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Step onto the towpath and 12/06/2012 15:39 connect... with the great outdoors with your great-great grandfathers Our canal system is a vital part of the nation’s heritage, dating back to the Industrial Revolution. Think of your canals and rivers and the And it still helps make Britain great today. Locks, aqueducts, tunnels and incredible boat lifts surrounding hedgerows as long, winding nature are all testament to the golden age of British engineering, and most of it is beautifully preserved. reserves. An ideal habitat for tiny creatures like dragonflies and butterflies, birds such as kingfishers and herons, and even larger mammals such as badgers, stoats or water voles, it’s a great way to enjoy the Great British Get involved, join us countryside right on your doorstep. In fact, a In an increasingly fast-paced and crowded This planting will provide a habitat that will recent wildlife survey spotted over 60 different world, our historic canals and rivers are a encourage birds, newts and dragonflies to species, and that’s not including the fish! local haven for people and nature. The Canal the area. Your donation could also help build So make sure that you keep your & River Trust is the new charity entrusted viewing platforms and a new path between eyes peeled as you amble through with the care of 2,000 miles of waterways in the canal and the reservoir. Support this project the scenery. England and Wales. now, and play your part in encouraging and Donate time – volunteer! preserving nature at this special area of the Grand Union Canal. with great times Fancy getting involved with the valuable work of the Trust? Whether you want to get stuck in So please text a gift of £3 today – every penny If you’re looking to break from routine, to at your local canal or take on more of an office- you give will help to transform the area and escape the hustle and bustle of everyday based role, look at our website to find out provide a special place for people and wildlife life or to find a peaceful place to enjoy a what’s happening in your area; there’s never to use. spot of lunch, your local canal is just a been a better time to get involved. stone’s throw away. With so much to do Text Tring to 70007 to give £3 to our Grand Give a dragonfly a home with and see, your canal is ideal for meeting Union project.* your mobile friendly, like-minded people or spending quality time with your family and friends. We are undertaking 50 amazing projects to Or just bring yourself and a book for a help celebrate our launch. And we promise moment of peaceful solitude. that 100% of your donation will go directly to your local project. The handy map inside this leaflet is full of information on the unique activities Please text today to help plant new flora and and attractions that you’ll find on your provide a home for British wildlife on the Open up for your local map local waterway. So if you’re after some Grand Union Canal, near Tring reservoir. fresh air and freedom, grab the kids or grandparents and get out on the towpath! For more information go to canalrivertrust.org.uk
*You will be charged £3 plus one message at your standard network rate of which the Canal & River Trust will receive a £3 donation, except from O2 customers where the donation received will be £2.96. If we receive more money than we need then the extra
donations will be used on similar work. By using this service, you agree that we may contact you in the future. If you’d rather we didn’t, reply ‘DECLINE to 70007’. Charity number: 1146792
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i i B1W_M152_A5DD_MiltonKeynes.indd 1 Step onto the towpath and 12/06/2012 15:39 connect... with the great outdoors with your great-great grandfathers Our canal system is a vital part of the nation’s heritage, dating back to the Industrial Revolution. Think of your canals and rivers and the And it still helps make Britain great today. Locks, aqueducts, tunnels and incredible boat lifts surrounding hedgerows as long, winding nature are all testament to the golden age of British engineering, and most of it is beautifully preserved. reserves. An ideal habitat for tiny creatures like dragonflies and butterflies, birds such as kingfishers and herons, and even larger mammals such as badgers, stoats or water voles, it’s a great way to enjoy the Great British Get involved, join us countryside right on your doorstep. In fact, a In an increasingly fast-paced and crowded This planting will provide a habitat that will recent wildlife survey spotted over 60 different world, our historic canals and rivers are a encourage birds, newts and dragonflies to species, and that’s not including the fish! local haven for people and nature. The Canal the area. Your donation could also help build So make sure that you keep your & River Trust is the new charity entrusted viewing platforms and a new path between eyes peeled as you amble through with the care of 2,000 miles of waterways in the canal and the reservoir. Support this project the scenery. England and Wales. now, and play your part in encouraging and Donate time – volunteer! preserving nature at this special area of the Grand Union Canal. with great times Fancy getting involved with the valuable work of the Trust? Whether you want to get stuck in So please text a gift of £3 today – every penny If you’re looking to break from routine, to at your local canal or take on more of an office- you give will help to transform the area and escape the hustle and bustle of everyday based role, look at our website to find out provide a special place for people and wildlife life or to find a peaceful place to enjoy a what’s happening in your area; there’s never to use. spot of lunch, your local canal is just a been a better time to get involved. stone’s throw away. With so much to do Text Tring to 70007 to give £3 to our Grand Give a dragonfly a home with and see, your canal is ideal for meeting Union project.* your mobile friendly, like-minded people or spending quality time with your family and friends. We are undertaking 50 amazing projects to Or just bring yourself and a book for a help celebrate our launch. And we promise moment of peaceful solitude. that 100% of your donation will go directly to your local project. The handy map inside this leaflet is full of information on the unique activities Please text today to help plant new flora and and attractions that you’ll find on your provide a home for British wildlife on the Open up for your local map local waterway. So if you’re after some Grand Union Canal, near Tring reservoir. fresh air and freedom, grab the kids or grandparents and get out on the towpath! For more information go to canalrivertrust.org.uk
*You will be charged £3 plus one message at your standard network rate of which the Canal & River Trust will receive a £3 donation, except from O2 customers where the donation received will be £2.96. If we receive more money than we need then the extra
donations will be used on similar work. By using this service, you agree that we may contact you in the future. If you’d rather we didn’t, reply ‘DECLINE to 70007’. Charity number: 1146792
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Your Go to canalriverexplorers.org.uk to download family trail maps 1 Cosgrove local canal Banbury MILTON KEYNES Milton Keynes Tring Here you’ll find the oldest famous Banbury Cross (yes, 1 Cosgrove Narrowboat Company 1 Take to the Water working dry dock in Britain – there really is one). And why Wolverton Station GRAND UNION CANAL Tooley’s Boatyard – which has 2 2 not treat yourself to an equally Milton Keynes Canal Cruises The Red Lion 7 olverton Road To Newport Pagnell Old W been building and repairing famous Banbury Cake? 3 3 9 thecentre:MK White Lion Pub and Dining N narrowboats since 1790. Now Old ew M1 Strat po If you’re up for a longer walk, 4 4 ford Road rt R it’s also where you can stock up Gulliver’s Theme Park The Anglers Retreat oad 10 on canal souvenirs, or learn a you can take the towpath 5 Xscape 5 Bluebell Tea Rooms canal-related craft like painting alongside the Oxford Canal 8 6 Campbell Park 6 The Grand Junction Arms V8 V6 V7 Roses & Castles. to Cropredy, four miles away. (H3) A422 M1 7 The Galleon 7 Mead and Sons Farm Shop and Café A few minutes’ stroll from You’re almost certain to spot 8 The New Inn 8 Half Moon the canal is the centre of this moorhens, mallards and H4 perhaps even a shy water vole. 9 The Black Horse Cropredy Pennyland historic market town, and the 10 The Giffard Park 1 The Red Lion Milton Keynes Station 11 2 6 H5 Pear Tree Bridge Inn & Marina The Brasenose Arms A509 3 5 (H5 12 The Plough 2 ) Tring 13 The Red Lion Central Milton Keynes 4 H6 In many ways this is the heart Harder to spot but also abundant Banbury of the Grand Union Canal. here are tench, bream, carp, 1 Tooley’s Boatyard V10 Tringford Pumping Station was roach, perch, pike and catfish. Springfield H7 2 Café Quay at Banbury Museum built in 1818 to pump water into Fishing tickets are available. the canal network from Tring 3 Ye Olde Auctioneer For something more active, Reservoirs. These reservoirs 4 Ye Olde Reindeer Inn 11 there are 11 miles of waymarked To Coventry are not just essential for the 5 A421 (H8) walking trails taking in woods, Milton Keynes Great Western Arms H8 canal, but also vital for wildlife, 44 miles fields, locks and towpaths.
V8 with a large population of At the start of the Aylesbury Milton Keynes boasts a scenic stretch of the Grand Union birds either passing through i H9 Arm Canal is the only staircase Canal running from historic Bletchley to picturesque Cosgrove. Banbury or making their home here. 12 lock on the Grand Union Canal. The canal passes Fenny Stratford Lock (great for a pub The reservoirs are designated A5 lunch or waterside pint) and leafy Giffard Park. Much of the Middleton Cheney as an SSSI for bird interest. town remains hidden behind greenery, pretty bridges and Cropredy Simpson
narrowboats. It’s a perfect retreat from the hustle and bustle, Spiceball Park H10 and you could imagine yourself being deep in the English The Mill Arts Centre countryside. Follow the towpath and you soon will be! Castle Quay 2 Banbury Bletchley Station Shopping Centre King’s Sutton 13 1 Fenny Stratford V4 3 Aynho Connect with people 4 5 A5 BANBURY Walking trails are a great place to say “hello” and you’ll find A4260 O To Leighton Buzzard XF A4146 OR D plenty of bars, cafés and restaurants along the canal, making it CA NA ideal to grab a bite of lunch. Look out for canal cruises too for a L Souldern real taste of the waterways. Cropredy Sat Nav: OX16 5UN A4146 Sat Nav:3 MK9 4AD Before the Fairport Convention If you would like to see more Lower Heyford Folk Festival made Cropredy of the village, you can’t do Connect with nature Tring i Cropredy i famous, it was better known better than to follow the village 7 Steeple Aston for being the site of a famous trail, which is a leisurely mile- Taking in scenery such as the magnificent Campbell Park and 2 To Coventry GRAND UNION CANAL Heyford English Civil War battle long stroll around the village (AYLESBURY ARM) 8 Willen Lakes, your local canal provides an idyllic way to enjoy To Leighton Buzzard in 1644. King Charles I’s streets. If you walk along the 44 miles the British countryside. It also makes an attractive natural 2 Cavaliers defeated Oliver Oxford Canal itself, you may habitat, so look out for dragonflies, damselflies, herons, barn To Aylesbury 3 B489 Cromwell’s parliamentary be fortunate enough to spot a G M40 owls and kingfishers amongst the various wildflowers. 8 RAND U Tackley 5 NION troops so Charles was able to kingfisher, or if you are really 4 CANAL A4260 1 The Redway Nature Trail is a great place to start. 6 cross Cropredy Bridge. lucky, an otter. Tackley A422 To London 4 Startop’s End Reservoir 1 9 2 7 Marsworth Reservoir Thrupp Enslow OX FO A34 GRAND UNION CANAL R 12 D (WENDOVER ARM) 3 C Connect with history A Tringford Reservoir N Middleton Cheney A Wilstone Reservoir CROPREDY KidlingtonL Key 10 The stretch of the Grand Union Canal around Milton Keynes has To Banbury barely changed since it was constructed 200 years ago, when it 11 Canal, River or Dock Railway Station Marina To Oxford was an integral part of the Industrial Revolution. The impressive Tringford Pumping Station 7 miles Always remember to stay SAFE near water Lock Pub, Restaurant or Café Picnic Area Cosgrove ‘Iron Trunk’ aqueduct between Wolverton and Sat Nav: HP23 4LJ Sat Nav: OX17 1PB The map is for illustration purpose and is not to scale – Stay Away From the Edge. Bridge Place of Interest Information Cosgrove was added in 1811, replacing a failed brick structure, © Crown copyright and database rights, 2012, Ordnance Survey 100019843. Note: Sat Nav postcodes take you to a central point. Banbury and was restored in 2012. Stroll along and soak up the history. Castle Quay Canal Towpaths Boat Trip & Hire Parking Shopping Centre King’s Sutton
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Tackley A4260 Tackley 9 4 Enslow Thrupp 12 A34 3 Kidlington 10 11 To Oxford 7 miles Always remember to stay SAFE near water The map is for illustration purpose and is not to scale – Stay Away From the Edge. Step onto the towpath and 12/06/2012 15:39 connect... with the great outdoors with your great-great grandfathers Our canal system is a vital part of the nation’s heritage, dating back to the Industrial Revolution. Think of your canals and rivers and the And it still helps make Britain great today. Locks, aqueducts, tunnels and incredible boat lifts surrounding hedgerows as long, winding nature are all testament to the golden age of British engineering, and most of it is beautifully preserved. reserves. An ideal habitat for tiny creatures like dragonflies and butterflies, birds such as kingfishers and herons, and even larger mammals such as badgers, stoats or water voles, it’s a great way to enjoy the Great British Get involved, join us countryside right on your doorstep. In fact, a In an increasingly fast-paced and crowded This planting will provide a habitat that will recent wildlife survey spotted over 60 different world, our historic canals and rivers are a encourage birds, newts and dragonflies to species, and that’s not including the fish! local haven for people and nature. The Canal the area. Your donation could also help build So make sure that you keep your & River Trust is the new charity entrusted viewing platforms and a new path between eyes peeled as you amble through with the care of 2,000 miles of waterways in the canal and the reservoir. Support this project the scenery. England and Wales. now, and play your part in encouraging and Donate time – volunteer! preserving nature at this special area of the Grand Union Canal. with great times Fancy getting involved with the valuable work of the Trust? Whether you want to get stuck in So please text a gift of £3 today – every penny If you’re looking to break from routine, to at your local canal or take on more of an office- you give will help to transform the area and escape the hustle and bustle of everyday based role, look at our website to find out provide a special place for people and wildlife life or to find a peaceful place to enjoy a what’s happening in your area; there’s never to use. spot of lunch, your local canal is just a been a better time to get involved. stone’s throw away. With so much to do Text Tring to 70007 to give £3 to our Grand Give a dragonfly a home with and see, your canal is ideal for meeting Union project.* your mobile friendly, like-minded people or spending quality time with your family and friends. We are undertaking 50 amazing projects to Or just bring yourself and a book for a help celebrate our launch. And we promise moment of peaceful solitude. that 100% of your donation will go directly to your local project. The handy map inside this leaflet is full of information on the unique activities Please text today to help plant new flora and and attractions that you’ll find on your provide a home for British wildlife on the Open up for your local map local waterway. So if you’re after some Grand Union Canal, near Tring reservoir. fresh air and freedom, grab the kids or grandparents and get out on the towpath! For more information go to canalrivertrust.org.uk
*You will be charged £3 plus one message at your standard network rate of which the Canal & River Trust will receive a £3 donation, except from O2 customers where the donation received will be £2.96. If we receive more money than we need then the extra
donations will be used on similar work. By using this service, you agree that we may contact you in the future. If you’d rather we didn’t, reply ‘DECLINE to 70007’. Charity number: 1146792
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