Editing East Midlands (section)

===Entertainment===
[[File:Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) at Twycross Zoo-4.jpg|thumb|220px|left|An [[orangutan]] at Twycross Zoo]]
[[Skegness]] and the [[Lincolnshire coast]] provides seaside entertainment for many people in the East Midlands with its [[Butlins]] 200-acre resort at [[Ingoldmells]]. Nottingham and Leicester are both popular night time destinations.

[[Center Parcs UK]] opened their first leisure facility at the Sherwood Holiday Village site at [[Rufford, Nottinghamshire|Rufford]], near [[Ollerton]], together with their headquarters and call centre in Sherwood Energy Village business park, built upon the former Ollerton Colliery site in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire.<ref>[https://d2n2lep.org/sherwood-energy-village-reaches-full-occupancy/ Sherwood Energy Village Reaches Full Occupancy] D2N2, 3 October 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2023</ref><ref>[https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/center-parcs-boss-reveals-notts-1277010 Center Parcs boss reveals Notts-based leisure giant could open sixth resort in the future] ''[[Nottingham Post|Nottinghamshire Live]]'', 20 May 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2023</ref>

The [[Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales)|YHA]] is based in [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]]. [[Gala Coral Group|Gala Bingo]] is based in Nottingham; Coral have over 1,800 UK shops. [[Twycross Zoo]] is just south of [[Measham]] in Leicestershire, and the [[National Space Centre]] is in [[Belgrave, Leicestershire|Belgrave]] in north Leicester.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.emms.org.uk/ |title=East Midlands Museum Service |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110104127/https://www.emms.org.uk/ |archive-date=10 January 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Carlsbro]] (electronics and speakers) are at South Normanton, on the east side of the M1, at the B6406/A38 junction. [[Peavey Electronics]] UK (loudspeakers), are off the A6003, in the southwest of Corby.

[[Rockingham Motor Speedway]] is in Corby, and other racetracks include [[Donington Park motorsport circuit|Donington Park]] and [[Mallory Park]] in Leicestershire, and [[Cadwell Park]] in Lincolnshire. [[Silverstone Circuit]] hosts the [[British Grand Prix]], although the southern half of the track is outside the region. [[Rutland Water]] is popular for sailing, fishing and bird-watching. The Peak District National Park became the first national park in the United Kingdom in 1951.

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