Walking and Cycling

The District Council has promoted its Strategy for nearly 40 years, introducing many new improvements to make cycling easier and to improve walking conditions. We want to encourage people of all experience levels to use their bike to get around. Use this page to find out more about promoted routes and infrastructure, or contact TPP@threerivers.gov.uk - new and current schemes are listed in the section below.

Local Cycling and Walking routes promoted by the District Council

The Ebury Way - The Ebury Way Map (pdf)

The Ebury Way is an important local traffic-free path for cyclists, walkers, and horse-riders.

The Ebury Way helps provide a traffic-free part of the National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 6 from London Paddington to Keswick, via Watford, Luton, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Market Harborough, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Worksop, Sheffield, Manchester, Blackburn, Preston, Lancaster, Kendal and Windermere. For more information visit Sustrans, the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle, at Sustrans.org.uk

This path uses the old Ebury Railway embankment to cross the Colne, Chess and Gade rivers as well as the Grand Union Canal. Cycling is permitted along the whole length but horse-riders are restricted to the eastern part between Moor Lane Crossing and Rickmansworth.

Green Street, Chorleywood - Green Street link map

This cycle track created in 2009 connects St Clement Danes School and the edge of Chorleywood with Station Approach using a quiet service road and shared footway. This route enables cyclists and walkers to easily travel between the village centre, the station and the school - without using busy Green Street.

New and current schemes

Leavesden Cycle Hub

Three Rivers Cycling Strategy

The District Council has developed and promoted its Cycling Strategy since 1981 with visible success in creating and improving the cycle routes it promotes across the Three Rivers District.

Recent projects include the upgrades to the Grand Union Canal towpath in partnership with other local authorities and the Canal and River Trust, and the South Way cycleway.

This towpath now provides a level traffic-free route connecting Croxley Green, West Watford, Hunton Bridge, Kings Langley and Nash Mills with a wider, well promoted route.

The South Way Cycleway connects the improved towpath with Abbots Langley, Leavesden and into Garston on a nearly traffic-free shared footway and bridleway.

TRDC Cycling Strategy 2003 (pdf)