Kendal

Kendal is a market town located within the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England, around 40 miles south of Carlisle. Historically a part of Westmorland, Kendal today is known largely as the home of Kendal mint cake as well as being a producer of pipe tobacco and tobacco snuff.

Its buildings, mostly constructed with the local grey limestone, have earned it the nickname the Auld Grey Town. One of the oldest museums in the country, the Kendal Museum of Natural History includes an exhibition on the geology of the Lake District and is a great insight into the areas past.

Also located within the town is Abbot Hall Art Gallery with permanent collections by George Romney, JMW Turner and John Ruskin, amongst others. History fans will love Castle Howe, Kendal ’s first castle that lies on the hillside overlooking the town with remaining earthwork sandwiched between Gilling Gate and Beast Banks.