Castle Donington
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- Not to be confused with Donnington Castle.
| Map sources for Castle Donington at grid reference SK446272
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Castle Donington is a village with a population of around 7000 in the North of Leicestershire, close to Derby and Nottingham and on the edge of the National Forest. It is the closest town to Nottingham East Midlands Airport and DHL which are major employers. It's also home to Donington Park motor racing circuit.
Donington Park has been the venue for Heavy metal festivals such as Download, the Ozzfest and Monsters of Rock since the early 1980s.
Castle Donington also had its own power station operated by Powergen. However, this was demolished in 1996.
Castle Donington is also home to Available Car with its advertisments on local TV and also a Welcome Car Finance showroom is located in Castle Donington's newly redeveloped industrial estate which was land belonging to the old power station site.
The village of Castle Donington also holds a fair (the wakes) around the end of October every year.
[edit] External links
- The Castle Donington Village Website, A fantastic website for the village of Castle Donington that includes details of accommodation, restaurants, pubs, message boards, an events calendar, local history information, links and information for places of interest nearby and much, much more!
- Castle Donington Methodist Church All the latest events at the local Methodist Church
- Castle Donington on the net Latest Information about Castle Donington
- Nottingham East Midlands Airport
- Donington Park Race Circuit
- The Donington Grand Prix Collection, The largest collection of Grand Prix racing cars in the world!sv:Castle Donington
