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Kendal Group Travel Guide kendal group travel guide Planning Your Visit and Coach Parking Shopping and Retail Festivals and Events Arts and Culture History and Heritage Visitor Information Welcome to Kendal Planning Your Group Visit Many of Kendal’s visitor attractions offer special offers, rates and incentives for groups and their organisers. Please ask the individual attractions for details when booking your visit. Coach Parking Quaker Tapestry Exhibition © Mark Carr Travelling to Kendal Abbot Hall Art Gallery Peppercorn Lane, Kendal LA9 5AL Kendal has excellent transport links and is Pre-booking preferred, call 01539 722464 easily accessible by road and rail networks. 4 hours £8.00 Full day £15.00 It’s ideal for a stand alone group visit or use FREE if visiting Abbot Hall or Museum of Lakeland Life Kendal as a base for visiting the nearby Lake District, Yorkshire Dales or the North West. Kendal Town Football Club Parkside Road, Kendal LA9 7BL The Lake District National Park boundary is Pre-booking preferred, call 07980 660 428 under a mile away from Kendal it’s just a short or by email: distance to: [email protected] Bowness-on-Windermere 10 miles 4 hours £8.00 Full day £15.00 Ambleside 13 miles Brewery Arts Centre © Tony West Hawkshead 17 miles Kendal College Grasmere 19 miles Milnthorpe Road, Kendal LA9 5AY Parking available at weekends, public holidays and all week during college holiday periods. Kendal by Road Pay and display machine in operation. The bustling market town of Kendal, built Full day £15.00 Kendal is just 8 miles from Junction 36 of in distinctive limestone, is a popular hub the M6, with the A6 passing through the for shopping and culture in South Lakeland. town centre. Kendal Leisure Centre Home to exciting festivals, a vibrant arts Burton Road, Kendal LA9 7HX centre, fine museums and world renowned Parking available for coaches art gallery. Kendal by Rail visiting K Village – the Lakes Outlet. Historically, ‘The Auld Grey Town’ was one Oxenholme – The Lake District railway station Parking for coaches is FREE, however of the most important woollen textile centres is on the West Coast mainline (2 miles south pre-booking essential on 01539 732 363. in the country, producing ‘Kendal Green’ east of Kendal). The ‘Lakes Line’ offers a short and other ‘Kendal cottons’ – its numerous connection to Kendal and on to Windermere yards were once filled with workshops and the Lake District. processing cloth, leather and foodstuffs. Coach Set-Down Points Kendal was also a centre for shoe making, Behind Blackhall Road Car Park carpet and snuff manufacture, and near Majestic Wine Warehouse (LA9 4BT) synonymous with the production of the Highgate (Kendal Town Centre) famous Kendal Mint Cake. by the Shakespeare Inn (LA9 4HE) This guide is designed to help you plan K Village – The Lakes Outlet your next group visit to Kendal, and includes Meet and greet outside main Lound Road information about coach parking and ways entrance on A65 (Sat Nav LA9 7DZ). to help your group make the most of their visit. Brewery Arts Centre © Henry Iddon We look forward to welcoming you to Kendal. Historic Kendal Castle from where superb views of the town may be enjoyed. © Dave Willis / Cumbria Tourism www.exploresouthlakeland.co.uk/coaches Shopping & Retail Shopping & Retail Kendal offers a relaxing and enjoyable shopping experience where famous high street names and brands sit alongside a fabulous collection of speciality craft, food and designer shops and markets. The town centre is also easily explored Café at the Quaker on foot. Tapestry Exhibition © Mark Carr Highgate and Stricklandgate are the main shopping routes through the town, and off them you’ll find the shopping centres and The Elephant Yard Shopping Centre pedestrian-friendly Finkle Street and Stricklandgate, Kendal LA9 4QQ Market Place. Telephone: 01539 720 170 Hosting a blend of national and independent Make sure you explore the many shops and offering the latest ranges in designer cobbled yards and ginnels which house fashion, shoes, cosmetics and gifts. some interesting and unusual shops. www.elephantyard.com Several streets support mainly specialist, independent retailers as well as some Wainwright’s Yard Stricklandgate, Kendal LA9 4DP interesting architecture. An award-winning, custom-designed shopping Remember to look up when shopping in area in the heart of Kendal, named in memory Kendal and take the time to visit Kirkland of the famous fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. Old Town, Stramongate and Wildman Street. www.wainwrightsyard.com A pleasant walk at the southern end of the town takes you to K Village – Westmorland Shopping Centre the Lakes Outlet. & Blackhall Yard Stricklandgate, Kendal LA9 4LR Telephone: 01593 740 060 Kendal Markets Discover a unique blend of Victorian heritage With a market charter dating from 1189, alongside the vibrancy of a modern, indoor shopping environment. K Village - The Lakes Outlet Kendal still boasts a number of popular and vibrant markets. www.westmorlandshopping.com For eating out there’s a choice of cosy The indoor market is open from Monday K Village – The Lakes Outlet to Saturday and outdoor markets are held Lound Road, Kendal LA9 7DZ tearooms, pavement cafes, traditional every Wednesday and Saturday in the Telephone: 01539 732 363 pubs or stylish restaurants, serving town centre marketplace and along Boasting a picturesque riverside location, some fantastic Cumbrian produce. into Stramongate. K Village is recognised as ‘Shoe Heaven’ with the largest Clarks in the North West alongside The town also hosts a farmer’s market on top quality brands at impressive discounts. Don’t forget to take home some of the last Friday of each month. Open 7 days a week with full disabled access. the famous - and still locally made - www.kvillage.co.uk Kendal Mint Cake. 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