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Kenilworth is a town in Warwickshire, England. A settlement has existed at Kenilworth since at least the time of the Domesday Book. The Book refers to Kenilworth as Chinewrde.

Kenilworth is perhaps best known for its castle - see Kenilworth Castle.

The first potato grown in England, brought back from South America by Sir Walter Raleigh, is thought to have been planted in the Little Virginia area of the town, near the castle.

The town was popularized in the romance novel Kenilworth written in 1821 by Sir Walter Scott.

Modern Kenilworth has a population of approximately 24,000 ( 2001 census) and is frequently regarded as a dormitory town for commuters to Birmingham, Coventry and Royal Leamington Spa. The town has good transport links - the Birmingham International AirportThere is also a Birmingham International Airport in the United States. Birmingham International Airport is a major airport located on the border of the city of Birmingham and borough of Solihull (and mostly in the latter) in the West Midlands, England., several railway stations and the M1The M1 motorway is the name of three separate motorways in England, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. England The M1 is a major north-south motorway in England connecting London to Yorkshire, where it joins the A1(M) near Wetherby. The motorwa, M6The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in England, United Kingdom. It runs from a junction with the M1 near Rugby in central England, passes through Birmingham and near Manchester (both major cities), and runs to Carlisle, close to the Scottish border., M42For alternate uses, see M42 (disambiguation). The M42 motorway is a major road in England. The motorway runs north east from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire to just south west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, passing Redditch, Solihull, the National E and M40The M40 motorway is the second motorway in the British transport network to connect London to Birmingham. The first part of the motorway was built in the 1960s and connected London to Oxford. It was not until 1990 that the second section, linking Oxford t motorwayA motorway ( United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. Motorways may also be regarded as highways, designed to carry a large volume of traffic where a normal road would not suffice ors are within 10 miles of the centre of Kenilworth.