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Kenilworth Castle

Kenilworth is an attractive historical town in the English county of Warwickshire. Beginning as a settlement nestled in the Forest of Arden, Kenilworth grew up around the now-ruined castle that is a striking centrepiece to the town, notable for being the seat of power of revolutionary baron Simon de Montfort.

Get in

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By train

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By car

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Exit A46 between Warwick and Coventry onto A452 north into town. A452 continues north towards Birmingham, and south to Leamington Spa.

By bus

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Stagecoach buses connect Kenilworth to Coventry, Warwick, Warwick University, Leamington Spa, and the British Motor Museum at Gaydon. Change in Coventry for further afield.

Get around

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Map
Map of Kenilworth

See

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Kenilworth Castle in winter
  • 1 Kenilworth Castle, Castle Green, off Castle Road CV8 1NG (S of village off B4103), +44 1926 852078, fax: +44 1926 851514. Mar-Sep: 10AM-6PM; Oct: 10AM-5PM; Nov-Dec & Jan-Feb: Sa Su 10AM-4PM; Mar 10AM-4PM. An impressive castle ruin, built by the Normans, re-built by the Lancastrians & Elizabethans: its glory days were in the 1570s when Dudley entertained the Queen here, and hoped to marry her. It was dismantled by Cromwell. You enter from the south along a causeway that once dammed a great defensive lake, and was used as a tilt-yard for jousting. Within the ruins are two exhibitions: on the castle's history especially under Dudley, and on the modern Lord Kenilworth, John Davenport Siddeley (1866-1953) the motor & aviation magnate. Adults £12.50, children £7.50, concessions £11.30. Kenilworth Castle (Q1738764) on Wikidata Kenilworth Castle on Wikipedia

Do

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  • 1 Priory Theatre, Rosemary Hill, CV8 1BN, +44 1926 863334. Community-run theatre, staging comedy, panto and rep.


Buy

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Eat

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  • 1 The Famous Virgins & Castle, 7 High St CV8 1LY (just N of Abbey Fields), +44 1926 853737. M-F 11AM-11PM, Sa 9AM-midnight, Su 9AM-10:30PM. One of the oldest pubs in Warwickshire. Excellent English and Filipino food. Pub quiz on Monday nights. £5-15.
  • 2 The Green Man, 168 Warwick Rd CV8 1HS, +44 1926 863061. Su-Th 10AM-11PM, F Sa 10AM-midnight. Pub in mock-Tudor building, does pizzas, burgers, fish, etc.

Drink

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Sleep

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Connect

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As of May 2024, Kenilworth and its approach roads have 4G from all UK carriers. 5G has not yet reached town.

Go next

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Map of places with Wikivoyage articles nearby

Take the bus to Warwick and visit Warwick Castle or to the spa town of Leamington

Routes through Kenilworth
Stratford-upon-Avon Warwick  SW  NE  Coventry


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