East Midlands 3 was a tier 10 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and parts of Cambridgeshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to East Midlands 2 and there was no relegation. At the end of the 1991–92 season the division was cancelled due to the merging of all of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues, and the majority of teams transferred into the new East Midlands/Leicestershire 3
Original teams
When league rugby was introduced in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
Bedford Queens
Bedford Swifts
Bretton
Bugbrooke
Northampton Heathens
Potton
RAE Bedford
Ramsey (Midlands) Westwood
East Midlands 3 honours
Number of league titles
Bedford Queens (1) Bedford Swifts (1) Bugbrooke (1) Deepings (1) Westwood (1)