Castle Donington is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

Retail in Castle Donington

There are great places to visit near Castle Donington including some great cities, historic monuments, canals, hiking areas, historic buildings, parks, shopping centres, airports, towns, villages, lakes, country parks and ruins.

Don't miss Leicester's cities if visiting the area around Castle Donington.

The Arch of Remembrance is a great place to visit close to Castle Donington if you like historic monuments.

There are a number of canals near to Castle Donington including Grand Union Canal at Leicester.

Don't miss Grand Union Canal at Leicester's hiking areas if visiting the area around Castle Donington.

There are a number of historic buildings near Castle Donington including Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

There are a several good parks in the Castle Donington area like Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park.

Don't miss Highcross Leicester's shopping centres if visiting the area around Castle Donington.

Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport are great places to visit near Castle Donington if you like airports.

Towns to visit near Castle Donington include Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough.

There are a number of villages near Castle Donington including Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.

Don't miss Cropston Reservoir's lakes if visiting the area around Castle Donington.

The area around Castle Donington features a number of interesting country parks including Bradgate Park, and East Carlton Countryside Park.

Ruins to visit near Castle Donington include Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Castle Donington History

There are some historic monuments around Castle Donington:

• Lock up and pinfold
• The Bulwarks (earthworks)
• Circular enclosure 300m north east of Forest Field
• Site revealed by aerial photography, SE of Dunster Barn
• Cistercian abbey and mansion, with fishpond and mound at Garendon
• Roman site on Red Hill
• Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remains
• Anglian high cross in the churchyard of St Helen's Church
• All Saints' Church, Dishley
• Village cross at junction of Church Street and Cross Street
• Iron Age settlement and cursus, with other air photographic marks, SE of Aston-on-Trent
• Moated site with fishpond and flood banks at Long Whatton
• Lock up known as The Round House, at the junction of Church Street and St Matthew's Avenue
• Medieval settlement remains immediately east of The Wymeshead
• Moated site SE of Sawley Locks
• Settlement site
• Roman fort 200yds (182m) E of All Saints' Church
• Roman villa and enclosures N of Ratcliffe Lane
• Coal mining remains in Lount Wood
• Moated site with fishpond at Long Whatton
• Coal mining remains 600m south west of Smoile Farm
• Enclosure castle at Castle Donington
• Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 340m south east of Gardens Farm
• Henge complex NW of Hickens Bridge
• Grace Dieu Priory with two ponds and a fishpond, Belton
• Hemington Chapel
• Anglo-Scandinavian high cross shaft in the churchyard of St Werburgh's Church, Spondon
• Coal mining remains at Birch Coppice and Rough Park, 950m and 1.5km south of Smoile Farm
• Coal mining remains at The Conery, 500m south of Coleorton Hall