The Hertfordshire Way
Stage 6: Markyate to Tring - Part Two
Leaving Great Gaddesden, the landscape begins to take on a typical Chilterns feel
Into the Ashridge estate.....lots of walks combine here. The estate covers 4000 acres of woodland and commons.
Ashridge House, the home of the Dukes of Bridgewater, but now a management college. The site was originally a monastery, which came into the ownership of Henry VIII upon the dissolution. His daughter, Princess Elizabeth, stayed there.
The monument to the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, "the Father of Inland Navigation". He built the first canal of the Industrial Revolution to bring coal from his mines to Manchester. The Monument is a Doric column surmounted by an urn, and can be climbed to the top for the payment of a small fee.
The way drops down to the picturesque village of Aldbury, with its stocks on the village green by the duck pond.
Aldbury with the woods of Ashridge behind
The end of the stage, Tring Railway Station which is 1½ miles outside the town. Although this is on the main line from Euston there are no trains at all today because of major engineering works.
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