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Donington Park Circuit
Car racing track
Race track home to various motoring fixtures, including the British Motorcycle Grand Prix.
4.70 (11.1K reviews)
(~3.24 km from centre)
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Elvaston Castle Country Park
Country park
Country park with Gothic revival castle, lake, woodlands and formal gardens with topiary.
4.60 (4.3K reviews)
(~8.13 km from centre)
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Alvaston Park
Park
Park featuring a BMX track, a lake with model boating, football pitches, a cafe & a playground.
4.40 (1.9K reviews)
(~9.15 km from centre)
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East Midlands Aeropark
Heritage museum
Museum displaying restored planes with an area to view takeoffs & landings from the nearby airport.
4.50 (1.3K reviews)
(~5.52 km from centre)
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Ashby de la Zouch Castle
Castle
15th-century castle, now English Heritage, with Civil War history, a tower and underground passages.
4.50 (1K reviews)
(~8.91 km from centre)
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Melbourne Hall The Gardens
Tourist attraction
Historic home of Lord & Lady Kerr, with tours of its grand interior & artfully sculpted grounds.
4.50 (715 reviews)
(~0.35 km from centre)
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Sinfin Moor Park
Park
👍👍 Good recreational Park, Number of facilities available.Children play area.Cricket pitches and football ground. Newly built walking track. Nice to spend time in natural environment.
4.30 (431 reviews)
(~7.13 km from centre)
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Field Sport UK Activity Centre
Outdoor activity organiser
👍👍 Fantastic experience!!!! I came here on a stag do and it was brilliant! I'm not great at names but the ladie who dealt with us at the start was such a barrell of laughs and made the experience all that much better. Our instructor was also great! We did the zombie apocalypse course which I'd highly r...
4.90 (425 reviews)
(~6.03 km from centre)
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East Midlands Airport Viewpoint
Tourist attraction
👍👍 If you are an aviation enthusiast living in the area you really can't go wrong here. The best times to watch planes are early in the morning, mid afternoon and in the evening. Evening is best for the cargo aircraft. This particular viewing spot focusses towards the west side of the airport where all...
4.60 (323 reviews)
(~5.85 km from centre)
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Grace Dieu Priory
Historical landmark
Historical ruins of a 13th-century Augustinian convent, with guided walks by prior arrangement.
4.70 (322 reviews)
(~8.39 km from centre)
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Chellaston Park
Park
👍👍 Nice park, lot's of friendly people 👍 Football and cricket are played. Crossbar café is nice and it's also nice to eat there. Few benches to sit on at the crossbar and a couple around the park.
4.40 (284 reviews)
(~5.84 km from centre)
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Swarkestone Bridge
Bridge
👍 Great 5 mile circular walk from the Crewe and Harper. Lovely lunch afterwards 😋
4.50 (260 reviews)
(~3.67 km from centre)
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St Mary and St Hardulph Priory Church, Breedon on the Hill
Church
👍👍 Nice place to have a walk around with great scenery it's really nice to sit up there on a summer's day and watch the sunset not far from here is a place called breedon cloud hill quarry and there is a walk route which I've not explored yet I've only walked down it part of the way it has loads of ove...
4.80 (136 reviews)
(~2.65 km from centre)
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St Wystan's Church, Repton
Anglican church
👍 Beautiful church. Crypt was so atmospheric. I understood there were Viking graves nearby and couldn't find them sadly
4.60 (90 reviews)
(~8.53 km from centre)
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Hough Windmill
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Lovely historic windmill, open on Sunday afternoons April to September and run by knowledgeable, friendly volunteers. You can have an audio tour or read the signs on each of the levels yourself to learn about the history and mechanics of the mill and it's restoration. Children can have a go at grind...
4.80 (84 reviews)
(~8.43 km from centre)
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National Trust - Staunton Harold Church
Church
👍👍 Great place to go, the grounds has plenty of walk routes. The Ferrer's arts and crafts nearby there's a nice little cafe you can grab some food and a drink from, then across from the arts and crafts you have a Staunton Harold garden centre and water work aquatics they have all sorts of tropical and...
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4.50 (81 reviews)
(~4.36 km from centre)
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Dimminsdale
Nature preserve
👍 An interesting and peaceful Nature Reserve cared by Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.
In the 13th century, the area was a limestone quarry for building stones.
In summer some of the paths can be overgrown with nettles, so be careful wearing shorts…
I had a very relaxing walk though, didn’t...
4.60 (70 reviews)
(~3.61 km from centre)