Castle Donington is a village in north Leicestershire on the border with Derbyshire.
Understand
[edit]The village is small, and the area is dominated by the airport and motor racing track.
Get in
[edit]By plane
[edit]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.
By car
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]The village, Donington Park, and the airport are served by a number of bus services.
- Skylink (Kinchbus / Trent-Barton). Nottingham - Long Eaton - Castle Donington - East Midlands Airport
- Skylink (Kinchbus / Trent-Barton). Nottingham - Long Eaton - Castle Donington - Coalville
- Skylink (Kinchbus / Trent-Barton). Derby - Castle Donington - Loughborough - Leicester
It is worth noting that the Skylink Nottingham to Coalville service only runs partially throughout the day, refer to the respective Kinchbus or Trent-Barton timetables for specific times.
Get around
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See
[edit]- 1 Castle Donington Museum, 4 Apiary Gate, ☏ +44 1332 812711. Local history museum.
Do
[edit]- 1 Donington Park Circuit. Motorsport race circuit, and museum with large collection of racing cars.
Events
[edit]- Download Festival: . Rock and Heavy Metal festival in mid-June. (date needs fixing)
Buy
[edit]- 1 Sainsbury's Local, 8 Studbrook Business Park, ☏ +44 345 601 6397. Daily, 7AM-11PM. Supermarket
- 2 Aldi, 47 Station Road, ☏ +44 800 042 0800. M-Sa 8AM-10PM; Su 10AM-4PM. Supermarket
- 3 Central Co-op Food, Station Road, ☏ +44 1332 853951. M-Sa 7AM-10PM; Su 10AM-4PM. Supermarket
- 4 Borough Street Co-op, 35-37 Borough Street, ☏ +44 1332 810219. Daily 7AM-10PM. Convenience store.
- 5 Premier Stores, 1 Huntingdon Drive, ☏ +44 1332 812906. M-Sa 7:30AM-7:30PM; Su 8AM-7PM. Convenience store.
- 6 Green Lane Stores, 6 Park Avenue. M-F 7:30AM-9PM; Sa 8AM-9PM; Su opens at 8:30AM. Small convenience store.
Eat
[edit]A number of restaurant possibilities on Borough Street in the centre of the village including Indian, Chinese, Italian, kebab, and traditional fish & chip shop.
The airport has a number of fast food restaurants, most air-side with only one before security.
- 1 The Nags Head Inn, Hill Top, ☏ +44 1332 812744. M-Sa noon-11PM, Su noon-10PM.
Drink
[edit]- 1 The Cross Keys, 90 Bondgate, ☏ +44 1332 812214.
Sleep
[edit]In the village
[edit]- 1 Bondgate Hotel, 78 Bondgate, ☏ +44 1332 492313. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 10AM. Free parking. £75 per night.
Near the village
[edit]- 2 The Priest House Hotel, Kings Mills, ☏ +44 845 072 7502. Country house, scenic location by the river Trent
Near the airport
[edit]- 3 Hilton East Midlands Airport Hotel, Pegasus Business Park (Off the M1 junction 24), ☏ +44 1509 674000.
- 4 Holiday Inn Express East Midlands Airport, Pegasus Business Park (At the airport), ☏ +44 871 902 1609.
- 5 Premier Inn East Midlands Airport Hotel, Pegasus Business Park, Hunter's Way, DE74 2TQ, ☏ +44 871 527 8350.
- 6 Radisson Blu Hotel East Midlands Airport, Pegasus Business Park, ☏ +44 1509 670575, [email protected].
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]| Routes through Castle Donington |
| Sheffield ← Nottingham ← | N  S
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→ Loughborough → Leicester |
merges with  and  ←
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NW  SE
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→ Loughborough |
| Derby ← Shardlow ← | W  E
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→ merges with
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