Castle · Kenilworth · Warwickshire

Kenilworth Castle

Kenilworth Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Kenilworth, Warwickshire. It holds the status of a scheduled monument. Close by, Warwick Castle is 7.6 km away, one of 58 within 15 km.

Photo: Kenilworth Castle, DeFacto (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Kenilworth

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 2%

#149 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Castle in Kenilworth

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#149 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (22 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Kenilworth

Kenilworth Castle is inside Kenilworth’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Kenilworth has 135 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather by the month

Afternoons in Kenilworth reach 19–22°C from June to September.

Jan7° / 1°60 mm

Feb8° / 1°48 mm

Mar10° / 2°45 mm

Apr14° / 4°47 mm

May17° / 7°57 mm

Jun20° / 10°57 mm

Jul22° / 12°58 mm

Aug22° / 12°68 mm

Sep19° / 9°57 mm

Oct14° / 7°68 mm

Nov10° / 4°72 mm

Dec8° / 2°65 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Kenilworth, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Kenilworth. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Kenilworth’s full climate →

About

Kenilworth Castle

Care of the site is provided by English Heritage. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 22 languages.

Kenilworth’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 22 languages
Town: in Kenilworth
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/kenilworth-castle

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Around Kenilworth Castle, mapped

Orange shows Kenilworth Castle; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns around Kenilworth Castle, by distance

By population, Coventry leads the 8 with 344,289. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Kenilworth

22,239 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 1.7 km north of it

Burton Green

1,556 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 3 km south of it

Leek Wootton

1,003 people · 22 places to visit

4 · 3 km northeast of it

Coventry

344,289 people · 42 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Kenilworth Castle is	People	Places to visit
Kenilworth	It’s in town	22,239	23
Burton Green	1.7 km north of it	1,556	14
Leek Wootton	3 km south of it	1,003	22
Coventry	3 km northeast of it	344,289	42
Cubbington	3.9 km southeast of it	3,895	15
Fen End	4.3 km west of it	246	13
Balsall Common	4.5 km northwest of it	7,094	13
Blackdown	4.9 km southeast of it	173	22

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

There are 58 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 castles and a cathedral among them.

CastleWarwick Castle7.6 km away 2

CathedralCoventry Cathedral Church of St Michael8.9 km away 3

MuseumHerbert Art Gallery & Museum8.8 km away · 300K visitors a year (2010)4

Abbey or prioryStoneleigh Abbey4.1 km away 5

Historic house · National TrustBaddesley Clinton8 km away 6

MuseumNational Motorcycle Museum13 km away · 250K visitors a year 7

CastleCaludon Castle12 km away 8

MuseumCoventry Transport Museum9 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Kenilworth Castle: common questions

Where is Kenilworth Castle?

Kenilworth Castle is in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Kenilworth Castle?

Castle ruin in the town of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, UK.

Who runs Kenilworth Castle?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Kenilworth Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Kenilworth, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Kenilworth Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Kenilworth Castle?

Within 15 km: Warwick Castle (7.6 km), Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael (8.9 km), Herbert Art Gallery & Museum (8.8 km) and Stoneleigh Abbey (4.1 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Kenilworth Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Warwick Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stoneleigh Abbey: Snowmanradio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Baddesley Clinton: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Motorcycle Museum: Snowmanradio, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Caludon Castle: Mum's taxi (Wikipedia Takes Coventry participant), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coventry Transport Museum: Jim Linwood from London, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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