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✦ Historic site

Kenilworth Castle: a motte and bailey and enclosure castle with mere, dams and 16th century gardens

✦ Ancient woodland11 ha

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha

Getting here

52.34706, -1.59110

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4 activities

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Ancient woodland

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Centenary Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

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18 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km▾

A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.

Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 02Walking route▾
Named routeRef C02Listed length 9 kmLocal walking route
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Cycling

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42 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
National Cycle Network National Route 523Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 523National Cycle Network
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km▾

Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)

Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
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Horse riding

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3 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

About this historic site

Scheduled Monument

Wildlife to spot

Photos

22 photos from nearby open sources

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Kenilworth Castle

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Kenilworth Castle

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Visiting this spring

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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  • 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

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Café

Stables Café · 117m

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Parking

3 nearby · Paid · 165m

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Toilets

184m away

✦ Ancient✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Abbey FieldsUrban park500 m→✦STONELEIGH ABBEYHistoric site4.6 km→✦Kenilworth AbbeyHistoric site500 m→🌱The Elizabethan GardenUrban park200 m→🌱The ParkUrban park500 m→✦GatehouseHistoric site600 m→