She Bar and Brasserie – 48, Station Road – Opened around 2007 – Closed early 2011. Image Copyright Stephen McKay – Licenced for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence CC BY-SA 2.0 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1770228
Kenilworth Weekly News – 31, Warwick Road – Office closed in 2011 – Now Antigo.
Hemming & Jonesgiftshop – Closed 2011 – (formerly Kenilworth Gifts and before that – Chatz cafe) 67, Station Road. Image Copyright John Brightley. Licenced for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence CC BY-SA 2.0 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2704565
Bookmakers William Hill – The Square – Relocated to 25, Warwick Road in 2012 at the former Pizzo Delipizzeria premises, which closed in 2011. (see below)
Pizzo Delipizzeria – Closed 2011 – Image Copyright John Brightley. Licenced for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence CC BY-SA 2.0 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2925443
Rayner Opticians – 16, The Square – Merged with Greys during 2012, who’s shop was at 28, Warwick Road.
Tonezone – 100 Warwick Road – Closed late 2012
Co-operative Food Store – 18-24 The Square – Opened August 2010 -Closed November 2012 – (now Spoons)
Raffles Malaysian Restaurant– 57, Warwick Road – Relocated into the Grand Hotel at 95-97 Warwick Road in 2012 (see below). But relocated again, this time into the Peacock Hotel at 149, Warwick Road.
Raffles relocated into the Grand Hotel in 2012.
Raffles had to relocate again due to the sale of the Grand Hotel. Moved further down Warwick Road into the Peacock Hotel.
Kings Arms – Demolished and eventually rebuilt brick by brick – Photo taken in April 1984
Looking down from the Clock – To the left can be seen the TSB, Brian Fazey (Butcher) then Spicers. Key Markets can be seen to the right of the Lada car – April 1984
TSB before its merger with Lloyds – been in the town since the 1970s – 1, The Square.
LloydsTSB – merger completed – moved to 21, The Square
TSB ‘demerged’ from Lloyds (around 2013-14)
Lloyds Bank – Lost (2025)
Sketchley’s had been in the town for decades – rebranded as Johnsons around 2007
Remember this car showroom?
Kenilworth once had a Job Centre! – Abbey End
Barnett’s Bakery – Warwick Road – now Penmans Solicitors
Shoefayre – Warwick Road – pictured in the 1990s
Video Shop – Warwick Corner – c1990s – To the right is Kwik Save
Midland Bank – Acquired by HSBC in the 1990s
Die Mode – European clothing comes to town – 50, Warwick Road -mid-1990s (Referred to as a ‘Dress Agency’ in the BT Phone Book)
Key Markets – (1970s/1980s)
Gateway – (1980s/1990s)
Somerfield – (opened in 1996)
Snelsons – 47, Warwick Road – Company went bust in 1999 – Serviced the town for over 50 years. This is one of their two shops in the town (see below)
Snelsons at 20, The Square
Bausor’s Butchers – 6, Warwick Road – The family had been in the business for well over 100 years. Their main shop in Kenilworth had been at 16, High Street, which was the last to bear their name until 2003. The business was eventually saved and transferred to Becks Butchers.
Hodgskins Pet & Garden Supplies – 4, The Square – Traded for more than 30 years from about 1967. (photo c1997)
Midland Bank – 24a, The Square – Their second branch in the town – Opened 1915 (The other was in High St)
