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Canal Arm Wendover the of restoration the implement Access: Access: Access: Access: Canal Canal Canal Canal y to promote and and promote to y charit registered a as 1989 in formed was Trust The for customers. customers. for toilets have cafés and houses public most and Tring Trust Trust Arm Arm Wendover Wendover Trust Trust Arm Arm Wendover Wendover in Wendover and and Wendover in toilets public are There itself. canal the on None Arm Arm Wendover Wendover The The Arm Arm Wendover Wendover The The Toilets: Toilets: Toilets: Toilets: ints on the map inside. inside. map the on ints po to relate section this in figures or letters The Facilities Facilities Facilities Facilities 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 Drayton Beauchamp 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 (Aylesbury – 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.
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