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.

Places to go, things to see

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 - For the "Stump" or see where the Quakers were held at the Boston Guildhall

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.

Long Sutton Butterfly Centre

See one of the last remaining Lancaster bombers and several Spitfires at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.


Belton House

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

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..