Tringford Pumping Station
Tringford Pumping Station is on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Wendover Arm - restored section) five kilometres from Kingston-upon-Hull.
The Act of Parliament for the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Wendover Arm - restored section) was passed on January 1 1782 after extensive lobbying by Exuperius Picking Junior. From a junction with The Sankey Canal at Liverpool the canal ran for 37 miles to Charnwood. Expectations for pottery traffic to Ipswich were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Wendover Arm - restored section) were submitted to parliament in 2001, the carriage of sea sand from St Helens to Perth prevented closure. Restoration of Castlebury Boat Lift was funded by a donation from the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Wendover Arm - restored section) Society

| Bulbourne Junction | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Bulbourne Junction Bridge No 1 | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Gammel Bridge No 2 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Tring Flour Mill | 3½ furlongs | |
| Gammel Bridge Winding Hole | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Tringford Pumping Station | ||
| Tringford Stop Lock (remains of) | ½ furlongs | |
| Little Tring Bridge No 3 | 1 furlong | |
| Little Tring Winding Hole | 1¾ furlongs | |
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
- THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL - a highway laid with water. — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal)
- An account of the Grand Junction Canal, 1792 - 1928, with a postscript. By Ian Petticrew and Wendy Austin.
- Wendover Arm Trust — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Wendover Arm)
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Bulbourne Junction
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In the direction of Bulbourne Junction
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In the direction of Bulbourne Junction
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In the direction of Bulbourne Junction
In the direction of Little Tring Winding Hole
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Bulbourne Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
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![The Southern Entrance to Tringford Reservoir. This shows the approach from Little Tring. Immediately over the stile the footpath branches. To the left the path follows the west side of the reservoir, past the hide, and onto the dam. To the right the path runs through woodland and the reservoir cannot be seen.The building in the background is [[2836629]] by Chris Reynolds – 06 March 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/83/66/2836636_4a097136_120x120.jpg)
![Grand Union Canal (Wendover Arm): Little Tring Stop Lock. The main cause of the closure of the Wendover Arm in 1904 was the excessive leakage of water through the banks, with the consequence that water was being drained out of the Tring summit level of the main Grand Union Canal. This stop lock was built at the time that the arm was closed to isolate the leaky section of the arm from the rest of the canal, with a view to reopening the canal should finances allow. That never happened, but the arm has now been made navigable by the Wendover Arm Trust for some 400 metres beyond the lock up to [[3736906]] where it has been formally blocked. The stop lock is therefore now permanently open. As can be seen, and unlike usual locks, this one never served to change the water level. by Nigel Cox – 12 September 2013](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/73/68/3736897_103a780a_120x120.jpg)



![The Footpath leaves the Woodland south of Tringford Reservoir. Path Number TU55 leaves the wood and joins the lane leading to the Pumping Station at Little Tring.See [[1413823]] by Chris Reynolds – 14 April 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/41/92/1419276_cc6030ca_120x120.jpg)


![Bracket Fungi on an old log near the hide, Tringford Reservoir. See [[1413823]] by Chris Reynolds – 14 April 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/41/92/1419284_56a644b8_120x120.jpg)
![The Row of Chestnut Trees at Tringford Reservoir. There are a number of old horse chestnut trees adjoining the footpath on the west side of Tringford reservoir. Several have shed branches ([[1419273]]) but these seem to be some of the healthiest. by Chris Reynolds – 06 March 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/83/66/2836641_561bda04_120x120.jpg)

![A Horse Chestnut Tree on the Footpath beside Tringford Reservoir. While many of the trees in the wood alongside footpath number TU55 are comparatively small, there is a row of some elderly horse chestnut trees. Some of the more decrepit have red dots on the trunks and may be scheduled for felling because of the danger of falling branches.See [[1413823]] by Chris Reynolds – 14 April 2009](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/41/92/1419274_a85af4c2_120x120.jpg)
![View from the Hide towards the “Feeding Bank”, Tringford Reservoir. A year or so ago this view would have shown perhaps one hundred water birds, plus some woodland birds. Every day the gamekeeper would put down sackfuls of feed to fatten up the Mallards for the six duck shoots a year. Not only were the mallards busy feeding (some undoubtedly breed elsewhere and introduced 'for the table') but so were other species of ducks, swans, etc. However it was felt that shooting was incompatible with the Site of Special Scientific Interest status and it ended in 2008 – and the waterfowl population dropped considerably. It is perhaps worth remembering that one of the reasons the vegetation round the reservoir is so “wild†is that the area has been managed for shooting by the Rothschild family of Tring for over 100 years. See [[1413823]] by Chris Reynolds – 14 April 2009](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/41/92/1419279_a5ec76f8_120x120.jpg)


![Approaching the Ken Jackson Hide, Tringford Reservoir. The footpath through the wood come close to the edge of the water at this point and a simple but effective hide has been erected.See [[1413823]] by Chris Reynolds – 28 July 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/41/92/1419277_9c49f2b9_120x120.jpg)
![A view showing a dead tree from the Hide, Tringford Reservoir. With a decent pair of binoculars you can see a lot from the hide – and the dead tree provided an excellent high perch for raptors and (today) wood pigeons.See [[1413823]] by Chris Reynolds – 28 July 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/41/92/1419281_b3b8c2a9_120x120.jpg)
