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Great view down the Aston locks.

Just a pleasant spot to take a breather..

The castle was founded after the Norman Conquest of 1066; with development through to the Tudor period. It has been described by the architectural historian Anthony Emery as "the finest surviving example of a semi-royal palace of the later middle ages, significant for its scale, form and quality of workmanship". Kenilworth played an important historical role: it was the subject of the six-month-long siege of Kenilworth in 1266, thought to be the longest siege in medieval English history, and formed a base for Lancastrian operations in the Wars of the Roses. Kenilworth was the scene of the removal of Edward II from the English throne, the perceived French insult to Henry V in 1414 of a gift of tennis balls (said by John Strecche to have prompted the campaign that led to the Battle of Agincourt), and the Earl of Leicester's lavish reception of Elizabeth I in 1575. It has been described as "one of two major castles in Britain which may be classified as water-castles or lake-fortresses...

Drop down and corner past a medieval castle. Pretty cool.

Gas Street Basin

Barker Bridge over the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Grade II listed cast iron road bridge on Lower Loveday Street dated 1842 probably from Horseley Ironworks.

Mmmmmm Cake! Good afternoon a long walk

Built in 1842 and is now grade ll listed and is situated over the Birmingham Fazeley Canal