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Donington Park is easily reached by road, by rail, and even by air.
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Leave the M1 at junction 23a, following signs for Nottingham East Midlands Airport (A453) and brown tourist signs for Donington Park.
Go past the main entrance to the airport and carry straight on. Signs showing directions to the main entrance of Donington Park will be visible.
Leave the M6 at junction 15 heading for Stoke-on-Trent and Uttoxeter (A50 bypass). Continue forward on the A50 following signs for Uttoxeter, Derby and later picking up signs for the M1. Continue past Uttoxeter, over the A38 and follow signs for the M1.
Leave the A50 at the junction signposted Donington Park, Long Eaton and Shardlow. Take the fifth exit off the roundabout and follow the signs for Castle Donington and the brown Donington Park tourist sign. Continue through Castle Donington, where shortly after signs for the main entrance to Donington Park will become visible.
Leave the M5 at junction 4a and join the M42. From the M40 join the M42 northbound at junction 3a. Continue northbound on the M42. Follow the M42 to junction 11 where it becomes the A42. Leave the A42 at junction 14, following signs for Nottingham East Midlands Airport and the brown tourist signs for Donington Park onto the A453.
Go past the main entrance to the airport and carry straight on. Signs showing directions to the main entrance of Donington Park will be visible.
Join the A14 heading west towards junction 19 of the M1. Join the M1 northbound at junction 19. Leave the M1 at junction 23a following signs for Nottingham East Midlands Airport (A453) and brown tourist signs for Donington Park.
Go past the main entrance to the airport and carry straight on. Signs showing directions to the main entrance of Donington Park will be visible.
From the A52 continue towards the Nottingham ring road. Before crossing the River Trent follow signs for M1 south along the A453. At junction 24 of the M1 take the second exit onto the A453 and head towards Nottingham East Midlands Airport.
Go past the main entrance to the airport and carry straight on. Signs showing directions to the main entrance of Donington park will be visible.
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Train stations located close to Donington Park include Loughborough, Derby and Nottingham.
Derby has a direct line service to London St Pancras on Midland Mainline, Cardiff Central with Central Trains, Glasgow Central via Leeds, as well as Edinburgh, Newcastle, Bristol and Plymouth on Virgin Trains.
Nottingham also offers a direct service to London St Pancras through Midland Mainline as well as direct lines to Cardiff Central, Liverpool Lime Street, Lincoln and Leicester on Central Trains.
Loughborough has a direct line service to London St Pancras on the Midland Mainline and Lincoln with Central Trains.
Nottingham East Midlands Airport, located only one mile from Donington Park, provides easy access to other parts of the UK, with scheduled flights to Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
You can also fly into Nottingham East Midlands Airport from Dublin, Jersey, Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Prague and Rome.
Low cost airlines EasyJet, Ryanair and BMI Baby all operate out of Nottingham East Midlands, providing cheaper accessibility to the area.
KinchBus operates an hourly Airline Shuttle service from Loughborough Train Station which stops at Nottingham East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington and Derby Train Station before terminating at Derby City Centre.
Trent Barton also operate their Rainbow 5 service regularly between Nottingham and Loughborough, which calls at Castle Donington and Nottingham East Midlands Airport.
