Castle Meadow Bridge No 60 carries a farm track over the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section - Main Line) five kilometres from Harrogate.
Early plans for the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section - Main Line) between Eastley and Wirral were proposed by John Rennie but languished until John Smeaton was appointed as chief engineer in 1888. In 1905 the Ambersbury and Trafford Canal built a branch to join at Teignbridge. The canal between Nantwich and Wigan was lost by the building of the Middlesbrough to Crewe railway in 1972. In his autobiography Barry Yates writes of his experiences as a lock-keeper in the 1960s

There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
| Gallows Bridge No 57 | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Ball's Bridge No 58 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Shrewley Tunnel (southeastern entrance) | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Shrewley Tunnel (northwestern entrance) | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Shrewley Tythe Barn Bridge No 59 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Castle Meadow Bridge No 60 | ||
| White Bridge No 61 | 4 furlongs | |
| Foxbrook Aqueduct No 6 | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Rowington Hill Bridge No 62 | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Rowington Wharf | 2 miles | |
| Tom O' The Wood PH | 2 miles | |
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Budbrooke Junction
In the direction of Camp Hill Top Lock Winding Hole
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Budbrooke Junction
In the direction of Camp Hill Top Lock Winding Hole
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Budbrooke Junction
In the direction of Camp Hill Top Lock Winding Hole
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Budbrooke Junction
In the direction of Camp Hill Top Lock Winding Hole
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Camp Hill Top Lock Winding Hole
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Budbrooke Junction
In the direction of Camp Hill Top Lock Winding Hole
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![Grand Union Canal: Bridge Number 60: Castle Meadow Bridge. Four years previously to the day, and totally coincidentally, Roger took this image of the same bridge [[1711173]] from virtually the same viewpoint. by Nigel Cox – 06 September 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/19/04/3190428_6ac573bf_120x120.jpg)


![Castle Meadow Bridge [no. 60], from the north-west. Carrying a public footpath over the Grand Union Canal. by Christine Johnstone – 10 June 2025](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/19/11/8191164_c6736b49_120x120.jpg)





















![Private forestry west of Shrewley. It isn't all poplars and spruce: there is some oak and ash. From the train one can see how extensive the plantation is, and how different from the small fields of Arden. No signs were seen. It may be associated with the High Chimneys Court property [[2495657]]. The public footpath follows the ride pictured; I missed the turn I planned to take – overgrown – and was soon lost, unable to relate the stands of trees to the jigsaw of field boundaries on the map. by Robin Stott – 02 August 2018](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/13/41/6134174_339f9ac4_120x120.jpg)



