Parking is free for members and charges apply to non-members.
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.
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.
Dogs on lead allowed. Assistance dogs welcome.
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.
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.
An audio guide will be available to use on-site using your own phone or a handset.
