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Castle Donington Voyage Tips and guide

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    Castle Donington is a village in north Leicestershire on the border with Derbyshire.

    Understand

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    The village is small, and the area is dominated by the airport and motor racing track.

    Get in

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    By plane

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    1 East Midlands airport (EMA  IATA). South on a hill above the village. The airport mainly supports low-cost airlines such as Jet2.com, Ryanair and tour operators like Thomson Airways which serve a range of domestic and European short-haul destinations. East Midlands Airport (Q8977) on Wikidata East Midlands Airport on Wikipedia

    By car

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    Exit at junction 24 of the M1 just north of the A 42. The village is the north west route off the traffic island while the airport is south west. The village is about 10 miles south of Derby via the A6/A50 and 11 miles north of Loughborough via the A6.

    By rail

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    The closest rail station East Midlands Parkway but this is in the middle of nowhere with no local bus connections. Using one of the stations served by the Skylink service may be more convenient.

    By bus

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    The village, Donington Park and the airport are served by a number of bus services.

    Get around

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    Map
    Map of Castle Donington

    See

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    Do

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    • 1 Donington Park Circuit. Motorsport race circuit, and museum with large collection of racing cars. Donington Park (Q173202) on Wikidata Donington Park on Wikipedia

    Events

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    • Download Festival: . Rock and Heavy Metal festival in mid-June. (date needs fixing)

    Buy

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    Eat

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    A number of restaurant possibilities on Borough Street in the centre of the village including Indian and traditional fish & chip shop.

    The airport has a number of fast food restaurants, most air-side with only one before security.

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    Sleep

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    Near the village

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    Near the airport

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    Connect

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    Go next

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    Routes through Castle Donington
    SheffieldNottingham  N  S  LoughboroughLeicester
    merges with and  NW  SE  Loughborough
    DerbyShardlow  W  E  merges with


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