Kendal is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It is 39.5 miles (63.6 km) south of Carlisle, on the River Kent, and has a total resident population of 27,521, Historically a part of Westmorland, Kendal today is known largely as a centre for tourism, as the home of Kendal mint cake, as a world-renowned 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. Kendal has a long history as a stronghold of one kind or another. Rumours still circulate that King Henry VIII's sixth wife Catherine Parr is believed to have been born at Kendal Castle, but these are unfounded.
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www.wikipedia.org.uk
Local Attractions :
Lake District National Park : http://www.lake-district.gov.uk/
Levens Hall :
www.levenshall.co.uk
Cartmel Racecourse : www.cartmel-racecourse.co.uk
Heron Corn Mill & Museum of Papermaking : http://www.visitcumbria.com/sl/papermus.htm
Brough Castle : http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001001001013006002005
Other Popular Attractions in Cumbria