 Hello, thank you for joining me. I'm in Kenilworth, Kenilworth Old Town. You may have seen the last video at the modern railway station that only opened last year. That's how I go to the castle. Well, I'm on my way there, but I found somewhere else I thought was worth a quick stop before we head to the castle, and that is the church yard. Well, church yard, church and ruined abbey. There's not a huge amount left of ruined abbey, but the point is there was an abbey here, and there is still some fragments, and there are some buildings that survive quite nicely. So I thought we'd do that before we go to the castle. So coming down the slope here, there's no mistaking the church is quite clearly there in front of us. There's bits of, I think this was like an old retaining wall, and there was a tower somewhere here. The abbey was unusual. It had a separate bell tower. The church, the current church, is built to the north. Would it be the north? Yeah, it would be the north of the site of the abbey. So let's go and have a quick look in the church, and then we'll go and see the abbey. It's a lovely doorway here, very nicely carved stone. So that's going. This is a bit more of a casual area, tables and chairs. They probably sit and chat and do various church meetings for local congregation. It's like a children's area. It's quite colourful. It's taken last window. Along the centre, along the outside, look at the view. It's got a very big window, and it's lessing a lot. There's, so we're going to go back out into the churchyard, and have a look at the ruins of the abbey. Sunny day, as you can see. So the ruins of the abbey, the site of the abbey was down here, and there are some sections of the abbey we can still see today, so that's what I've come to show you. So this area, the park down there, it's known as Abbey Fields for a few reasons. There's a stream that flows through it, and the monks would have had fish ponds there. So we must, this must be what was the North Transcept here. You can see, it's now where they've put all the people who have been cremated. So people who get cremated, they actually get quite an honour of being buried in a 900-year-old medieval abbey. That's quite something. So here we are. We're now down in the North Transcept, and I assume that's looking down the church. So the main bit of ruin there is, as you can see, it's the gatehouse just up here. So that's what we're going to head to next. There is also a stack of ruin over there in the park. So I believe I'm now walking down the church. I'm not entirely sure though, so if anyone knows more than I do, please come and tell me. It's a bit awkward because it's windy, and I don't like to be too loud in a graveyard, but you can have the shower if it says don't climb, which is fair enough. So it's interesting, there's like a hole here. That's the gatehouse. That's the main surviving ruin. So this abbey is actually 900 years old. It was founded 900 years ago. Let's tell you what they are unfortunately. So there's the gatehouse. So let's go and have a look at that. There's also like a barn or possibly guest accommodation, a building that survives. That's just go and see the gatehouse, and then after the gatehouse, I'll stop this video. I'm going to walk across the fields to the castle, and we'll do a video at the castle. So this is the exciting bit of those huge ruins. Bit of a ruin there, the abbey gatehouse. Let's go and have a look around. Now I haven't seen this yet because I came in the opposite direction, so it's my first time seeing this ruin gatehouse, so I'll show you around. So I'm kind of exploring and showing you. Just told you it's a gatehouse. There's a plan that says you are here. So yeah, looking at it, I think we must have been in in the north transept. There's a door there that's locked. Can't get in there. Through here you see the vaulted ceiling. Very obvious. And there's any ruins here. Come and see. And then what I'll do once we finish looking at this, I shall carry on with my walk over to the castle. And so now video from this. Look down here. Oh yeah, there's a bit more as well. I guess we'll have a lot of little walls and stuff to climb over, and small arches that you can duck right down to get through. So that is what's left of the abbey at Kennelworth. So I hope you enjoyed this video. Sorry about the wind. I have to keep shouting. Can't plan the weather unfortunately. Anyway, hope you enjoyed it from the gatehouse at Kennelworth Abbey. Thank you very much for watching and goodbye.