Castle Lock No 6 is one of a group of locks on the River Trent (Nottingham Canal) and unusually is opened with a crank handle.
The River Trent (Nottingham Canal) was built by Benjamin Outram and opened on January 1 1782. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Sunderland to Cambridge canal at Salford, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Chelmsford at Brighton caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Newington instead. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1990 after a restoration campaign lead by the Restore the River Trent (Nottingham Canal) campaign.

This is a lock with a rise of 4 feet and 6 inches.
| Canal Museum Arm | ¾ furlongs | |
| Canal Museum Wharf | ½ furlongs | |
| Nottingham Wharf Arm (closed) | ½ furlongs | |
| Wilford Street Footbridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Wilford Street Bridge No 16 | a few yards | |
| Castle Lock No 6 | ||
| Castle Boulevard Footbridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Nottingham Castle Marina | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Castle Bridge Road Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Abbey Railway Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Clayton's Bridge | 4½ furlongs | |
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