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You may be lucky and see these old aircraft flying over Donington, but do visit the heritage centre and see them close up.
Relive our Air Force Heritage
Birds and butterflies
Have a pleasant snack and look around all the animals, from the tropical butterfly house indoors to the beautiful birds of prey, with daily displays of these magnificent creatures.
Spalding
Only 15 minutes drive or by regular bus service, Spalding is a beautiful small market town with many individual shops and cafes. Ayscoughfee Hall Museum and gardens is a major attraction, or simply browse for bargains at the Springfields Outlet Centre. A fun feature is the Spalding Water taxi that shuttles between the town and the outlet centre.
Boston
Visit Boston -
Above is a lucky shot of 2 Euro Fighter Typhoons shadowing a WW II Spitfire, I suspect those Typhoon pilots were struggling to fly so slowly.
See one of the last remaining Lancaster bombers and several Spitfires at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Walk in the footsteps of Mr D’Arcy, a gem of a countryhouse that’s got to be part of any visit to the area.
As seen in Pride and Prejudice
National Trust Property
Beautiful Gardens
Tea Room
Kids’ Playground (huge)
Days out
Lincoln Cathedral, Frampton Marsh Nature Reserve and so much more.
Historic houses
Grimsthorpe Castle, Tattershall Castle, Belton House and Burghley House are all within 30 minutes drive, or why not visit Sandringham House approximately 1 hour drive..