Tring (Marsworth)
Planning your visit
Address: Lock 39, Startops End, Marsworth, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 4LJ View on Google map
Opening Times: Tring Reservoirs are open all year round
Price: Once you're parked up, it won't cost you a thing
Toilets: For customers of the local pub/café
Discover Tring Reservoirs, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, managed by Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust, famous for its wildlife. Explore the towpaths of the Wendover and Aylesbury Canal Arms of the Grand Union Canal and visit the pretty villages of Marsworth and Wilstone. Take the family to run off steam, get a breath of fresh air and soak up the natural environment. And why not start up and finish off with a picnic or a pub lunch?
Things to do and see
Take to the towpath:
Places to eat:
Trails:
Picnic spot
There are plenty of grassy areas to have a picnic
Wildlife spotting
Tring Reservoirs are renowned for their birdlife. Great Crested Grebes, swans and herons are usually on view, and in winter there are many kinds of ducks and a huge gull roost. In autumn the mud banks provide a ‘bed and breakfast' stop for waders migrating southwards. Be sure to pack your nature spotting guide and binoculars!
Directions
By car - Tring reservoirs are just off te A41 between Aylesbury and Hemel Hempstead. There is a Pay & Display car park at Startops Reservoir
By train - Tring station is 2.5 miles away, you can get there by walking along the canal
By boat - There are some permanent moorings in a marina and some temporary moorings along the canal
