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About Kendal

Sometimes referred to 'the auld grey town' because it was built mainly of grey stone, Kendal is a large Market town in the east of Cumbria.

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Bowness on Windermere (206 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction W of Kendal)

This is the principal resort on Lake Windermere, it is a town crammed with quaint narrow streets jammed full of summer tourists which sprawls along the shores of the lake somewhere between Waterhead and Lakeside...

Windermere (272 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria

(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction NW of Kendal)

Lake Windermere is England's largest lake, and one of it's most popular with visitors. It is 10.5 miles long and approx 1 mile wide. The water of the lake reaches a depth of.....

Arnside (29 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria

(9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction S of Kendal)

This pretty village has all the ingredients of an old style fishing village with a delightful mix-match of charming properties rising up from a beach of firm golden sand littered with colourful sailing boats...

Hawkshead (116 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria

(10.8 miles, 17.3 km, direction W of Kendal)

A pretty village in the Lake District..

Ambleside (836 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction NW of Kendal)

Ambleside, meaning "Shieling" or summer pasture by the riverbank, lies next to the northern shore of Lake Windermere. A busy victorian town ideal as a base when visiting the Lake District..

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Sizergh Castle (28 Pictures)

(3.2 miles, 5.2 km, direction S)

This ancient fortress has been the home of the Strickland family for more than 750 years. It began as a 60ft, four storey tower.....

Levens Hall Garden (24 Pictures)

(5.0 miles, 8.1 km, direction S)

Levens Hall is a wonderful Elizabethan mansion, which began life as a medieval tower refuge against the Scots, it was completed.....

Lake Windermere (148 Pictures)

(7.8 miles, 12.6 km, direction W)

This is the Lake District National Park's most dazzling resort as well as being England's largest natural lake. It is surrounded.....

Hutton Roof Crags (1 Pictures)

(8.7 miles, 14.0 km, direction S)

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Arnside Tower (4 Pictures)

(10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction S)

The oldest building in the parish of Arnside. Arnside Tower is a ruin of a Pele tower which were fortified structures quite.....

Tarn Hows (89 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 19.9 km, direction W)

This exceptional magical landscape is known as Beatrix Potter Country. For it is here amongst Lakeland's magnificent tarns and.....

Warton Old Rectory (2 Pictures)

(12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction S)

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