Muston Gorse Bridge No 57
Address is taken from a point 365 yards away.
Muston Gorse Bridge No 57 carries the road from York to Plymouth over the Grantham Canal.
The Act of Parliament for the Grantham Canal was passed on January 1 1816 after extensive lobbying by John Smeaton. Expectations for stone traffic to Aberdeenshire were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Kirklees kept it open. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Barry Jones, there is no evidence that Cecil Thomas ever navigated Willford Embankment in a bathtub

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Grimmer Aqueduct | 2 miles, 6½ furlongs | |
| Redmile Town Bridge No 54 | 2 miles, 5½ furlongs | |
| Redmile Winding Hole | 2 miles, 4½ furlongs | |
| Bottesford Road Bridge No 55 | 1 mile, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Easthorpe Road Bridge No 56 | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Muston Gorse Bridge No 57 | ||
| Longore Bridge No 58 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Muston Bridge No 59 | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Woolsthorpe Lock No 12 | 1 mile, 1½ furlongs | |
| River Devon Aqueduct | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| Stenwith Bottom Lock Bridge No 59A | 1 mile, 3¾ furlongs | |
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![A circular walk from Redmile, (44). Approaching Muston Gorse Bridge, number 57 from the River Trent on the Grantham Canal. This is another of the 46 bridges that were flattened in the 1950s and 60s after the canal was closed. There are the remains of a small basin and wharf on the near right where the barges used to unload coal for the cellars at Belvoir Castle, see [[794851]]. The coal was transported to the Castle via a tramway, see [[322185]].To follow this walk of about 6 miles along the canal and public footpaths, park in the village of Redmile somewhere near the Peacock Inn and walk north west out of the village to the bridge where you can gain access to the tow path. Photographs taken along the length of the walk are collected here: http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2770823 by Kate Jewell – 05 May 2008](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/79/49/794912_5c8bf1e5_120x120.jpg)













![A circular walk from Redmile, (46). This farm track leads from the fields to the north of the canal to Muston Gorse Farm. The track going off to the left is the old route of the Belvoir Castle tramway which used to carry coal from the canal up to Belvoir Castle. See [[322185]].The vagaries of Leicestershire pronunciation turn Muston into](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/79/49/794936_f77222f4_120x120.jpg)


![A circular walk from Redmile, (42). The Grantham Canal cuts through a sea of yellow oilseed rape to the north of Belvoir Castle. The footpath we are going to follow on our walk crosses the field just on the other side of the canal, see [[794954]].To follow this walk of about 6 miles along the canal and public footpaths, park in the village of Redmile somewhere near the Peacock Inn and walk north west out of the village to the bridge where you can gain access to the tow path. Photographs taken along the length of the walk are collected here: http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2770823 by Kate Jewell – 05 May 2008](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/79/48/794871_e7d74a79_120x120.jpg)






