Kenilworth is a historic castle town in central Warwickshire, between Coventry and Warwick, with the extensive ruins of Kenilworth Castle and its restored Elizabethan garden at its heart. The Warwickshire BKA covers the town, and the surrounding landscape — the castle grounds and walled gardens, the parkland limes and old hedgerow oaks of the Kenilworth Chase, the Finham Brook watermeadows and the ancient farmland of the Burton Green and Balsall Common fringe — gives local bees a varied and historically rich seasonal backdrop.
Collectors regularly attend swarms in the older garden remnants and lime trees of the Castle Green and High Street conservation areas, along the Finham Brook and Inchford Brook riverside willows towards Leek Wootton, in the old parkland and castle garden remnants of Kenilworth Castle grounds, and in the chimney stacks and eaves of the older Victorian and Edwardian town-centre properties.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
CV32 4AA· approx. 6 km
Visit websiteCV3 4AQ· approx. 8 km
Visit websiteB91 1LG· approx. 17 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Early flows come from blackthorn and cherry in the Arden hedgerows and oilseed rape on the lighter soils around Southam and Shipston. Hawthorn is abundant; sycamore and field maple fill the middle of May. Lime and sweet chestnut in the parkland around Warwick, Kenilworth and Stratford produce a strong June flow. Bramble and rosebay willowherb support July, and a solid ivy flow along the ironstone villages closes a long season.
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