The park is now maintained by Warwick District Council and has a leisure-centre complex which includes indoor and outdoor swimming pools, five tennis courts and a large play area for children. Other features of the park include a cafe, the town's war memorial, and a museum charting the history of the abbey, located in the old barn. As well as these manmade attractions, there is to be found a natural lake and Finham Brook, a tributary of the River Sowe. The volunteer-run organisation Friends of Abbey Fields works with the district council to maintain the park.
As the largest park in the town, it hosts a number of well-known events each year, such as the Lions Club show, the town carnival, bonfire night events and the Boxing Day charity duck race. It is also an orienteering venue used by the Midlands club Octavian Droobers.
January 01, 1970
abbey, fields, acre, park, that, found, centre, kenilworth, warwickshire, england, park, once, farmland, belonging, mary, abbey, which, dissolved, middle, sixteenth, century, ruined, nicholas, church, with, origins, from, twelfth, century, remains, park, typep. Abbey Fields is a 68 acre 28 ha park that is found in the centre of Kenilworth Warwickshire England The park was once farmland belonging to St Mary s Abbey which was dissolved in the middle of the sixteenth century and is now ruined St Nicholas Church with origins from the twelfth century remains in the park Abbey FieldsTypePublic parkLocationKenilworth United KingdomCoordinates52 20 49 N 1 34 59 W 52 347 N 1 583 W 52 347 1 583Websitehttps www warwickdc gov uk info 20316 abbey fields The park is now maintained by Warwick District Council and has a leisure centre complex which includes indoor and outdoor swimming pools five tennis courts and a large play area for children Other features of the park include a cafe the town s war memorial and a museum charting the history of the abbey located in the old barn As well as these manmade attractions there is to be found a natural lake and Finham Brook a tributary of the River Sowe The volunteer run organisation Friends of Abbey Fields works with the district council to maintain the park As the largest park in the town it hosts a number of well known events each year such as the Lions Club show the town carnival bonfire night events and the Boxing Day charity duck race It is also an orienteering venue used by the Midlands club Octavian Droobers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abbey Fields amp oldid 1116097072, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
