Transport and Housing
Castle Donington stands on the former Nottingham to Birmingham trunk road. The town is a mix of the old and new, with modern shops mixed with dignified Georgian and Regency houses. Several timber framed houses dating from the 17th century and earlier survive along the main road.
Although there is no rail station in the town, East Midlands Parkway opened early in 2008 at Ratcliffe-on-Soar providing links on the Midland Main Line.
Castle Donington railway station, on the northern edge of the town, was opened by the Midland railway company in 1868. It was closed to regular passenger traffic in 1930, and closed completely and demolished in 1968. The access driveway still exists though for foot traffic only, and is the start of a footpath to Hemington, running past the site of the old goods yard, now a scrap yard.
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