Facilities at Kenilworth Castle & Elizabethan Garden

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  Parking

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  Parking is free for members and charges apply to non-members. Follow directions to CV8 1NG for parking.

  Alternative parking is available within walking distance of the castle at Abbey Fields (CV8 1BQ), Abbey End (CV8 1QJ) and Queen & Castle (CV8 1ND). Please check the Warwickshire District Council website for more information. Parking charges may apply. 

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  Food And Drink

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  The Stables Tearoom offers a seasonal menu of daily specials together with home-baked cakes and Fair Trade tea and coffee. Our ingredients are locally sourced where possible. Ample seating. See our Food and Drink page for more details of what we have to offer.

   

  The tearoom is open when the castle is open, though the tearoom closes 30 minutes earlier. See Kenilworth opening times.

  Groups by prior arrangement - please phone the site to book.

  Kids' lunchbox and children's meals available.

   

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  Picnic Area

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  There are benches situated at the picnic area outside the tearoom. There are also large grassed areas around the site that are ideal for picnics.
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  Shop

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  Shop sells an extensive range of heritage gifts and souvenirs, including armour, swords, books, jams, alcohol, kids toys and tapestries.
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  Toilets

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  Unisex toilet located in Leicester's Gatehouse with baby changing facilities. Accessible toilet is located at Leicester's Gatehouse.

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  Dogs

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  Dogs on lead allowed. Assistance dogs welcome.

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  Exhibition

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  An exhibition detailing the history of the castle can be found in the stables, next to the tearoom.

  Leicester’s Gatehouse is displayed with the chambers on its lower floors re-created as they might have appeared when the gatehouse was inhabited in the 1930s.

  There is an additional display on the top floor of Leicester's Gatehouse titled ‘The Queen and the Castle: Robert Dudley’s Kenilworth’. Featuring items both from museums and private collections, this exhibition tells the story of Elizabeth I’s relationship with Dudley and her four visits to Kenilworth.

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  Gardens

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  Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, created a special, fabulous garden for Queen Elizabeth I in 1575.

  This garden, lost for centuries, has been brought back to life by a pioneering team of historians, archaeologists, plantsmen and plantswomen, designers, craftspeople and gardeners. Featuring a fountain and aviary, it presents the most complete evocation of an Elizabethan garden anywhere in the world. 

  Large grassed areas surround the castle. There is plenty of room for children to run around, but kites not allowed due to large trees.

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  Audio Tours

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  An audio guide will be available to use on-site using your own phone or a handset.

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  Family Friendly

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  Baby Changing Facilities

  Unisex toilet located in Leicester's Gatehouse with baby changing facilities.

  Bottle / Food Warming

  Please ask for hot water.

  Children's Audio Tour

  Children's audio tour included in the price available from the visitor centre.

  Children's Cutlery

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  Child Sized Portions

  Yes

  High Chairs

  Three highchairs available in the tearoom.

  Push Chairs Allowed

  Yes, limited access to Leicesters Gatehouse.
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  International

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  Foreign Language Audio Tours

  French and German.
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  Venue Hire

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  Available For Event Hire

  Yes.

  Civil Weddings

  Yes.
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  Commercial Photograph And Filming

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  English Heritage welcomes all photographers to our sites and we hope you will share your pictures with us on Flickr and Facebook. We do have some restrictions at certain locations, so if photography is your main reason for visiting, please call the site ahead of your visit to check if any parts of the site are restricted. We are keen to promote the use of our sites to location managers. If you are interested please go to (Filming Locations) for more information and contacts. English Heritage does not permit drone flying from or over sites in our care, except by contractors or partners undertaking flights for a specific purpose, who satisfy stringent CAA criteria, have the correct insurances and permissions, and are operating under controlled conditions.