Alton Towers:
42 minutes (23.8 miles via B5017)
www.altontowers.com
Ashby Castle, Ashby de la Zouche:
24 minutes (10.8 miles via Ashby Rd/A511)
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/ashby-de-la-zouch-castle/
Birmingham
—
42 minutes (30.7 miles via A38)
[Or 28–38 minutes by train.]
Library of Birmingham (it’s fantastic!):
www.libraryofbirmingham.com/
Back-to-backs, 61-63 Hurst St:
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/birmingham-back-to-backs/
other Birmingham museums:
http://www.bmag.org.uk/
Thinktank Science Museum:
www.thinktank.ac/
Barton Marina, Barton under Needwood:
11 minutes (5.4 miles via Wellington Rd/A5121 and Lichfield Rd/A38)
www.bartonmarina.co.uk
Battlefield Line Railway, Shakerstone:
34 minutes (15.7 miles via A444)
www.battlefield-line-railway.co.uk/
Bosworth Battlefield, Nuneaton:
39 minutes (20.4 miles via A444)
www.bosworthbattlefield.com/
Branston Water Park:
7 minutes (3.2 miles via Wellington Rd/A5121)
[Or could walk to the Water Park if you fancied a long walk.]
http://www.nationalforest.org/visit/index.php?control=main&action=location&LocationId=1542
Brewhouse Arts Centre:
Brewhouse
article from Civic Society newsletter, Spring 2016
3 minutes by car (0.7 mile via Moor St)
[Or a 15-minute walk]
www.brewhouse.co.uk
Burton Albion
FC:
6 minutes (2.2 miles via Derby Rd/ A5121)
[Or could walk it; a 44-minute walk, but a much nicer route —
and only slightly longer — is via the canal.]
www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk
Burton Canoe Club:
8 minutes (2.5 miles via Stapenhill Rd/A444)
www.burtoncanoeclub.co.uk
Burton Leander Rowing Club:
7 minutes (2.1 miles via St Peter's Bridge/A5189 and Stapenhill Rd/A444)
www.burtonleander.co.uk
Burton Regatta (mid-July) is held on the Washlands Regatta Fields:
3 minutes by car, give or take (1 mile via Anglesey Rd/Evershed Way/Branston
Rd/Watson St)
[Or a 15-minute walk via Queen St]
www.burtonregatta.co.uk
Burton Sailing Club, Foremark Reservoir:
22 minutes (8.6 miles via Newton Rd)
www.burtonsailingclub.co.uk
Calke Abbey, Ticknall:
28 minutes (12.0 miles via A514)
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke-abbey/
Cannock Chase:
32 minutes (24.5 miles via A38)
http://www.visitcannockchase.co.uk
Catton Hall:
17 minutes (7.7 miles via A38)
www.catton-hall.com
Claymills Victorian Pumping Station, Burton:
9 minutes (3.1 miles via A5121 and Derby Rd/A5121)
[Or could walk along the canal to Claymills if you fancied a long walk.]
www.claymills.org.uk
Conkers (part of Nat'l Forest), Swadlincote:
19 minutes (8.0 miles via A444)
www.visitconkers.com
Derby —
22 minutes (13.0 miles via A38)
http://www.visitderby.co.uk/
Derby has countless excellent ale houses (so take the bus!), plus:
Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby Silk Mill (museum), and Pickford
House Museum: www.derbymuseums.org
Quad Cinema: www.derbyquad.co.uk/
Donington Park (and Download Festival, held annually in June):
31 minutes (20.3 miles via A50)
www.donington-park.co.uk
downloadfestival.co.uk
Etruria Industrial Museum, Stoke:
45 minutes (33.3 miles via A50)
www.etruriamuseum.org.uk
Foremark Reservoir:
22 minutes (8.8 miles via Newton Rd)
http://www.stwater.co.uk/leisure-and-learning/reservoir-locations/foremark/*/tab/findus/
Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke
38 minutes (28.2 miles via A50)
http://www.stokemuseums.org.uk/visit/gpm/
Great Central Railway, Ruddington, Nottingham:
48 minutes (28.8 miles via A50)
www.gcrailway.co.uk/
Lichfield Cathedral / Erasmus Darwin House / Samuel Johnson
Birthplace & Museum:
24 minutes (13.1 miles via A38)
www.lichfield-cathedral.org
www.erasmusdarwin.org
www.samueljohnsonbirthplace.org.uk
Marston's Brewery:
4 minutes (1.2 miles via Shobnall Rd/B5017)
[Or could walk to Marston's; a 24-minute walk via Anglesey Rd &
Shobnall Rd/B5017, but there's a chunder of roundabouts you must
negotiate to get there.]
www.marstonsbrewery.co.uk/tours.aspx
Meadowside Leisure Centre:
8 minutes (1.6 miles via B5018)
[Or could walk to the Meadowside: a 26-minute walk through town (1.3
miles).]
www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk/meadowside-leisure-centre
Melbourne Hall & Gardens:
26 minutes (15.6 miles via A50)
www.melbournehall.com
Mercia Marina, Willington:
16 minutes (7.1 miles via A5121)
www.merciamarina.co.uk
National Brewery Centre, Burton:
5 minutes (1.4 miles via Evershed Way/A5189 and B5018)
[Or could walk to National Brewery Centre; a 25-minute walk.]
www.nationalbrewerycentre.co.uk
National
Forest Walking Festival:
This is an annual event, held in May: two weeks of various
guided walks throughout the National Forest -- you just show up at the
appointed time and place, and walk!
National Forest Adventure Farm, Tatenhill:
9 minutes (3.2 miles via B5017)
www.adventurefarm.co.uk
National Memorial Arboretum,
Alrewas:
14 minutes (8.6 miles via A38)
www.thenma.org.uk
Nottingham Industrial Museum, Wollaton Park:
40 minutes by car (27.9 miles via A50)
[Or could go by bus via Derby, using ZigZag Pass.]
www.nottinghamindustrialmuseum.co.uk
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
46 minutes (32.3 miles via A50)
http://www.stokemuseums.org.uk/visit/pmag/
Rosliston Forestry Centre:
11 minutes (4.6 miles via Rosliston Rd)
www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk
Sharpe’s Pottery, Swadlincote:
14 minutes (5.7 miles via A444)
www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk
Snibston Discovery Museum, Coalville:
29 minutes (14.8 miles via A511 and Ashby Rd/A511)
www.snibston.com
St. George’s Park (Nat’l. Football Centre):
12 minutes (5.7 miles via B5017)
www.thefa.com/st-georges-park
Sudbury Hall & Museum of Childhood:
21 minutes (10.7 miles via B5017 and A515)
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sudbury-hall-and-museum-of-childhood/
Tamworth Castle:
27 minutes (15.9 miles via A38 and A513)
[Or can go by train.]
http://www.visittamworth.co.uk/tamworth-castle/
Trent Rowing Club, Burton:
7 minutes (2.2 miles via St Peter's Bridge/A5189 and Stapenhill Rd/A444)
www.trentrc.org
Tutbury Castle:
15 minutes (5.6 miles via A511)
www.tutburycastle.com
Washlands (floodplains of River Trent):
3 minutes by car, give or take (1 mile via Anglesey Rd/Evershed Way/Branston
Rd/Watson St)
[Or
just a 10-minute walk to All Saints Church (0.5 mi), then walk on through to
Blackpool St, then a quick right, and a quick left onto the dirt track leading
to the Washlands]
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