Guidebook for Kendal
Food Scene
French Bistro style restaurant, good food and wine. Romantic ambience.
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Deja-Vu Corner 124
124 StricklandgateFrench Bistro style restaurant, good food and wine. Romantic ambience.
Child friendly pub and restaurant with covered outdoor play area. Carvery available and à la carte menu.
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Romneys
72 Milnthorpe RdChild friendly pub and restaurant with covered outdoor play area. Carvery available and à la carte menu.
Fun and friendly restaurant, family friendly with tapas style sharing menu and good burgers.
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Pedro's Casa
128 StricklandgateFun and friendly restaurant, family friendly with tapas style sharing menu and good burgers.
Popular friendly café serving good coffee, cakes and pastries as well as English breakfasts and lunches. Quirky decor and seating.
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Brew Brothers
69 HighgatePopular friendly café serving good coffee, cakes and pastries as well as English breakfasts and lunches. Quirky decor and seating.
Traditional café in old Kendal building. Farrers roast their own coffee beans here in Kendal and sell a number of teas from an array of old style caddies. Good food and cakes available during the day.
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Farrers Tea & Coffee House
13 StricklandgateTraditional café in old Kendal building. Farrers roast their own coffee beans here in Kendal and sell a number of teas from an array of old style caddies. Good food and cakes available during the day.
Excellent soups and salads available from their café as well as good coffee and cakes. Good value for money. Takeaway style from the café but seating available and table service in their canteen.
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Babaganoush
27 Finkle StExcellent soups and salads available from their café as well as good coffee and cakes. Good value for money. Takeaway style from the café but seating available and table service in their canteen.
At Skelwith Bridge. Serving food and cakes in beautiful location on the river bank. Great shop with all manner of designer made things. Close to Tarn Hows for lovely walks see miles without stiles.
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Chesters By The River
At Skelwith Bridge. Serving food and cakes in beautiful location on the river bank. Great shop with all manner of designer made things. Close to Tarn Hows for lovely walks see miles without stiles.
In Winster. Nicely decorated pub serving a variety of beers including their own from Winster Valley Brewery. Has a good menu and does great Sunday lunches
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The Brown Horse Inn
In Winster. Nicely decorated pub serving a variety of beers including their own from Winster Valley Brewery. Has a good menu and does great Sunday lunches
Indian Restaurant and takeaway serving authentic Indian dishes. Fully licensed with Indian draught and bottled beers available.
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Mumbai
8 StramongateIndian Restaurant and takeaway serving authentic Indian dishes. Fully licensed with Indian draught and bottled beers available.
Serving good and well presented European/British food in a smart updated building.
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The Sourdough Pizza Co
Serving good and well presented European/British food in a smart updated building.
Cafe serving good locally roasted coffee, variety of teas and vegetarian/vegan food. Seating available outside on the riverside path
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Waterside Cafe and Food Bistro
Cafe serving good locally roasted coffee, variety of teas and vegetarian/vegan food. Seating available outside on the riverside path
Cafe with seating outdoors only, serves good pizza slices and other lunch stuff pizzas can also be made to order for evening takeaway.
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Joey's Cafe
Cafe with seating outdoors only, serves good pizza slices and other lunch stuff pizzas can also be made to order for evening takeaway.
Drinks & Nightlife
19 The Wine Bar
19 Lowther StPub serving a selection of wines and sharing platters.
Open Thursday-Sunday. This is our local. A microbrewery offering friendly service and good beers brewed onsite. It also serves wines from Stainton Wine merchants and has plans to offer food.
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Factory Tap
5 Aynam RdOpen Thursday-Sunday. This is our local. A microbrewery offering friendly service and good beers brewed onsite. It also serves wines from Stainton Wine merchants and has plans to offer food.
Outside Kendal on Cartmel Fell. Timber beamed pub with rustic-chic dining and nice heated seating area outside (blankets also available) for taking in beautiful views over Cartmel Fell.
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The Masons Arms
Outside Kendal on Cartmel Fell. Timber beamed pub with rustic-chic dining and nice heated seating area outside (blankets also available) for taking in beautiful views over Cartmel Fell.
Handsome Brewery. Open to Take Away only.
Recently opened a Tap bar in Kendal
Friendly service and good atmosphere with a broad selection of draught and bottled beers.
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Fell Bar
3 Lowther StFriendly service and good atmosphere with a broad selection of draught and bottled beers.
Bowness Bay Brewery tap bar with seating indoors and sheltered outdoor booths. Food often available from either Joey’s cafe or a variety of street food vans.
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The Barrel House
Aynam RoadBowness Bay Brewery tap bar with seating indoors and sheltered outdoor booths. Food often available from either Joey’s cafe or a variety of street food vans.
Quirky decor, guest beers, lively atmosphere. Serves food but still managed to feel like a proper English pub. Roaring fire. Lovely sunny garden on the riverbank.
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Eagle and Child station
Kendal RoadQuirky decor, guest beers, lively atmosphere. Serves food but still managed to feel like a proper English pub. Roaring fire. Lovely sunny garden on the riverbank.
Arts & Culture
Excellent art gallery in a beautiful Georgian building curates quality exhibitions and has a good little shop and cafe too. Beautiful location by the river.
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Abbot Hall Art Gallery
KirklandExcellent art gallery in a beautiful Georgian building curates quality exhibitions and has a good little shop and cafe too. Beautiful location by the river.
Houses a variety of artists studios: glass makers, print makers ceramicists and sculptors Look out for open studio events at the weekends to buy unique souvenirs and gifts.
Crosby Granger Architects Ltd
Low FellsideHouses a variety of artists studios: glass makers, print makers ceramicists and sculptors Look out for open studio events at the weekends to buy unique souvenirs and gifts.
Brewery Arts Centre • Theatre, live music, movies and socialising in the restaurant and bar. Has a cute little art house cinema for curling up on a squashy sofa with a glass of wine and a movie.
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Brewery Arts Centre
122A HighgateBrewery Arts Centre • Theatre, live music, movies and socialising in the restaurant and bar. Has a cute little art house cinema for curling up on a squashy sofa with a glass of wine and a movie.
Blackwell - the Arts & Crafts house
Everything Else
The tapestry tells of Quaker events and insights and is a celebration of the significant contribution these quiet, non-conformists have made to the modern world. Excellent Vegetarian cafe too.
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Quaker Tapestry
StramongateThe tapestry tells of Quaker events and insights and is a celebration of the significant contribution these quiet, non-conformists have made to the modern world. Excellent Vegetarian cafe too.
Kendal Walks. Lovely to walk through the woods and spot birds and sometimes sculptures. Great views too from the fells beyond if you want a longer walk. Access to Cunswick Scar and Scout Scar.
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Serpentine Woods
Kendal Walks. Lovely to walk through the woods and spot birds and sometimes sculptures. Great views too from the fells beyond if you want a longer walk. Access to Cunswick Scar and Scout Scar.
Find out about the geology of the Lake District. See the World Wildlife Gallery's extensive taxidermy collection. Discover the history of the region from Neolithic through Roman and Victorian times.
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Kendal Museum
Station RoadFind out about the geology of the Lake District. See the World Wildlife Gallery's extensive taxidermy collection. Discover the history of the region from Neolithic through Roman and Victorian times.
Immerse yourself in Lake District History at the Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry.
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Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry
KirklandImmerse yourself in Lake District History at the Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry.
Hire bikes and explore the local area. Trains and buses run from Kendal to Windermere.
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Country Lanes Cycle Centre
Hire bikes and explore the local area. Trains and buses run from Kendal to Windermere.
Entertainment & Activities
Excellent small wildlife park where visitors can really get in amongst the reptiles in open plan enclosures. Track leaf cutter ants on suspended rope walks. Recently acquired a pair of snow leopards.
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Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
Excellent small wildlife park where visitors can really get in amongst the reptiles in open plan enclosures. Track leaf cutter ants on suspended rope walks. Recently acquired a pair of snow leopards.
Sightseeing
Lovely old castle ruin situated atop a drumlin, (a mound of earth formed by glacial ice activity) with great views across the town and hills. Good for kite flying and scrambling the castle walls.
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Kendal Castle
SunnysideLovely old castle ruin situated atop a drumlin, (a mound of earth formed by glacial ice activity) with great views across the town and hills. Good for kite flying and scrambling the castle walls.
Small ferry carrying foot passengers and cars across Lake Windermere for an outing with a difference. Crossings during the day and evening weather permitting. For trips to Grizedale and Hill Top etc.
Ferry Nab
Small ferry carrying foot passengers and cars across Lake Windermere for an outing with a difference. Crossings during the day and evening weather permitting. For trips to Grizedale and Hill Top etc.
Get out onto Lake Windermere and enjoy the views. Take ferries from Bowness to Lakeside, Ambleside, Ferry House and Blockhole. Buses and Trains available to Windermere a short walk from Bowness.
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Windermere Lake Cruises (Head Office)
Glebe RoadGet out onto Lake Windermere and enjoy the views. Take ferries from Bowness to Lakeside, Ambleside, Ferry House and Blockhole. Buses and Trains available to Windermere a short walk from Bowness.
Lovely walk on the doorstep of the apartment. Perfect for sunset strolls with views across Kendal to the fells beyond. Annual Guy Fawkes Firework display held in the Castle walls on 5th November.
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Kendal Castle
SunnysideLovely walk on the doorstep of the apartment. Perfect for sunset strolls with views across Kendal to the fells beyond. Annual Guy Fawkes Firework display held in the Castle walls on 5th November.
Essentials
Local family run supermarket selling quality goods and all essentials with an emphasis on local and fine produce.
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Booths, Kendal
Wainwrights YardLocal family run supermarket selling quality goods and all essentials with an emphasis on local and fine produce.
Vegetables etc available from Kendal Market on Wednesday and Saturday. Farmers Market selling local produce and meats on the last Friday of the month.
Market Place
Vegetables etc available from Kendal Market on Wednesday and Saturday. Farmers Market selling local produce and meats on the last Friday of the month.