Inspiring

EDWARD II was held prisoner at Kenilworth Castle after being overthrown by his wife Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.

While at the castle Edward was formally told he had been deposed, and was later moved to a castle in Gloucestershire, where he was murdered.

In 1575 Kenilworth Castle was the scene of Elizabeth I's wooing by the Earl of Leicester, later fictionalised by Sir Walter Scott in his 1821 novel Kenilworth.

Plaque commemorating where Scott apparently stayed in Kenilworth new town while researching his novel

The town green outside the castle

Another picturesque part of the old town

Alas, modern life sometimes spoils the view