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This is an operational stretch of the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union, with the silos of Heygates flour mill in the distance.

Seen during a walk along the canal.

Grand Union Canal Wendover Arm nearing the mill at Gamnel Wharf

Part of a large flour mill by the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal.

From Bulbourne to the flour mill at Tring Wharf the towpath has a hard surface. Just past the mill it changes to a grass surface for most of the stretch to the present end of the canal.

There has been flour milling at Gamnel Wharf since the 19th century - and possibly before - the last windmill, run by William Mead, being demolished in 1910 to make way for a wheat storage silo. In those days, Mead lived on site, in a house next to the yard, and owned much of the area taken by the mill of today. The remaining space was occupied by boat-builders, Bushell Brothers, who built narrowboats. The business was taken over by Heygates in 1944, since when it has undergone a series of remodellings and now has a milling capacity of over 10 tonnes of wheat per hour. Its fleet of articulated trucks deliver flour throughout the South of England. While the Mill is not a pretty sight, it is a significant employer in Tring.

There has been flour milling at Gamnel Wharf since the 19th century - and possibly before - the last windmill, run by William Mead, being demolished in 1910 to make way for a wheat storage silo. In those days, Mead lived on site, in a house next to the yard, and owned much of the area taken by the mill of today. The remaining space was occupied by boat-builders, Bushell Brothers, who built narrowboats. The business was taken over by Heygates in 1944, since when it has undergone a series of remodellings and now has a milling capacity of over 10 tonnes of wheat per hour. Its fleet of articulated trucks deliver flour throughout the South of England. While the Mill is not a pretty sight, it is a significant employer in Tring.

There has been flour milling at Gamnel Wharf since the 19th century - and possibly before - the last windmill, run by William Mead, being demolished in 1910 to make way for a wheat storage silo. In those days, Mead lived on site, in a house next to the yard, and owned much of the area taken by the mill of today. The remaining space was occupied by boat-builders, Bushell Brothers, who built narrowboats. The business was taken over by Heygates in 1944, since when it has undergone a series of remodellings and now has a milling capacity of over 10 tonnes of wheat per hour. Its fleet of articulated trucks deliver flour throughout the South of England. While the Mill is not a pretty sight, it is a significant employer in Tring.

The brook which has flowed parallel to Brook Street (the only natural watercourse of any size in Tring) is seen here as it empties its waters into the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal just to the southwest of Heygates Flour Mill.

The Nicholson's Waterways Guide ahows a winding hole here, these usually being 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 its proximity to Image suggests the reason why there would be one here. However in this case the winding hole appears to make use of the channel, on the right, of an incoming canal feeder stream from Tring. To be honest the space available up the channel for turning, and the narrow jaws of the opening, would make it a struggle for any boat longer than about 40' to turn in this one!