IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Wharf Lane, TRING, HP23 5FQ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Wharf Lane, HP23 5FQ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (72 Images Found)
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Grand Union Canal: Cowroast Winding Hole
A winding hole is a deliberately widened reach of the canal that enables long narrowboats to turn through 180 degrees. Usually these are found next to old wharves where working boats might have had a reason to need to turn, and this one is no exception being shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1877. However the widening here is quite small, and if there are double breasted moored boats on the other side, as there were on the day the photograph was taken, it would be difficult to turn a 70 foot boat without clouting the outer moored one or the towpath bank on the right. This is the southern end of the Tring summit cut.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 3 Sep 2013
0.03 miles
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Grand Union Canal: Cow Roast Winding Hole
Image: © Chris Reynolds
Taken: 19 Sep 2009
0.04 miles
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Cottage next to Cowroast Lock No 46
Along the Grand Union Canal at Cow Roast.
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 18 Aug 2015
0.04 miles
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Cow Roast Lock
The name may give the idea of a restaurant selling roast beef or similar. In fact, the name Cow Roast originates from Cow Rest and refers to a time when the area had large cattle pens. These pens were used by drovers heading for London from the Midlands. The lock is the first descending south from the Chilterns.
Image: © Peter S
Taken: 30 May 2016
0.04 miles