Donnington park, Castle Donington

Name: Donnington park
Address: Donington Ln, Castle Donington, DE74 2RP, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1332 811027

#1 among attractions in Castle Donington

Top attraction, Museum

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Facts and practical information

The Donington Grand Prix Collection, sometime known as the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition, was a museum of motor racing cars, based at the Donington Park motor racing circuit in Leicestershire, England. The collection, which started in the 1960s, began to deplete in the 2000s. The museum closed permanently on 5 November 2018 and its large collection was either sold or loaned cars returned to their owners. ()

Coordinates: 52°49'38"N, 1°21'55"W

Address

Donington LnCastle Donington DE74 2RP United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1332 811027

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Castle Donington

Day trips

Donnington park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Donington Park, Wesleyan Chapel, Donington Castle, Tarpey Gallery.

0.6 miW
Popular track with hairpins and inclines
Donington Park, Derby
16 min walk • Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The circuit business is now owned by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation, and the surrounding Donington Park Estate, still owned by the Wheatcroft family, is currently under lease by MotorSport Vision until 2038.
1.5 miNE
Church
Wesleyan Chapel, Castle Donington
38 min walk • Bishop Street Methodist Chapel, also known as the Wesleyan Chapel, is church overlooking Town Hall Square in Leicester, England, U.K.
1.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Donington Castle, Castle Donington
43 min walk • Donington Castle was in the village of Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England to the north of East Midlands Airport. This early 12th-century castle was held by the de Lacy family. It was attacked around the time of Magna Carta.
1 miNE
52°50'11"N • 1°20'43"W
Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington
27 min walk • Shopping, Museum, Art gallery
0.9 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
East Midlands Aeropark, Derby
24 min walk • East Midlands Airport is an international airport in the East Midlands of England, close to Castle Donington in northwestern Leicestershire, between Loughborough, Derby and Nottingham; Leicester is to the south and Lincoln north east.
1.4 miNW
Watermill
King's Mill, Shardlow
35 min walk • King's Mill is the traditional crossing point of the River Trent between Castle Donington in Leicestershire and Weston-on-Trent in Derbyshire. The Mill was the farthest point that traffic from the River Humber could progress.