to Aylesbury via Wendover to Little Tring are licensed by Canal & River Trust to The Tring Anglers Wendover Station is a half-mile walk from Wharf Road. From the (www.tringanglers.org.uk ) An Environment Agency licence is needed to Either side of Whitehouses two wooden footbridges were purchased station walk downhill into Wendover town centre to the Clock fish, available online and from most Post Offices. and installed by the Trust so footpaths can cross the completed canal. Tower, bear left and along Aylesbury Road. Wharf Road is the turning There is a large selection of dedication plaques on the footbridges – The section from Little Tring to Bulbourne Junction has a good range of on the right at the first mini-roundabout. The canal starts a short supporters have made a donation in return for a personalised plaque distance along Wharf Road on the left hand side before the school. fish and is used by Tring Anglers, the local club, for fishing competition on the bridge. Full details of the bridge plaques scheme are described and tuition. Day and guest tickets are available. London Midland (www.londonmidland.com) from London Euston on our website ( www.wendoverarmtrust.co.uk/bridge-plaques.html ) to Birmingham via Tring. See our leaflet Fishing for more details. Tring Station is a short distance from the main . See our booklet Restoration, the Rebirth of the Wendover Arm Turn left out of the station to the canal bridge then follow the towpath Canal for more information. for almost two miles northwards to Bulbourne Junction where the Walking Wendover Arm leaves the main line. The entire length of the Arm is walkable along the towpath with a short By Car diversion at Little Tring. There are also many local footpaths that can be Cycling Stablebridge Road, Aston Clinton, HP22 5ND5ND. This is a small free public used to make a circular route including around the Tring reservoirs. It is possible to cycle the towpath along the length of the Wendover car park up the hill from Stable Bridge Arm but please take care and respect other users including walkers and There are many circular routes in and around Wendover, Halton, Aston Wilstone Reservoir. HP23 4DA Free public car park on the Marsworth to anglers. The route is flat and mostly in good condition, but parts can Clinton, Drayton Beauchamp and Tring that include sections of the Arm, Aston Clinton road below the reservoir become wet and muddy following heavy rain, making cycling difficult. find details of walks on sites such as www.walkinginbucks.co.uk and A mountain bike and helmet are recommended. Startops End, Marsworth, HP23 4LJ A large public car park next to the www.walkinginherts.co.uk . main Grand Union and Tring Reservoirs. Charges apply. Transport for ’s organisation Cycle Aylesbury There are car parks in the towns of Wendover and Tring but at some The book Water from Wendover by Shelley Savage, available from the (www.cycleaylesbury.co.uk ) provides all the information necessary for distance from the canal. Tring Town Council Information Centre, Tring Local History Museum cycling in the area, including maps and training sessions. The Wendover and the Trust from its Webshop, contains a number of walks as well as N Arm towpath is part of the cycle network. In , the Tring & information about points of interest along the Arm. Aylesbury Berkhamsted Cycling Campaign ( www.tbcc.org.uk ) provides similar

AA services to Cycle Aylesbury. 44 11 Tring 33 M1 Little Tring towpath diversion:

The towpath at Little Tring is closed for the duration of restoration. 08 B40 Berkhamsted Heading towards Bulbourne the footpath diverts left at a kissing gate Wildlife and goes along a lane (50 yards) onto a road. Go across the road to The Arm provides a rich ecological environment to support a wide range of Wendover 416 A A 41 the footpath opposite, turn right and the path takes you (100 yards) flora and fauna. It is home to many ducks, swans, little grebes and Amersham 1 Amersham to Little Tring hamlet. Walk uphill on the road through the hamlet moorhens. It is possible to see visiting birds such as herons, kingfishers as

M25 (beware of traffic) and rejoin (100 yards) at Little Tring Bridge; well as insects such as dragonflies. Friends of Tring Reservoirs 5 5 M25 5 5 Hemel

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33 Hempstead there are steep steps down to the towpath. On the offside there (www.fotr.org.uk ) is a local conservation organisation that monitors the AA are steep steps down to a canal-side footpath that leads to Tring. wildlife around the Tring reservoirs. 666 Bulbourne Junction: At Marsworth Whitehouses: The remains of a second MARSWORTH top lock the Arm leads off to the pumping station built in 1802 to pump west. Opposite the entrance to the water from Wilstone Reservoir into the B489 555 arm is a working dry dock that Arm. A nature trail to the site leads WILSTONE 8 444 was the original canal lock and is Drayton Beauchamp church: St Mary the from bridge 4 and there are information 88 PPP Marsworth locks Virgin is a beautiful Grade I listed church alongside the wide lock no. 45 boards there. Startops th built as part of the extensive (www.s-marys.org.uk ) dating from the 15 End Marsworth KKK B488 refurbishment of the Grand Union century with earlier features such as a 12 th reservoir reservoir th BULBOURNE in the 1930s. On the towpath side century Norman font and 13 century 222 is the Toll House and on the brasses. The church can be accessed by steep 777 steps from the canal towpath between Saxonway opposite side 200 yards along the PPP Bridge and Drayton Beauchamp Bridge. It is summit level are the Grade II listed Green Park and the Narrows: This was the Tringford 333 workshops that made lock gates location of Sir Anthony Nathan Rothschild’s open weekends from April to September and reservoir other times by arrangement. until the early 2000s home, Aston Clinton House – demolished in Wilstone the 1950s. A section of the canal adjacent to There is a portaloo in the churchyard. reservoirs JJJ LITTLE Green Park leaked so badly that it apparently B489 999 TRING flooded the dining room. To overcome this A41 problem the canal banks were lined with concrete HHH to form The Narrows,a feature that can still be seen today. 101010 ASTON DRAYTON CLINTON BEAUCHAMP 111 Halton: The canal passes through the GGG village, home to RAF Halton. Halton House was a weekend retreat for Alfred 131313 Ü Rothschild, and is now the Officers’ 121212 Mess. The airfield can be seen from the canal and the ornate Rothschild Bridge PPP links Halton House with the airfield. TRING EEE FFF B488 PPP 111111 the narrows B4635 A4251 B4009 B4635

The Wides: Leaving Wendover Gamnel Wharf: is an industrial site A41 behind, the canal opens up at beside the canal. Flour was milled The Wides, originally a millpond using steam power and wind power from the on-site windmill (later for St John’s Mill at Halton, now Rothschild bridge Tringford Pumping Station: is a Grade II demolished). The site is now operated a reed bed and home to a variety listed building housing pumps that take Little Tring Bridge: is deceptive: it is by Heygates and continues to produce of wildlife. water from the Tring Reservoirs up to the actually a concrete structure faced flour. Until 1952 Bushell Brothers Wendover Arm, where it flows into the with hand-made bricks. The bridge operated an iconic boat yard alongside main Grand Union at Bulbourne Junction. It HALTON DDD was rebuilt in 2001 in the style of the was built in 1817 with a Boulton and Watt original bridge, using funds provided steam engine that was in service until 1927. by the Trust, and is a striking addition Electric pumps were installed in 1928. to the local canal-side architecture.

Weston LEGEND Turville Brief History of the Wendover Arm LOCATIONS ACCESS POINTS reservoir CCC The Grand Union Canal, (originally the ) is a major inland waterway linking London and the 1 Tring Station A Wharf Road, Wendover Midlands. As the route reached its summit at Tring in the a continuous supply of water was required to 2 The Grand Junction Arms PH, Bulbourne B Bankside, Wendover replace that lost by the use of the locks at both ends. To overcome this problem, an Act of Parliament was initiated and 3 Tring Garden Centre Café C Perch Bridge, Halton Lane, Halton the construction of the Wendover Arm was authorised to carry spring water from a plentiful supply at Wendover to 4 Bluebells Tea Rooms. Marsworth D Halton Village 5 The Angler’s Retreat PH, Marsworth E Wellonhead Bridge, Stablebridge Road, B4009 the Tring Summit and its reservoirs. 6 The Red Lion PH, Marsworth Aston Clinton Construction began in 1793. It was made navigable for a small additional cost and the Arm opened in 1797. the Arm starts 7 PE Mead and Sons Café, Wilstone F Buckland Wharf, Aston Clinton old railway in Buckinghamshire at Wharf Road, Wendover, although the water rises from the Wellhead Springs near St Mary’s bridge 8 The Half Moon PH, Wilstone G Drayton Beauchamp Village (bridge 5) Church. The Arm winds its way for 6¾ miles through the villages of Halton, Buckland Wharf, Drayton 9 Bridge 4 H Little Tring Bridge (bridge 3) Beauchamp and Little Tring following the 390ft contour around the Chiltern Hills before joining the main Grand 10 Bridge 4a J Gamnel Bridge,(bridge 2) New Mill, Tring Union Canal at Bulbourne Junction, near Tring in Hertfordshire. Initially the canal was a success but large volumes of 11 Crows Nest, hotel, pub and restaurant K Bulbourne Junction (bridge 1) WENDOVER water were being lost due to leakage. Despite many attempts to re-line the canal bed, the leakage increased and the canal 12 Café in the Park, Aston Clinton CANAL STATUS B4009 closed to navigation in 1904. Sections remained in water in order to fulfil its original objective of feeding water into the canal’s 13 The Bell, Aston Clinton, Gastro pub and Dry – awaiting restoration summit level; part of the length was reduced in depth and part (a middle section of about 1¾ miles) was allowed to become hotel BBB AAA dry and water was fed to the summit level by a pipe under the canal bed. The initial objective of the Wendover Arm Trust is to 14 Wendover Station Shallow water – awaiting restoration restore the dry section to navigation and its ultimate objective is to restore navigation back to Wendover. Dry – restored awaiting water Station Restored – shallow water In the boxes around the map are places of interest along the Arm. PPP Parking Restored – navigable Wendover Water Gauge: At the very start of the Navigable A413 Arm in Wharf Road there is a water flow gauge Acknowledgments: The map contains Ordnance Survey data ©Crown copyright 2014 PPP that has been recording flow rates since 1844, one of Cover picture: The stop-lock and pumping station, Little Tring on opening day of the phase I restoration 141414 Wellhead springs the longest continuous measurements in the world.