United Kingdom
England
West Midlands Region
Warwickshire
Warwick
Kenilworth
Oxpen Meadow Lake
United Kingdom
England
West Midlands Region
Warwickshire
Warwick
Kenilworth
Oxpen Meadow Lake
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Recommended by 7 hikers
Location: Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom
Formerly a fishpond belonging to the Abbey of St Mary up until the dissolution, Robin Leach dates its draining to become the oxpen meadow as c1650.The meadow was first flooded for skating in 1879, and re-flooded as a wartime water supply in 1940. By 1948 it was drained again and used for an agricultural show. The decision to flood the meadow permanently came in 1997.
March 27, 2025
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