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Donington Park

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Donington Park is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, covering 0.39 km². It is one of 69 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. For arrivals by rail, Long Eaton Station is about 7.9 km to the north-east. Other SSSIs nearby include Breedon Hill and Ticknall Quarries.

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Photo of the Trent & Mersey Canal, a 93-mile canal running from Preston Brook to Shardlow, England.

Trent & Mersey Canal

Canal

Brindley's Grand Trunk of 1777 — Potteries bottle kilns, the Anderton Boat Lift and the long darkness of Harecastle Tunnel.

1.1 km NW · Staffordshire, Cheshire & Derbyshire

Photo of Melbourne, a village in Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Melbourne

Village

Attractive Georgian market town in south Derbyshire, home to Melbourne Hall and a great Norman parish church.

3.2 km SW · Derbyshire

Photo of the River Trent, a 95-mile river navigation running from Shardlow to Trent Falls, central England.Highlight

River Trent

River navigation

The powerhouse river of the Midlands, navigable from Shardlow through Nottingham and Newark to the tidal reaches at Gainsborough.

3.9 km NE · Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Derbyshire

Photo of Breedon on the Hill, a village in Leicestershire, central England.Highlight

Breedon on the Hill

Village

Village under a limestone crag crowned by a Saxon church, with a domed lock-up on the green below.

4.1 km S · Leicestershire

Photo of Calke Abbey, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Melbourne, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Calke Abbey

House & garden near Melbourne

The National Trust's un-restored country house, kept in the peeling, cluttered state it was found in, with an old deer park around it

6.4 km SW

Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

7.7 km E · spans 9 counties