Top Things to do in East Midlands
Top Hotels in East Midlands
- 1. Lace Market Hotel
- 2. Premier Inn Skegness Seafront hotel
- 3. Buxton Crescent
- 4. Mercure Nottingham City Centre George Hotel
- 5. Casa Hotel
- 6. Premier Inn Nottingham City Centre (Chapel Bar) hotel
- 7. Mercure Nottingham Sherwood Hotel
- 8. Jurys Inn Nottingham
- 9. DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Nottingham - Gateway
- 10. Premier Inn Lincoln City Centre
The 10 Best Auto Race Tracks in East Midlands, England
Discover the best top things to do in East Midlands, United Kingdom including Tanks-Alot, Gridline Racing, Santa Pod Raceway, Silverstone Single Seater Experience, Beaumont Park, Leicester Lions Speedway, Silverstone Circuit, Skegness Raceway - Stadium, Buxton Raceway, Northampton International Raceway.
Restaurants in East Midlands
1. Tanks-Alot
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 387 reviews
Tanks A Lot - Amazing 100 acre venue with over 100 tanks and military vehicles and your chance to drive rather than look. Private car crushes available any time. The Full Monty driving day on last Saturday of most months. Large corporate themed events to tiny birthday parties. 25 years experience, 100's of television and film appearances. Huge Armoury with professional stripper! Home of the worlds only stretch Tank Limo, Tank Hearse and Pink Tank - all for hire!
Reviewed By simon4059 - Lytham St Anne's, United Kingdom
I just had an amazing day at Tanks-A lot! 11 hours in total, I got to drive 3 tanks, Then had great fun in a Springer buggy, we then did Clay shooting, we then did flint-lock musket shooting, Mortar loading and firing, we then had a mint talk about weapons and IEDs, then survival skills and then we crushed a Peugeot 307 Mint day out, I highly recommend it
2. Gridline Racing
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 33 reviews
Karting available for the whole family, 120cc Honda powered SODI LR5 karts for the 8 to 13 year olds, 200cc Honda powered Sodi karts for the 14+ year olds, 270cc Honda powered 2 Seater 2Drive Sodi kart for parents wanting to take any kids out under 8 years (minimum height 4ft). Events available for Kids/Adult Birthdays... Stag/Hen Do's... Corporate events. Open 7 days a week all year round late into the evenings. All indoor our 25,000 sqft ex cash & carry building in the city centre of Lincoln.
Reviewed By SuperkartBlondie - Sheffield Green, United Kingdom
This is by far the best indoor track in this area! The staff are fantastic and it's very well facilitated. Plus you would struggle to beat their prices at other tracks, the Tuesday race night being my favourite as you get 50mins for only £30! There's also a big enclosed upstairs viewing area and one downstairs near the track too.
3. Santa Pod Raceway
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 510 reviews
Reviewed By starcat119 - Haddenham, United Kingdom
Me and my boyfriend come here for various events throughout the year - Big Bang, Festival of Power, Bugjam, etc. Absolutely excellent racing venue. Plenty to see and do, including food. They hold a great variety of cars, bikes and racing/drag racing events - something to suit everyone's tastes. Would recommend! :)
4. Silverstone Single Seater Experience
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 133 reviews
Reviewed By dabsalom92 - Greater London, United Kingdom
The whole experience was run extremely well from the moment we arrived. The facility is well organised for COVID. I like a bit of adrenaline and driving fast and I was worried that we might be limited with the speeds you can go, told to drive carefully or held up behind slow drivers the whole time. Fortunately it was nothing like that. The instructors are there to teach you how to drive fast and take the best line, all the drivers in my group were very competent and there was a blue flag system for overtaking. You get to go full on race mode around the track in what is actually a very fast little race car which makes for a great experience. With a 0-60 of around 4 seconds you quickly pick up a lot of speed on the track. The cars are quite basic with no electronic assistants like you get in a modern road car and do take a bit to get used to the very low driving position. It is brilliant to feel completely in control of the car as it responds so directly to your actions. The track itself is the smaller Stowe track within the main circuit. It is the perfect size for the cars, taking just over a minute per lap. The briefing was around 25 min, they teach you a lot about how to drive the correct racing line as well as all the safety points. Then it is off to the track to get kitted up and into the cars. We had 3/4 laps behind the pace car to get you familiarised with the circuit and then the pace car pits and it is flat out from there. We managed about 16 laps after the pace car went in which is definitely long enough. At the end they tell you that your lap times have been logged and everyone gets the print out of the times which is nice to see how you did, especially as I’m quite competitive. For anyone who likes go-karting or fancies a bit of racing this is the perfect experience. The best way to describe it was like go-karting on steroids.
5. Beaumont Park
6. Leicester Lions Speedway
7. Silverstone Circuit
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,317 reviews
Silverstone Circuit is the Home of British Motorsport, based in Northamptonshire, hosting races such as the Formula 1 and MotoGP. The first race was hosted here in 1948 making our circuit 70 years old. The 1950 British Grand Prix of Silverstone was the first race in the Formula One World Championship making our circuit one of the eldest on the Formula One calendar. We are also home to exhilarating driving experiences, where you can go for a whizz around our circuit in one of the world's most exciting supercars. As well as being home to The Silverstone Wing, the largest conference and exhibition space between London and Birmingham.
Reviewed By deew815 - Epsom, United Kingdom
I love reading and giving reviews. It is the difference between either visiting an event or staying well clear. Some businesses do not get feed back directly which means they do not get the opportunities or chance to change things for future events. Website feedback is an amazing tool to get your message across to Silverstone, they will listen to your suggestions and comments. This summer has so far been extremely diverse with the weather conditions and water supplies have been in great demand. My advice for those coming to future events is not to run your bottles down to empty and fill them during racing as the queues are smaller. When you leave home have a couple of frozen bottles of water, they last for a few hours when wrapped in a tea towel, lovely and cool! Car entry and exits - 140,000 people logistic nightmare but thinking about how many cars depositing and removing them 1.5 hours is not really that long and they have really improved the roads over the last few years! Food vendors - unless you give feedback through their website, your voice may not be heard and not everyone wants burgers but only you can make a difference and maybe have a sandwich/salad bar (s) if you ask for them. Motor Racing is for all ages, whatever your preference this circuit has some amazing racing on their calendar with plenty of other entertainment, family friendly, campsites, amazing petrol heads, support staff. As a volunteer Racemaker I welcome you to this iconic venue I am proud to support and give my unpaid time to, just come along and kids - “Think Pink” If you would like to become a volunteer at Silverstone then take a look at the website in January 2019 when applications open and you could join us happy band of Pink and Blue’s who look after you!
8. Skegness Raceway - Stadium
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 242 reviews
Skegness Raceway (Stadium) is a fun place to be for all members of the family something for all age groups, just two miles inland from Ingoldmells, and easy to get to from Skegness and surrounding areas, featuring a ¼ mile tarmac race track, its unique wide tight bends and short straights offer the best Banger and Stock Car racing in the country. Monster Truck Car Crushing, Car and Motorbike Stunts plus our famous Caravan Bangers. And Kids go Free to all our events. 2018 has seen some major improvements to the Raceway. Brand new toilets. Brand New raceview bar, check out the latest photos. More improvements planned
Reviewed By SandHRuss
I took my young girls to an evening event and they loved every minute. They started dead on time, the staff were helpful and the food and drinks were as you would expect. This is good down to earth fun, don’t put good clothes on, don’t get in a grump because someone has stood in front of you and expect concrete steps or tyres for seats. My advise is to take seats or a blanket, Face covering for all the fumes and grit if you are going to sit close to the track and expect to get dirty and come home smelling like a garage. All in all it is definitely worth going and we will definitely be going back
9. Buxton Raceway
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 52 reviews
Welcome to Buxton Raceway, oval motorsport venue for Banger, Hotrod and Stockcar Racing, and Drifting events, the track is set in the heart of the beautiful Peak District just 3 miles from Buxton Town Centre just off the A53 Buxton to Leek road. The track is a 380 metre tarmac oval with steel plate fencing and a figure of 8 circuit. The circuit has many facilities for spectators, including a covered stand, licenced bar and a limited amount of trackside parking is also available at most meetings (extra charge applies). We have a track shop that you can buy soft drinks from as well as stickers and the popular oval racing magazines etc. There are Oval racing merchandise stalls in regular attendance as well as our own superb range of Buxton Raceway Branded items - available at the Pit Office.
Reviewed By philsheridan1967 - Derby, United Kingdom
Great meeting and a great fireworks display. Haven't been for a few years and I was well impressed with the standard of everything and very impressed with the display the drifting cars did. Be definitely be returning next season
