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Members' Event: Simon de Montfort and the Siege of Kenilworth at Kenilworth Castle

Name: Members' Event: Simon de Montfort and the Siege of Kenilworth at Kenilworth Castle
Start: 2026-07-08T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-07-08T16:15:00+01:00
Location: Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden

When

Wednesday, 8 July 2026, 12:00 – 16:15

Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden

Castle Green, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 1NG

Time

12:00 – 16:15

Price guide

£5.00

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Join our guide, Jan Cooper, at Kenilworth Castle on Wednesday 8 July to hear about the rise and fall of Simon de Montfort Earl of Leicester - often hailed as the ""father of democracy"" - and what lead to one of the longest sieges in English medieval history.

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