Kenilworth

By train

Kenilworth railway station is central. Frequent trains run north to Coventry and south to Leamington Spa. Change at Coventry for Birmingham (40 mins) and London Euston (90 mins).

By car

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

By bus

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

• Kenilworth Castle

  phone: +44 1926 852078
  address: Castle Green, off Castle Road CV8 1NG
  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.

• Priory Theatre

  phone: +44 1926 863334
  address: Rosemary Hill, CV8 1BN
  Community-run theatre, staging comedy, panto and rep.

• Abbey Fields Swimming Pool

  phone: +44 1926 855478
  address: Bridge St, CV8 1BP
  Indoor pool plus summer outdoor Lido.

• The Famous Virgins & Castle

  phone: +44 1926 853737
  address: 7 High St CV8 1LY
  One of the oldest pubs in Warwickshire. Excellent English and Filipino food. Pub quiz on Monday nights.

• The Green Man

  phone: +44 1926 863061
  address: 168 Warwick Rd CV8 1HS
  Pub in mock-Tudor building, does pizzas, burgers, fish etc.

• Holiday Inn Kenilworth

  phone: +44 1926 855957
  address: 212 Abbey End CV8 1ED
  3 star, very central.

• Arden Guest House

  phone: +44 1926 855388
  address: 21 Queens Rd CV8 1JQ
  Four double rooms, one twin, one single, all en-suite.

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