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Kenilworth
Town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England

Kenilworth

Kenilworth is a market town and civil parish in the Warwick District of Warwickshire, England, 5.5 miles (9 km) southwest of Coventry and 4.5 miles (7 km) north of both Warwick and Leamington Spa.

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Situated at the centre of the county, the town lies on Finham Brook, a tributary of the River Sowe, which joins the River Avon 2 miles (3 km) north-east of the town. At the 2021 Census, its population was 22,538. The town is home to the ruins of Kenilworth Castle and Kenilworth Abbey.

Get in

Getting to Kenilworth

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    Kenilworth

    Frequent trains run north to Coventry and south to Leamington Spa.

See

Worth seeing

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    Kenilworth Castle

    Castle Green, off Castle Road CV8 1NG (S of village off B4103), fax: +44 1926 851514.

Do

Things to do

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    Priory Theatre

    Community-run theatre, staging comedy, panto and rep.

Eat

Where to eat

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    The Famous Virgins & Castle

    7 High St CV8 1LY (just N of Abbey Fields),.

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    The Green Man

    Sun-Thu 10AM-11PM, Fri Sat 10AM-midnight.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: DeFacto (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.