Kenilworth Road is a stadium in Luton, England which is home to Luton Town F.C., a professional football team in the English League One. The stadium is named for the road which runs along one end of it though its address is actually 1 Maple Road. The capacity of the stadium is 9,975 all seated though crowds of up to 30,000 were accommodated before the seating was installed, the record crowd being 30,069 in 1959 for an FA Cup game. The ground is generally disliked by both home and visiting supporters as it is very basic and has had very limited modernisation. The football club have been trying to obtain a new stadium for many years but most recently have been prevented by governmental red tape.
Kenilworth is perhaps best known for Kenilworth Castle, although other significant local landmarks include Kenilworth Clock and the Abbey Fields.
The names of these mansions still survive in the names of some roads and areas of the town (for example, Towers Close, built upon the grounds of Rouncil Towers) and some large trees from their grounds still survive (for example sequoiadendrons from The Moorlands and Rouncil Towers).
Modern Kenilworth is frequently regarded as a dormitory town for commuters to Birmingham, Coventry and Royal Leamington Spa.
The earliest reference to Kenilworth occurs in the Domesday Book, of 1086, where we find that Kenilworth was a small settlement of about 100 villagers living in a clearing in the Forest of Arden, belonging to the Royal Manor of Stoneleigh.
In 1447 Kenilworth Priory was raised to the status of abbey, possibly due to its connections with the crown.
Kenilworth was situated on the sheep droving road, an ancient path which runs from the Welsh hills to London.
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