TRINGFORD Tringford has been rebuilt and the leaky sections of the canal lined in concrete. Its Tringford pumping station was built in future use looks much more promising. PARISH 1818 and worked alongside stations at It is possible to walk the entire length of the Whitehouses and , until these arm following the towpaths. From Little Tring WALKS two were closed in 1836 and 1917 Bridge follow the path down past respectively. When the Whitehouses reservoir and on to Drayton Beauchamp. pumping station, situated above Wilstone Here just beyond the church, the canal still NUMBER 1 reservoir, was shut down, an underground culvert was constructed to connect with holds water. It is well worth an afternoon’s stroll to its source in the market town of the Tringford station. For over a hundred LITTLE TRINGTTRING . years, water from the reservoirs was lifted using a steam beam engine. In 1927, Approximate time : 75 minutes diesel pumps were installed; these have Please follow the Country Code. now been replaced with electric ones. Approximate distance: 5 kilometres Also in 1927, the building was lengthened Leave gates in the position you find and remodelled as a much lower structure, using round-headed windows them brought from a redundant engine house at Leave only your footprints Foxton near Leicester. Take away your litter Keep dogs under control The six-mile length of the Wendover Arm was once a busy trade route to London’s Do wear sensible clothing for your markets, carrying livestock from own comfort. Strong footwear is Wendover. Grains and other local recommended, particularly after rain, produce were loaded at New Mill and you may encounter some stretches of Tring wharves. A heifer, transported to the route which are muddy. market by canal boat was much fatter and cleaner than one driven on the old cattle trails and a better price could be had for it. This guide was produced on behalf of Tring So, when the cut began to leak much Environmental Forum by John Taylor, effort was spent to maintain it in a good Jonathon Iles, and Rodney Sims. Permission condition, but it was a losing battle. With to use the illustrations by Patricia Simpkin increased competition from the railways, and Debra Hindle is gratefully the arm fell into disrepair. acknowledged. In 1904, the Wendover Arm was finally Published by Tring Town Council. closed. It is now only navigable as far as @ Tring Environmental Forum May 1995 Tringford. However the bridge at Revised July 2001 . * Go across Silk Mill Way and the path runs At the stile continue straight for a while Head northwards across the car park beside the feeder stream. before crossing the fence line to the right. towards the RED CROSS HALL, take the Go on until the field gate. path across POND CLOSE and walk beside Cross New Road keeping to the tarmac the flint wall. path. The walk then reaches the UPPER Turn left and follow the track between ICKNIELD WAY, once an ancient track hedges towards MISWELL FARM. This track The wall ends and the path runs below tall linking East Anglia with the Wiltshire joins the fam lane which climbs the hill to ash trees in which a small Rookery has Downs, but now a busy road. Cross Tring in a deep cutting beneath beech trees. recently been established. Below lies the carefully. STREAMSIDE WALK environmental area. Cross the UPPER ICKNIELD WAY again, Continue following the stream until it flows into Miswell Lane noting on the left the old into the WENDOVER ARM of the GRAND WINDMILL and on the right the Rookery UNION CANAL. in the trees beside the road.

Turn left along the towpath. Pass down the lane until Goldfield playing fields are on the left. Take the path across to the school and on to Christchurch Road. Go down the hill and take the next left into Friars Walk which leads back to the carpark.

At the stoplock opposite is TRINGFORD PUMPING STATION which pumps water from the TRING RESERVOIRS into the Wendover Arm whence it flows into the main canal at Bulbourne. Walk along beside the now dry canal, up to the new bridge over the road at Little Tring. On the other side of the bridge, head across the field for the distant stile, whilst the canal curves away to your right. Further along on the right can be seen a further section of the dry canal and the former LITTLE TRING WHARF.

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