Castle Donington
Castle Donington is a market village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, on the edge of the National Forest and close to East Midlands Airport.Places of Interest
Highlights include Donington Park and Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Castle Donington.
Donington Park
Sports venue
Photo: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
St James’ Church, Shardlow
Church
Photo: Andy Jamieson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St James’ Church, Shardlow is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Shardlow, Derbyshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shardlow and Melbourne.
Shardlow
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Shardlow is a village in Derbyshire, England about 6 miles southeast of Derby and 11 miles southwest of Nottingham. Part of the civil parish of Shardlow and Great Wilne, and the district of South Derbyshire, it is also very close to the border with Leicestershire, defined by the route of the River Trent which passes close to the south.
Melbourne
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Melbourne is a market town and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England. It was home to Thomas Cook, founder of the eponymous travel agency, and has a street named after him.
Castle Donington
- Type: Locality
- Location: North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.8454° or 52° 50′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.3581° or 1° 21′ 29″ westElevation
203 feet (62 metres)Open location code
9C4WRJWR+5PGeoNames ID
7299149
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