Castle Donington is a village in north Leicestershire on the border with Derbyshire.

Understand

The village is small, and the area is dominated by the airport and motor racing track.

Get in

By plane

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

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

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

The village, Donington Park and the airport are served by a number of bus services.

• Skylink (Trent-Barton). Nottingham - Long Eaton - Castle Donington - Loughborough 
• Skylink (Kinchbus). Derby - Castle Donington - Loughborough - Leicester 
• Coalville Airlink (Roberts Coaches). Coalville - Castle Donington 

See

• 1 Castle Donington Museum, 4 Apiary Gate, ☏ +44 1332 812711. Local history museum. (updated Mar 2016)

Do

• 1 Donington Park Circuit. Motorsport race circuit, and museum with large collection of racing cars.  

Events

• Download Festival: . Rock and Heavy Metal festival in mid-June. (date needs fixing)

Buy

• 1 Grand Prix Collectables, Donington Park, ☏ +44 1332 811122. Die cast Models, Minichamps Formula 1 Models , Hot Wheels F1 , CMC, Brumm and other Motorsport Merchandise. 

Eat

A number of restaurant possibilities on Borough Street in the centre of the village including Indian 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 818764. 

Drink

• 1 The Cross Keys, 90 Bondgate, ☏ +44 1332 812214. 

Sleep

Near the village

• 1 The Priest House Hotel, Kings Mills, ☏ +44 845 072 7502. Country house, scenic location by the river Trent 

Near the airport

• 2 Hilton East Midlands Airport Hotel, Pegasus Business Park (Off the M1 junction 24), ☏ +44 1509 674000. 
• 3 Holiday Inn Express East Midlands Airport, Pegasus Business Park (At the airport), ☏ +44 871 902 1609. 
• 4 Premier Inn East Midlands Airport Hotel, Pegasus Business Park, Hunter's Way, DE74 2TQ, ☏ +44 871 527 8350. 
• 5 Radisson Blu Hotel East Midlands Airport, Pegasus Business Park, ☏ +44 1509 670575, reservations.eastmidlandsairport@radissonblu.com. 
• 6 Thistle East Midlands Airport hotel, East Midlands Airport, ☏ +44 871 376 9015. 

Go next

• Derby
• Loughborough
• Melbourne
• Nottingham
• Shardlow

Routes through Castle Donington

Sheffield ← Nottingham ←	N  S	→ Loughborough → Leicester
merges with and ←	NW  SE	→ Loughborough
Derby ← Shardlow ←	W  E	→ merges with