WHERE IS KENDAL?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Originally Kendall was part of the, now defunct, county of Westmorland, it is now part of the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, 6 miles from junction 36 of the M6. Known as ‘Gateway to the Lakes’, Kendal is in fact not part of the Lake District, although it is very close to it, less than a mile from the park’s boundary. It is, in fact, only around 9 miles from Windermere and around 30 miles from Keswick. The other lakes are all within an hour or two’s travelling by car from the town It is a lovely, historic little town nestled in the valley on the banks of the River Kent just 8 miles from Morecambe Bay. The town is fed by the A65 from North Yorkshire to the South, the A591 from Barrow and Ulverston to the North, the A684 from Sedbergh to the East, the A685 from Appleby to the North East, and the M6 motorway some 6 miles away to the South providing easy access to Penrith and Carlisle and then onto Scotland. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HISTORY OF THE TOWN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When I thi
