Donington le Heath Manor House Museum is a surviving example of a manor house built around seven hundred years ago in Donington le Heath, near the town of Coalville, Leicestershire. It was once owned by a relative of one of the Gunpowder plotters, and is now managed by Leicestershire County Council. Coordinates: 52°38′35.03″N 1°7′14.18″W / 52.6430639°N 1.1206056°W / 52.6430639; -1.1206056
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