Spikes Bridge Park, Canal and Willow Tree Park
A more challenging walk adding a canal towpath loop to the nature reserve and marina. Paths may be muddy after wet weather. Not suitable for wheelchairs.
- Start: Spikes Bridge Park
- Distance: Three miles
- Time: Allow 1 hour 45 minutes
- Transport:
- Parking: Carlyle Avenue
- Facilities: The Civil Engineer, Ruislip Road
Directions
- From the park take the path past the play centre to the canal.
- Turn right along the towpath, passing Cranleigh Woods on the right and Willow Tree Marina on the left.
- At the bridge continue along the towpath.
- After the factory, and just after you pass under a footbridge, leave the canal by steps on the right.
- Turn right on Ruislip Road to the traffic lights.
- Cross at the crossing and go down Broadmead Road. Turn left at wooden fences onto a path with houses on the right.
- At a t-junction, turn left into Willow Tree Park.
- At a crossroads take the path straight ahead, which curves round to a bridge across the canal. At the bottom turn left and return to Spikes Bridge Park along towpath.