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Opening hours in 2016 The site will be open from 10.30am-4.30pm from Thursday to Sunday (and Bank Holiday Mondays) from 26th May to the end of September. Admission charges There is an admission charge to the site, which allows unlimited repeat visits throughout the open season. See website for details. A fully-furnished 17th century family home Location 1620s House and Garden is situated on the southern outskirts of Coalville, between the villages of Donington le Heath and Hugglescote. It is sign posted from the A511. A511 A42 Coalville A447 A511 M1 Hugglescote Donington le Heath A511 A50 1620s House and Garden, Manor Road, Donington le Heath, Coalville, LE67 2FW www.doningtonleheath.com 01455 290429 • [email protected] Step back in time to explore our early /DoningtonleHeath @DoningtonLCC 17th century house and its gardens and see how people lived 400 years ago. www.doningtonleheath.com Old Barn Tea Room The Old Barn Tea Room isopen from 11am-4pm during site open season, serving home baked cakes, soup and sandwiches and a range of hot and cold drinks. Richard III's Bed The 1620s House at Donington le Heath One of the prize exhibits at the is a surviving example of a family home house is a large four poster bed, said to be the bed in which built around seven hundred years ago and Richard III slept at White Boar Inn, modernised with new windows, roof and Leicester, on his way to the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Most fireplaces in 1618. of the upper part of the bed is actually Jacobean and fits well in the 1620s House. Explore the furnished rooms, handle Additional events the objects and talk to our team of The site will also host a series of ticketed volunteers to discover what life was events throughout the year. To mark the 400th like for the Digbys in the 1620s. anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the 2016 Surrounding the House, programme includes the production of Hamlet are period gardens and and Much Ado About Nothing by two of an area of woodland the country’s leading Shakespearean touring planted as part of the companies and an evening concert of music from development of the Shakespeare’s time by The Leeds Waites. National Forest. The gardens, re-created in a 17th century style, include flower and herb gardens, an ornamental maze and an orchard, with informative and entertaining labels on all the plants and trees. Look out for a fantastic programme of events, including outdoor theatre, ghost watches and historical family events in the beautiful grounds. .

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