Named for being on high ground above the Abbey, this road was the main route to Coventry. On your right is “the pound” where stray animals were locked up until claimed (also an air raid wardens post in WWII).
The medieval marketplace was sited where the road widens, overlooked by the 16thC Virgins and Castle Inn. The site may have originally housed an almonry for the abbey, but by 1575 it was known as the Two virgins and the Virgins & Castle by 1854.
Kenilworth’s best preserved WW2 shelter lies around the corner on Bridge Street.
Continue ahead to the traffic lights and follow New Street (yet another WW2 shelter on the left after row of houses). Parliament Piece is on your left through the kissing gate.
These trails follow the same route as the leaflets but provide more detailed and deeper information at each point of interest (and we will keep adding more as we go!).
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Each point contains everything you need to locate it, as well as links to mapping services for its location.
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