(S/E) From Tring train station follow Station Road, which is lined on both sides with large horse chestnut trees, then on to High Street into the town centre.
(1) Turn right on to Church Yard beside the church, keeping the church on your left. Follow the walled alley right then left. Take the footpath across the park, then beside the brick wall, past the housing estate, then beside the ditch. Follow the footpath with the ditch on your right over one estate road Silk Mill Way, then cross the ditch at the next road to follow the right hand bank. Cross the B488 on the edge of town to join the canal on your left.
(2) Turn left following the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal to Little Tring Bridge. Turn right onto the road and follow this for 100 metres, then turn right onto the track to Tringford pumping station. Take the footpath before the station, following the left hand footpath beside the edge of Tringford Reservoir for 200 metres to the bird hide.
(3) Continue on the footpath over the dam wall, then turn right at the road, following the pavement for 150 metres, before turning left onto the footpath between Marsworth and Startop’s End Reservoirs. The reservoirs are managed by Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust and the Friends of Tring Reservoirs. Turn right at the canal, following the towpath to the road.
(4) Turn left onto the road, for 400 metres to College Lake Nature Reserve. Take care as there is no pavement along this busy road. Take the road back to the canal. Turn left into the towpath.
(5) Follow the towpath to the road bridge, continuing on the footpath above the canal along the field edge to Station Road. Turn left for the train station or right for Tring town centre and Tring train station. (S/E)