Aston-on-Trent
Aston-on-Trent is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district, in the county of Derbyshire, England.
Aston-on-Trent is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. The parish had a population of 1,682 at the 2011 Census. It is adjacent to Weston-on-Trent and near Chellaston, very close to the border with Leicestershire.
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Worth seeing in and around Aston-on-Trent
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Monsters of Rock
Monsters of Rock was a hard rock and heavy metal music festival. It was originally held annually in Castle Donington, England, from 1980 to 1996, taking place every year except 1989 and 1993.
3.6 km · concert tour · Wikipedia - 02Elvaston Castle
Elvaston Castle is a stately home in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England. The Gothic Revival castle and surrounding parkland is run and owned by Derbyshire County Council as a country park known as Elvaston Castle Country Park.
3.7 km · country house in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Donington Hall
Donington Hall is a country house set in parkland near Castle Donington village, North West Leicestershire. The Hall and Estate was purchased in April 2021 by MotorSport Vision, which also operates the neighbouring Donington Park racing circuit.
2.5 km · 19th century country house in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Bartholomew, Elvaston
St Bartholomew's Church, Elvaston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Elvaston, Derbyshire.
3.7 km · church in Elvaston, South Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Cavendish Bridge
Cavendish Bridge is a bridge over the River Trent, connecting the counties of Leicestershire and Derbyshire; it is also the name of a hamlet on the Leicestershire side of the river within the Castle Donington parish. This bridge once carried the main London-Manchester turnpike, though the modern A6/A50 dual carriageway has now been built to the south bypassing the crossing.
3.3 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Donington Castle
Donington Castle was in the village of Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England to the north of East Midlands Airport. This early 12th-century castle was held by the de Lacy family.
3.8 km · castle in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of All Saints
All Saints’ Church, Aston upon Trent is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire.
0 m · Anglican church in Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St James Church, Shardlow
St James’ Church, Shardlow is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Shardlow, Derbyshire.
2.5 km · grade II listed building in Shardlow and Great Wilne, South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Donington Grand Prix Collection
The Donington Grand Prix Collection, sometime known as the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition, was a museum of motor racing cars, based at the Donington Park motor racing circuit in Leicestershire, England. The collection, which started in the 1960s, began to deplete in the 2000s.
3.9 km · racing car museum · Wikipedia - 10Moorish Temple and attached terrace in Elvaston Castle Gardens
The Moorish Temple is a summerhouse in the gardens of Elvaston Castle, a stately home in Elvaston, Derbyshire. The temple and gardens are owned by Derbyshire County Council as a country park known as Elvaston Castle Country Park.
3.6 km · Grade II listed garden building in the grounds of Elvaston Castle, South Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Aston-on-Trent
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 5 km · Birmingham (BHX), 51 km · Manchester (MAN), 81 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Aston-on-Trent55 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · £7–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Aston-on-Trent89 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £12–16
- Liverpool → Aston-on-Trent122 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £14–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Aston-on-Trent
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Aston-on-Trent. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe airport mainly supports low-cost airlines such as Jet2.com, Ryanair and tour operators like Thomson Airways which serve a range of domestic and European short-haul destinations.
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Next door to Aston-on-Trent
Aston-on-Trent is 19 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Castle Doningtonvillage in Leicestershire, England, UK3.6 km
- Weston-on-Trentvillage in South Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England2.4 km
- Elvastonvillage and civil parish in South Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England3.3 km
- Shardlowvillage in Derbyshire, England, UK2.4 km
- Chellastonvillage in Derbyshire, United Kingdom3.7 km
- Shardlow and Great Wilnecivil parish in South Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England3.1 km