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6 unusual facts about Donnington


Army Base Repair Organisation

Apart from the HQ at Andover, there were other major units at Bovington,Old Dalby, Leics, Catterick, Colchester, Donnington, Stirling and Warminster.

Donnington, Gloucestershire

They include Donnington Brewery and Little Barrow, a late Arts and Crafts movement country house on a medieval site remodelled and extended in Cotswold manorial style with gardens by the distinguished Sussex architect Walter Godfrey in the 1930s.

Donnington, Telford

Recently Donnington has added an Asda superstore and an Aldi supermarket to the Coop supermarket that already existed and a Morrisons supermarket has replaced the Netto supermarket in the centre of Donnington on the site of the old pub "The Champion Jockey".

Donnington: The Live Tracks

The recording was made at the first Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington on 16 August 1980 but was not released until fifteen years later.

Telford International Railfreight Park

Telford International Railfreight Park (known as TIRFP) is rail freight depot and construction development site located in Donnington to the north of Telford, on the former route of the Stafford to Shrewsbury Line.

The Victoria Cross: For Valour

It was locked away in a safe in a military storage depot in Donnington, Telford.


Charlie Martin

He started racing at Southport sands on the Lancashire coast in 1932 moving on to circuit racing driving an MG, also racing in Bugatti's and Alfa Romeo's at Donnington and throughout Europe at Pau and Deauville in Grand Prix gaining wins at Brooklands in 1936.

William Control

During this tour, he also headlined the Red Bull stage at Donnington's Download Festival.


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