Old Market Monument

Melbourne () is a market town and civil parish in South Derbyshire,England.It was home to Thomas Cook, and has a street named after him: Thomas Cook Close. It is about 8 miles (13 km) south of Derby and 2 miles (3 km) from the River Trent. The population of the civil parish (including Kings Newton) at the 2011 Census was 4,843.

Melbourne Castle was a medieval castle in Melbourne, Derbyshire. It was built on the site of an earlier royal manor house that had provided accommodation for noblemen hunting in a nearby royal park in the reign of King John. Construction of the castle was started in 1311 by Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, and continued until 1322, shortly before his execution, but the work was never fully completed.