Attractions in the

East Midlands

 Lincolnshire      Leicestershire and Rutland      Derbyshire

                            Northamptonshire    Nottinghamshire

EAST MIDLANDS 

The counties which form this region - Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire - are rich in history, wildlife and scenery. Kings and queens, poets, authors and pilgrims all left their mark and are remembered in the region's heritage centres, museums, castles and stately homes. Nottingham with its manufacturing and industrial origins is the largest city in the East Midlands. In nearby Sherwood Forest, the legendary Robin Hood is said to have "robbed the rich to give to the poor" and is remembered in a "Robin Hood Pageant" which takes place in October in the grounds of Nottingham Castle. History is also brought alive in the grounds of castles like Belvoir where medieval knights meet in jousting contests. Journeys through the past are offered on the many restored steam railways in the region, and on working barges along the Grand Union Canal from the Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne. The region is famous for many traditional handicrafts, from bobbin lace making in Nottingham to hand-painting porcelain flowers at the Royal Crown Derby factory.The East Midlands offers a diverse range of scenery from honey-coloured stone villages in Northamptonshire to the Derbyshire Peak District where climbing, caving, hang-gliding, or hill walking are just some of the activities on offer for more adventurous visitors. On the coast, there are wide sandy beaches with resorts like Skegness and Mablethorpe offering traditional seaside entertainment.

 Lincolnshire 

 Attractions in Lincolnshire: 

 Belvoir Castle, Grantham

 Burghley House, Stamford

 Church Farm Museum, Skegness

 Doddington Hall, Lincoln

 Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne

 Humber Estuary Discovery Centre, Cleethorpes

 Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Lincoln

 Skegness Natureland Seal Sanctuary, Skegness

 Usher Gallery, Lincoln

 Leicestershire and Rutland

 Attractions in Leicestershire: 

 Ferrers Centre for Arts & Crafts, near Ashby de la Zouch

 Gorse Hill City Farm, Leicester

 Harborough Museum, Market harborough

 Manor House at Donington-Le-Heath, Coalville

 Melton Carnegie Museum, Melton Mowbray

 National Gas Museum, Leicester

 Rutland County Museum, Oakham, Rutland

 Snibston Discovery Park, Coalville

 Stanford Hall, Lutterworth

 Twycross Zoo, Atherstone

 Whatton Gardens, Loughborough

 Derbyshire 

 Attractions in Derbyshire: 

 American Adventure Theme Park, Ikeston

Calke Abbey, Derby

 Caudwell's Mill, nr Matlock

 Chatsworth, Bakewell

 Denby Pottery Visitor Centre, Denby

 Donington Grand Prix Collection, nr Derby

 Eyam Hall, Hope Valley

 Eyam Museum, Hope Valley

 Haddon Hall, Bakewell

 Hardwick Hall, Garden, Park and Stainsby Mill, Chesterfield

 Heights of Abraham Cable Cars, Caverns & Hilltop Park, Matlock Bath

 High Peak Trail, Middleton by Wirksworth

 Kedleston Hall and Park, Derby

 Lea Gardens nr Matlock

 Melbourne Hall and Gardens, Melbourne

 Moira Furnace Museum, Swadlincote

 National Tramway Museum (The), Matlock

 National Trust Museum of Childhood, Sudbury

 Peak Cavern, Castleton

 Pickford's House Museum, Derby

 Pooles Cavern and Country Park, Buxton

 Red House Stables Working Carriage Museum, Matlock

 Royal Crown Derby Visitor Centre, Derby

 Speedwell Cavern, Hope Valley

 Sudbury Hall, Sudbury

 Treak Cliff Cavern, Hope Valley

 Wirksworth Heritage Centre, Wirksworth

 Northamptonshire 

 Attractions in Northamptonshire: 

 Abington Museum, Abington Park

 Althorp, Althorp

 Boughton House, Kettering

 Canal Museum, Towcester

 Coton Manor Garden, Coton

 Lamport Hall and Gardens, Northampton

 Manor House Museum, Kettering

 Northampton Central Museum & Art Gallery, Northampton

 Prebendal Manor (The), nr Peterborough

 Rockingham Castle, Market Harborough

 West Lodge Rural Centre, Kettering

 Wickstead Park, Kettering

 Nottinghamshire 

 Attractions in Nottinghamshire: 

 Caves of Nottingham (The), Nottingham

 D H Lawrence Heritage, Eastwood

 Framework Knitters Museum, Ruddington

 Galleries of Justice, Nottingham

 Hodsock Priory Gardens, Worksop

 Lace Centre (The) Nottingham

 Naturescape, Langar

 Newark Air Museum, Newark

 Rufford Abbey & Country Park, Newark

 Sherwood Forest Country Park & Visitor Centre, Nr Mansfield

 Sherwood Forest Farm Park, Mansfield

 Tales of Robin Hood, Nottingham