Tring Reservoirs Walks

Discover Tring Reservoirs, a Site of Special Scientific Interest famous for its wildlife. Explore the towpaths of the Wendover and Aylesbury canal arms and visit the pretty villages of Marsworth and Wilstone.

Walks at Tring Reservoirs offer a choice of colour waymarked routes designed to guide you around this special area and increase the enjoyment of your visit. The routes vary in length from a short stroll lasting about an hour to a half day ramble including the Wendover and Aylesbury arms of the Grand Union Canal, Wilstone Reservoir and the surrounding countryside.

Full details of the walks, and maps of the routes, are contained in the PDF which you can download from this page and print out. (File size is approximately 1Mb. You will need a PDF viewer, such as Adobe Reader, to open the file.)

You may start wherever you wish. The routes are waymarked with distinctive colour symbols. The yellow route is waymarked in both directions whilst the green and red routes are waymarked in one direction only.

The reservoirs are famous for their birds so don’t forget your binoculars!

An updated version of the leaflet is due to be issued in 2005.

Download an information leaflet (Adobe PDF)

Getting there

Parking: Car parking is available at the canalside car park at Startop's End, opposite the Angler's Retreat and White Lion pubs. There is a smaller car park at Wilstone Reservoir, off the same road. The reservoirs are five minutes' drive from Tring, and less than 20 minutes from Berkhamsted, Aylesbury, Leighton Buzzard and Wendover.

Public transport: Local train services stop at Tring, an attractive 30-minute canal walk from the reservoirs. Leave the station, turn left onto the road, then descend onto the canal at the bridge and walk south. (Train times: 08457 484950.) Regular bus services also operate between Tring, Aylesbury and Marsworth, stopping at Marsworth village. For more information, telephone 0870 608 2 608.