Kenilworth Town Council

02/11/2026

And the Kenilworth Advent Calendar is officially on sale from TODAY!! You can buy yours from:

Kenilworth Books
TreeHouse Book Shop
Kenilworth Centre
Fossato Lounge
Myton Hospice Shop

So today's the day you can buy your Kenilworth Advent Calendar 2026. If you're in town look out for our table in Talisman Square or Robert Dyas. Find out more about this terrific community project. So many local businesses are giving us their support. Read all about it here:

https://sigbi.org/kenilworth-and-district/kenilworth-advent-calendar/

Good luck everyone!

23/10/2026

Welcome to your blustery, rainy (yet still autumnal 🍂) Friday roundup!

🍂 Firstly a big thank you as we had a really brilliant turn out for our Castle Crossing event at Kenilworth Castle last week! Feedback was particularly positive and it is clear this has been wanted by residents for some time. We also produced a record number of Resident Castle Passes that evening. We will certainly plan more of these drop-ins over the course of next year!
🍂 Thursday was full of meetings including the English Heritage Liaison Group, Youth Council, Town Council and our Planning Committee. Some fantastic discussions were had and some exciting new projects confirmed. Watch this space!
🍂 The Town Council approved a further allocation of £5,000 for a highways consultant to assist, advise and support our Members in their dealings with the new South Warwickshire Local Plan and for future planning applications. The new planning scheme that goes live on 31 October removes the opportunity for a Town Council to call an application to Committee. This means our initial comments are our only comments and these must therefore be robust, evidenced and clear.
🍂 WCC have asked our pedestrian safety group to work with Kenilworth School to develop some artwork to accompany the new signage on Glasshouse Lane. This is a real opportunity to make the area uniquely Kenilworth and to enhance the safety of our students.
🍂 The Clerk has arranged a meeting between our Members and representatives from WCC to discuss the ongoing traffic management, road closures and traffic coordination in the town. This is an issue with wide repercussions for us all and something we hope will now be addressed.
🍂 The next stage of the K2L cycle lane will begin construction in January covering the stretch between Northumberland Road and Sandy Lane. Two new cycle parks are also currently under construction in the town, at Abbey End and Abbey Medical Centre Surgery.

We could go on but that's perhaps enough for one week...wishing all our residents a lovely weekend.

19/10/2026

This month is flying by!! Just a couple of weeks left to enter our Medieval Matches Draw for October and what a brilliant prize up for grabs!!!

You could win a £25 voucher for

Got any Dungeons & Dragons enthusiasts in your mix? This is the place for them!

Enter here 👉 https://visit.kenilworthweb.co.uk/discover/medieval-matches/

15/10/2026

Tonight's the night for our...

✨CASTLE CROSSING DROP IN, and
✨ RESIDENTS CASTLE PASS DROP IN

Both are taking place simultaneously at Kenilworth Castle this evening (Thursday 15 October 2026) between 4pm and 8pm. Drop in anytime, grab a coffee and have a chat with representatives from English Heritage, the Town Council and WCC.

11/10/2026

** RESIDENTS CASTLE PASS DROP IN**

For those that may have missed this, alongside the Castle Crossing drop in, we are hosting a Residents Castle Pass drop in session. This will take place at Kenilworth Castle on 15 October 2026 between 4pm and 8pm. Bring along your photo ID (with address details) and the exact change of £6 (IN CASH ONLY) and we will be able to produce a pass for you to take home.

Any questions or queries please contact us on [email protected]

10/10/2026

✨ RESIDENTS DROP IN EVENT ✨

Come along to the Castle on 15 October 2026 between 4pm and 8pm and learn more about the proposed castle crossing, the new English Heritage Pathways and take the opportunity to obtain your Residents Castle Pass whilst you're at it!

There will be representatives from WCC, English Heritage and the Town Council there to answer your questions and talk through the plans. We will also have officers on hand if you need to apply for or renew your Residents Castle Pass. If you do wish to obtain your pass on the evening, please ensure you bring some photo ID (displaying your address) and the correct (exact) payment fee of £6.

Refreshments will also be available!

09/10/2026

A fair bit to catch up on this week, grab a cuppa and settle in, here is your Town Council round up...

👉 At the recent Finance Committee meeting, Members were pleased to award over £30,000 in Community Grant funds to fifteen applicants. All are worthy local causes who have the full support of the Town Council in their activities. A third and final grant round for the year will be taking place in January with a deadline of 11 January 2027 for completed applications. All information can be found on our website - https://kenilworth-tc.gov.uk/information/community-grants/
👉 Members also extended the excellent work recently completed on challenging Regulation 19 of the WDC South Warwickshire Local Plan, by approving a further spend of £5,000 for planning and consultancy assistance on any major planning applications that may arise in the short term. This risk remains whilst we await the new South Warwickshire Local Plan and it is important that Members are in an informed position to respond.
👉 The Council chamber played host to the Kenilworth Abbey Advisory Committee on Friday morning discussing all things related to Abbey Fields and the Kenilworth Abbey.
👉 Our Planning Committee met and discussed the new planning legislation that is due to come into effect from 31 October 2026. In simple terms the Town Council are no longer able to 'call in' planning applications and request these go before a full WDC Planning Committee. Instead the decision on most applications will be made by WDC Officers with the exception of major applications. We will keep you informed should this change how our Planning Committee currently operates.
👉 Finally don't forget the Town Council are hosting a drop in session for residents to learn more about the new castle crossing and/or to obtain your Residents Castle Pass. This will be held at Kenilworth Castle on Thursday 15 October 2026 between 4pm and 8pm.

02/10/2026

Your weekly Friday round up! Whilst there are quite a number of things we could include this week, you'll notice a more Christmassy theme emerging!

👉 Our exciting plans for the🎄High Street Christmas Light Switch On are being finalised and we are really looking forward to welcoming everyone! We have added a brilliant addition this year...the Teenage Market in the Parochial Hall! This event is entirely led by the Town Council and the Old Town Community Events team. Alongside St Nicholas Church, who are bringing their usual Christmas Tree Festival that weekend, it is shaping up to be a fabulous evening for our town! We may even have an icy Arctic friend joining us ❄
👉 Warwick District Council have advised they will NOT be holding their usual Warwick Road Christmas Light Switch On event this year but instead they will be hosting a 'festive hub' in Abbey End on Saturday 28 November between 10am and 5pm. The Warwick Road Christmas lights will not be switched on at this daytime event.
👉 Staying on the theme of Christmas...the following Saturday on 5 December the Town Council are hosting our Small Business Saturday event. We plan to use one of our 'Free Parking' days in the town centre (WDC carparks only), host a Shop Window Competition, have Musical Entertainment throughout the day, our Youth Council will be making an appearance and hosting a Local Business Christmas Sticker Trail (we'll be in touch with our local businesses soon!), 🎅Santa will be in his Grotto and we hope to have a handful of community stalls with a couple of Tombola's thrown in for good measure! The aim of the day is to bring people into the town to shop local and that is what we hope to achieve!
👉 Did someone say Christmas lights 🤔....at our Finance Committee last night Members approved a spend of up to £5,000 for the Town Council to brighten up our light offering! We know the Christmas Lights in the town need a revamp and that is very much on our list of things to do...in the meantime we have secured a Christmassy 3D addition this year and hope to extend this further next year!

01/10/2026

Our September Medieval Matches WINNER is...

🥁🥁 TANYA CLIFFE 🥁🥁

Congratulations Tanya, you have won a £20 voucher for My Greek Station

Onto the next and what a treat for the gamers in your life! From one of our newer businesses... you could win a £25 gift voucher for !!!

Enter here - https://visit.kenilworthweb.co.uk/discover/medieval-matches/