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Abbey Fields Park – View of Kenilworth Castle loop from Kenilworth

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Abbey Fields Park – View of Kenilworth Castle loop from Kenilworth

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Abbey Fields Park – View of Kenilworth Castle loop from Kenilworth

02:38

10.2km

60m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

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947 m

Formerly a fishpond belonging to the Abbey of St Mary up until the dissolution, Robin Leach dates its draining to become the oxpen meadow as c1650.

The meadow was first flooded for skating in 1879, and re-flooded as a wartime water supply in 1940. By 1948 it was drained again and used for an agricultural show. The decision to flood the meadow permanently came in 1997.

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1.50 km

Kenilworth Abbey Gatehouse

Highlight • Historical Site

Kenilworth Abbey Gatehouse was built during the Medieval period and is constructed of red sandstone. It consists of two compartments and the gateway runs between them with a single large arch. The remains still stand and are situated in Abbey Fields.

A 14th century gatehouse near the NW corner of Kenilworth Abbey precincts facing N. It is of local red sandstone and consists of two vaulted compartments – the inner now in ruins – opening to the N by a four-centred arch. Between the two compartments is the gateway, with a large segmental arch, flanked on the W by a small doorway, with pointed arch, for foot passengers. In the E wall of each compartment is an arched recess with a stone seat and in the W wall of the inner is a doorway into the porter’s lodge. This lodge is divided into two halves. There are traces of a wall running S from the W side of the lodge and another running E.

Scheduled as Warwickshire Monument No 10.

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1.54 km

St Mary's Abbey Barn, Kenilworth

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Ancient Abbey barn used to store food and drink.

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1.86 km

Abbey Fields Park

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Lovely park with a great view over lake in the centre of old Kenilworth

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2.56 km

Tiltyard Dam at Kenilworth Castle

Highlight (Segment) • Monument

The dam was probably constructed in three phases; initially circa 1125, then subsequently raised by King John and lastly the western lane and bridge possibly 17th century. It is not known when the castle’s great defensive lake, created by the dam, was first called a Mere nor when the breach, shown here being repaired in 1964, was first called Hawkesworth’s Gap.

At the end of the Civil War in 1649, Cromwell’s Parliamentarians were determined to ensure that the former Royalist strongholds would never again provide a safe haven for those who opposed the new republican parliament’s powers. So, Colonel Joseph Hawkesworth, MP was appointed to ‘slight’ or damage the castle beyond repair and it is said he breached the Tiltyard to drain the mere as part of the slighting.

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3.01 km