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Town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England
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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.
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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.
Community-run theatre, staging comedy, panto and rep.
One of the oldest pubs in Warwickshire. Excellent English and Filipino food. Pub quiz on Monday nights.
Pub in mock-Tudor building, does pizzas, burgers, fish, etc.
3-star, very central.
Four double rooms, one twin, one single, all en-suite.
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.
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Birmingham, West Midlands · International · BHX
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