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Plantagenet Trading Estate, Warwick Road, WARWICK, CV35 0HU

This industrial estate on the west of the town is on the site of the former railway station and goods yard. The line ran roughly where the blue ended building and the building on the right of the picture are situated.

View SW, from the B4086 road, towards Stratford-on-Avon and Broom Junction: ex-Stratford-on-Avon & Midland Junction line, Broom - Stratford - Blisworth/Olney (Ravenstone Wood Jct.). The station had been closed to passengers since 7/4/52, when services Stratford - Blisworth ceased (Broom - Stratford ceased earlier, 23/5/49). Goods continued until 11/11/63 (through to Broom, 13/6/60), with Military traffic from Burton Dassett Depot; this still uses the line eastward to Fenny Compton.

This shallow mound is all that remains of the former motte and bailey castle thought to date from the time of King John. It is much reduced in size from its heyday, when a timber-built castle and defensive ramparts allowed the king's men to control this route between London and the midlands. The area is now a nature reserve.

Castle Road is a cul-de-sac at the western end of Kineton village that includes a number of semi-detached bungalows; Castle Crescent leads off to the left in this view. The name comes from its proximity to the remains of King John's motte and bailey castle which is located in the woodland at the end of the road.

The mound here, tucked away in woodland close to Kineton village, was a motte and bailey castle built in the 12th or 13th century. It has eroded away since then and its height is significantly less than it would have been originally. It is possible that it was constructed by King John during the Baron's Revolt of 1215-17 as a way of guarding the crossing of the River Dene on what was then a major route between London and Warwick. This theory is supported by the fact that the king owned land here (the name Kineton is derived from King's Town). The bench in the foreground is dedicated to Brigadier Peter Holdsworth, a former vice chairman of Kineton Parish Council.

This is the top of a motte and bailey castle built in the 12th or 13th century. The mound has eroded away since then and its height is significantly less than it would have been originally. It is possible that it was constructed by King John during the Baron's Revolt of 1215-17 as a way of guarding the crossing of the River Dene on what was then a major route between London and Warwick. This theory is supported by the fact that the king owned land here (the name Kineton is derived from King's Town). The castle is now a scheduled ancient monument.

This bridge is on the B4086 as it enters Kineton. It is one of many in the area left over when the Stratford and Midland Junction Railway ceased to exist. This one is unusual in that it has been completely filled in on both sides, leaving these steep ramps of earth.

Field by the roadside just as it enters the village.

View from the bridge on the B4086 just as it enters Kineton, along the route of the long ago dismantled and now completely overgrown Stratford and Midland Junction Railway.

This post is on the side of the B4086 just before it enters Kineton. It reads London 86, Warwick 10, Stratford On Avon 9, Banbury 13. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-482307-milepost-at-ngr-sp-328-513-kineton