Bluebell Arboretum

Bluebell Arboretum is an arboretum and associated plant nursery near the village of Smisby in South Derbyshire, England. It is a Royal Horticultural Society recommended garden, comprising a large selection of rare trees, shrubs and climbers growing in a woodland garden. Planting was started by the owners, Suzette and Robert Vernon in 1992 on what was then a six acre meadow, just under 500 feet above sea level. The arboretum was officially opened by Roy Lancaster, OBE VMH in 1997, and has since been expanded and is now open to the public throughout the year, excluding Sundays during the winter months.

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  Ashby de la Zouch Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed ruins in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, United Kingdom  

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  Duffield Castle ⓘ
  Norman Castle in Duffield, Derbyshire  

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  Tamworth Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Tamworth, United Kingdom  

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  Tutbury Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Staffordshire, England, UK  

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  Leicester Castle ⓘ
  castle in Leicester, England, UK  

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  Kirby Muxloe Castle ⓘ
  unfinished 15th century fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England, UK  

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  Whatton House and Attached Stables ⓘ
  country house in Leicestershire, England, UK

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  Arbury Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Warwickshire, England, UK

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  Battlefield Line Railway ⓘ
  Heritage railway line in Leicestershire, England

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  Denby Pottery Visitor Centre Museum ⓘ
  museum in Denby, England, UK

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  Erasmus Darwin House ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Lichfield, United Kingdom

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  Great Central Railway ⓘ
  heritage railway based in Loughborough, England, UK

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  Great Central Railway (Nottingham) ⓘ
  Heritage railway based in Nottinghamshire, England

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  Leicester Museum & Art Gallery ⓘ
  Museum in Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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  Loughborough Carillon Tower and War Memorial Museum ⓘ
  Grade II listed military museum in Loughborough, United Kingdom  

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  Manor Farm Park and Woodland ⓘ
  zoo in the UK

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  Melbourne Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in South Derbyshire, England, UK

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  Nottingham Industrial Museum ⓘ
  museum in the 17th century stables block of Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, England

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  Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre ⓘ
  transport museum in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

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  Redfern's Cottage, Museum of Uttoxeter Life ⓘ
  museum in Uttoxeter, England, United Kingdom

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  Shackerstone railway station ⓘ
  preserved railway station and heritage museum in Leicestershire, England, UK

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  Sudbury Hall ⓘ
  country house in Derbyshire, England, UK

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  Tutbury Museum ⓘ
  museum in Tutbury, England, UK

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  William Carey Museum ⓘ
  museum in Leicester, England, UK

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  Wollaton Hall ⓘ
  Country house museum in Nottingham, England

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  Calke Abbey ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in South Derbyshire, England, UK

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  Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum ⓘ
  Grade I listed biographical museum in Lichfield, United Kingdom

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  Belgrave Hall ⓘ
  Queen Anne-style Grade II* listed building in Belgrave, Leicester, England, UK

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  Kedleston Hall ⓘ
  English country house in Kedleston, Derbyshire, England, UK

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  Pickford's House ⓘ
  Historic house museum in Derby, United Kingdom

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  Stanford Hall ⓘ
  country house in Nottinghamshire, England, UK

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  Strutt's North Mill ⓘ
  cotton mill and museum in Belper, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Derby Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ
  museum and art gallery in Derby, England, United Kingdom  

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  Stoneywell ⓘ
  house in Ulverscroft, Leicestershire, England, UK

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  Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ
  museum and gallery in Riversley Park, Nuneaton, England, United Kingdom

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  Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment ⓘ
  museum in Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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  Newarke Houses Museum ⓘ
  Public museum in Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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  Nuneaton Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Nuneaton, England, UK

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  Twycross Zoo ⓘ
  zoo in Leicestershire, England, UK

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  Royal Crown Derby Museum ⓘ
  museum in Derby, England, United Kingdom

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  Staffordshire Regiment Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

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  Abbey Pumping Station Museum ⓘ
  Local Authority Museum in the East Midlands, United Kingdom

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  Regimental Museum of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales) ⓘ
  military museum in Derby, England, United Kngdom

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  The 1620s House and Garden ⓘ
  UK historic house museum in Donington le Heath, Coalville, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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  National Trust Museum of Childhood ⓘ
  museum in Ashbourne, England, UK

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  Gas Museum ⓘ
  museum in Leicester, England, UK

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  National Brewery Centre ⓘ
  museum of brewing heritage in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK

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  University Of Nottingham Museum ⓘ
  museum in Nottingham, England, UK

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  Erewash Museum ⓘ
  museum in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

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  Lichfield Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in a church in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK

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  Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Heritage Park ⓘ
  Museum and heritage centre in Nuneaton, England, United Kingdom

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  Moira Furnace Museum ⓘ
  industrial museum in Derby, England, United Kingdom

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  The Bellfoundry Museum ⓘ
  museum in Loughborough, England, UK

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  Wollaton Village Dovecote Museum ⓘ
  museum in Wollaton, England, UK

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  Old Rectory Museum ⓘ
  museum in Loughborough, England, United Kingdom

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  Belper Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Belper, England, UK

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  Kegworth Heritage Centre ⓘ
  Museum in Kegworth, Leicestershire

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  Measham Museum ⓘ
  museum in Swadlincote, England, UK

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  Hinckley and District Museum ⓘ
  museum in Hinckley, England, United Kingdom

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  Leicestershire County Cricket Club Museum ⓘ
  museum in Leicester, England, UK

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  Shardlow Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Shardlow, England, UK

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  Charnwood Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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  Little Chester Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Derby, England, UK

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  Castle Donington Museum ⓘ
  museum in Derby, England, United Kingdom

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  East Midlands Aeropark ⓘ
  museum in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, UK

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  National Space Centre ⓘ
  space (and aerospace) museum in Belgrave, Leicester

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  Sharpe's Pottery Museum ⓘ
  museum in Swadlincote, England, United Kingdom

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  Robert Peel Society & Police Museum ⓘ
  museum in Tamworth, England, UK

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  Sir John Moore Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Appleby Magna, England, UK

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  Far Eastern Prisoners Of War Museum ⓘ
  museum in Lichfield, England, UK

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  National Sikh Heritage Centre & Holocaust Museum ⓘ
  museum in Derby, England, UK

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  Mr Vacuum Cleaner Museum ⓘ
  museum in Heanor, England, UK

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  Ashbourne Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Doveridge, Derbyshire, England, UK

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1899 Stoneywell

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1917 Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery

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1938 Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment

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1953 Newarke Houses Museum

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1954 Nuneaton Heritage Centre

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1963 Twycross Zoo

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1969 Royal Crown Derby Museum

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1969 Staffordshire Regiment Museum

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1972 Abbey Pumping Station Museum

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1972 Regimental Museum of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales)

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1973 The 1620s House and Garden

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1974 National Trust Museum of Childhood

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1977 Gas Museum

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1977 National Brewery Centre

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1979 University Of Nottingham Museum

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1980 Erewash Museum

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1981 Lichfield Heritage Centre

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1985 Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Heritage Park

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1985 Moira Furnace Museum

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1986 The Bellfoundry Museum

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1987 Wollaton Village Dovecote Museum

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1988 Old Rectory Museum

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1990 Belper Heritage Centre

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1992 Kegworth Heritage Centre

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1992 Measham Museum

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1996 Hinckley and District Museum

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1996 Leicestershire County Cricket Club Museum

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1996 Shardlow Heritage Centre

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1999 Charnwood Museum

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2000 Little Chester Heritage Centre

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2001 Castle Donington Museum

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2001 East Midlands Aeropark

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2001 National Space Centre

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2003 Sharpe's Pottery Museum

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2004 Robert Peel Society & Police Museum

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2004 Sir John Moore Heritage Centre

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2005 Far Eastern Prisoners Of War Museum

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2008 National Sikh Heritage Centre & Holocaust Museum

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2010 Mr Vacuum Cleaner Museum

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2013 Ashbourne Heritage Centre

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	castle		Ashby de la Zouch Castle	castle, ruins	Wikidata
site	castle		Duffield Castle	castle, archaeological site	Wikidata
site	castle		Tamworth Castle	castle, historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	castle		Tutbury Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1060	Leicester Castle	archaeological site, motte-and-bailey castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1480	Kirby Muxloe Castle	castle, ruins, manor house	Wikidata
site	garden		Whatton House and Attached Stables	garden, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Arbury Hall	historic house museum, English country house, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Battlefield Line Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Denby Pottery Visitor Centre Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Erasmus Darwin House	historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Great Central Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Great Central Railway (Nottingham)	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Leicester Museum & Art Gallery	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Loughborough Carillon Tower and War Memorial Museum	war memorial, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Manor Farm Park and Woodland	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum		Melbourne Hall	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Nottingham Industrial Museum	charitable organization, industry museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre	transport museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Redfern's Cottage, Museum of Uttoxeter Life	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Shackerstone railway station	museum, railway station	Wikidata
site	museum		Sudbury Hall	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Tutbury Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		William Carey Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Wollaton Hall	historic house museum, English country house	Wikidata
site	museum	1704	Calke Abbey	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1707	Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum	historic house museum, biographical museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1713	Belgrave Hall	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1765	Kedleston Hall	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1770	Pickford's House	historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1774	Stanford Hall	theatre building, English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum	1804	Strutt's North Mill	museum, cotton mill, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1879	Derby Museum and Art Gallery	art museum, local museum, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1899	Stoneywell	house, historic house museum, thatched building	Wikidata
site	museum	1917	Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery	local authority museum, local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1938	Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1953	Newarke Houses Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1954	Nuneaton Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	1963	Twycross Zoo	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	1969	Royal Crown Derby Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1969	Staffordshire Regiment Museum	independent museum, regimental museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1972	Abbey Pumping Station Museum	pumping station, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1972	Regimental Museum of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales)	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1973	The 1620s House and Garden	historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1974	National Trust Museum of Childhood	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Gas Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	National Brewery Centre	food and drink museum, corporate museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1979	University Of Nottingham Museum	museum, university museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1980	Erewash Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1981	Lichfield Heritage Centre	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1985	Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Heritage Park	heritage center, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1985	Moira Furnace Museum	museum, independent museum, industry museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	The Bellfoundry Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1987	Wollaton Village Dovecote Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1988	Old Rectory Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1990	Belper Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	1992	Kegworth Heritage Centre	museum, charitable organization	Wikidata
site	museum	1992	Measham Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Hinckley and District Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Leicestershire County Cricket Club Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Shardlow Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	1999	Charnwood Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2000	Little Chester Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	2001	Castle Donington Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2001	East Midlands Aeropark	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2001	National Space Centre	charitable organization, aviation museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2003	Sharpe's Pottery Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2004	Robert Peel Society & Police Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2004	Sir John Moore Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	2005	Far Eastern Prisoners Of War Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2008	National Sikh Heritage Centre & Holocaust Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2010	Mr Vacuum Cleaner Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2013	Ashbourne Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
commons	image		Bluebell Arboretum Spring		Commons
commons	image		Annwell Lane at Bluebell Arboretum		Commons
commons	image		Bluebell Arboretum Autumn		Commons
commons	image		Bluebell Arboretum Summer		Commons
commons	image		Bluebell Arboretum Winter		Commons