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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)
2
National Trust - Calke Abbey
Park
Unrestored NT property vividly showing an estate in decline, with walled gardens and orangery.
$$ $$
4.60 (8.2K reviews)
(~3.17 km from centre)
3
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)
4
Mercia Marina
Marina
Contemporary country-style cottages with private patios overlooking the marina plus free parking.
4.50 (4.3K reviews)
(~9.47 km from centre)
5
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)
6
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)
7
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)
8
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)
9
Normanton Park
Park
👍 Great park to walk, jog, play football and basketball. Spacious. Good place to walk dogs, kids, friends and for family.
4.20 (672 reviews)
(~9.87 km from centre)
10
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)
13
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)
14
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)
15
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)
16
Anchor Church
Nature preserve
👍 Well worth a visit, but not at all what my family or I expected. Caves are quite remarkable if smaller than expected. There is a lot of graffiti and names etc cut into the rocks as well as fire debris in various places. Take wellies if weather is or has been recently wet. Walk to and from has some l...
4.40 (204 reviews)
(~5.12 km from centre)
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St Chad's Nature Reserve
Nature preserve
👍 A lovely nature reserve although sadly covered in too much dog poo along the paths to warrant five stars.
A quick walk around the water followed by a loop around the churchyard and a similar offshoot along the road before returning to the car park.
The plaques telling the history of the area were...
4.50 (200 reviews)
(~9.11 km from centre)
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Bluebell Arboretum and Nursery
Garden center
Comprehensive nursery selling trees and shrubs, with delivery and guided tours of woodland gardens.
4.80 (158 reviews)
(~7.54 km from centre)