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Little Tring, TRING, HP23 4NP

Most of the interest round here is to do with the canal, but it's all set in pleasant countryside.

Completion in 1797, the Wendover Arm links the Grand Union Canal at Bulborne to Wendover. Due to persistent and severe leakage, the Arm was closed to navigation beyond Little Tring in 1897. The aim of the Wendover Arm Trust is to restore the Arm to full navigation, and to that end they have re-opened a short section beyond Little Tring; another isolated section adjacent to the A41 has also been restored. But the first phase of re-opening involved bridge-building. Little Tring Road crossed the course of the canal on an embankment that blocked the canal when its original bridge was demolished in 1973. The embankment was replaced by a new bridge - No. 3, shown here - built to a traditional design and faced with bricks to give it an authentic appearance. The project was funded by the Wendover Arm Trust and completed by British Waterways in 2000/1 at a cost of £223,055. As this photograph of its brickwork illustrates, the new bridge is a tribute to its builders.

The canal was re watered quite recently and looks much healthier

This view of the canal is taken from the opposite side of the bridge facing east

Completion in 1797, the Wendover Arm links the Grand Union Canal at Bulborne to Wendover. Due to persistent and severe leakage, the Arm was closed to navigation beyond Little Tring in 1897. The aim of the Wendover Arm Trust is to restore the Arm to full navigation, and to that end they have re-opened a short section beyond Little Tring; another isolated section adjacent to the A41 has also been restored. But the first phase of re-opening involved bridge-building. Little Tring Road crossed the course of the canal on an embankment that blocked the canal when its original bridge was demolished in 1973. The embankment was replaced by a new bridge - No. 3, shown here - built to a traditional design and faced with bricks to give it an authentic appearance. The project was funded by the Wendover Arm Trust and completed by British Waterways in 2000/1 at a cost of £223,055.

Completion in 1797, the Wendover Arm links the Grand Union Canal at Bulborne to Wendover. Due to persistent and severe leakage, the Arm was closed to navigation beyond Little Tring in 1897. The aim of the Wendover Arm Trust is to restore the Arm to full navigation, and to that end they have re-opened a short section beyond Little Tring; another isolated section adjacent to the A41 has also been restored. But the first phase of re-opening involved bridge-building. Little Tring Road crossed the course of the canal on an embankment that blocked the canal when its original bridge was demolished in 1973. The embankment was replaced by a new bridge - No. 3, shown here - built to a traditional design and faced with bricks to give it an authentic appearance. The project was funded by the Wendover Arm Trust and completed by British Waterways in 2000/1 at a cost of £223,055. As this photograph of its brickwork illustrates, this beautifully constructed bridge is a tribute to its builders.

Completed in 1797, the Wendover Arm links the Grand Union Canal at Bulborne to Wendover. Due to persistent and severe leakage, the Arm was closed to navigation beyond Little Tring in 1897. The aim of the Wendover Arm Trust is to restore the Arm to full navigation, and to that end they have re-opened a short section beyond Little Tring; another isolated section adjacent to the A41 has also been restored. This photograph was taken from the towpath of the flooded section of the Canal at Tring Wharf. I was truck by the stark outline of the electricity distribution pole and cables (which are a blight on the landscape!) against the brooding sky.

This is a new bridge built in 2002 to the original design of 1796. It replaced an embankment that carried the road at this point. Once the bridge was completed, this stretch of the canal could be restored and rewatered.

The Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal has been extended in the last few years. This family are fishing in the canal by Bridge 3 of the arm.

A bridge built to replace the bridge demolished in 1973. It was opened in 2001.