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1 of 5: Welcome to the virtual tour of Kenilworth Castle. These images show how the castle may have looked in the time of King John. Use the left and right arrows above to move from one image to the next. This page should work with IE4+, NS4+ and Mozilla Firefox. If you have the VRML plug-in installed you can explore this castle. There are details on the right of this page explaining how to install the plug-in and how to move around in VRML worlds.

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2 of 5: After entering the castle along the causeway controlled by two gatehouses you enter the outer bailey. This area would have been used to house troops and horses. Timber buildings would have been constructed around the edge. There are several towers built at the corners of the outer wall. A drawbrigde and another gatehouse protect the inner bailey.

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3 of 5:The inner bailey is a castle within a castle. Another set of walls and gatehouse provide protection from attack. The inner bailey consists of the keep, the strongest part of a castle, a chapel where the King or Lord could worship and buildings for servants and visiting nobles. A inner bailey would have been surrounded by a ditch for added protection. A well would also have been dug somewhere in the inner bailey so that a source of fresh water was always available.

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4 of 5:The keep was the last line of defence in times of war. The building is rectangular with four corner towers. Inside would have been two floors, the upper floor containing a large hall where banquet s would have been held. A forebuilding, shown on the left, added an extra level of defense and shielded the main entrance. The windows would have originally been small but have been enlarged over the years.

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5 of 5: An artificial lake was formed around the castle by building a series of dams. This created a moat around the castle.