Vital repairs have been made to Kenilworth's war memorial in time for Remembrance Sunday.

The monument at Abbey Fields was damaged in April when a driver crashed into it.

The man has since lost his licence and issued with a fine.

Since then, the war memorial has been without the railings around it, which were severely damaged.

Warwick District Council has now installed new railings in time for Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day.

An update at last month's Kenilworth Town Council meeting said the memorial has actually been slightly rotated and some of the steps have been dislodged.

This damage is yet to be fixed.

The damage caused to the memorial in April (image via Cllr Richard Dickson)

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There are two options for its repair, with one "considerably more feasible than the other".

The first option is a more minor repair to the joints in the stonework and the steps, filling them with mortar.

The second is to "fully dismantle" the memorial's stonework in order to restore it comprehensively.

The latter was described as a "considerable task" with option one seen as a more "pragmatic approach".

"I would like to obtain a budget figure for option two, simply because I am so saddened by the careless nature of the event that caused the damage," the update continued. 

"It would allow us to consider whether this is a practical solution."