Stay in Kendal Hotels for a Relaxing Get Away, Long Weekend or Overnight Stay

Kendal hotels, located in the predominately rural county of Cumbria, are a fantastic choice for any UK vacation or short term visit. Kendal, a market town, was anciently known as Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal. It can be found nestled among England's Lakelands. Kendal today is most famous for its Kendal mint cake and its mostly grey limestone buildings – which have earned the urban area the nickname the Auld Grey Town.

Attractions

Kendal hotels are situated in a town home to a vast collection of historically thrilling buildings, including office buildings designed and constructed by resident architects, Kendal Castle and Castle Howe and a host of churches and chapels. The castle, assumed to be from the late 1200s, is now mostly ruins. But the grounds are open to the public to wander through and explore, and still provide a thrilling adventure. Other attractions near to Kendal hotels include: The Quaker Tapestry, The Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, and Serpentine Woods.  There was also around 150 yards in Kendal. The city is famed for these narrow yards and lanes that branch out from the main streets. Yard number 17 – which is known as Hoggs Yard – is named after the family who kept a public bake-house there for a number of years in the 1800s. Ann Hogg, a baker, lived next to the yard entrance. In 1841 this particular yard had 52 residents, some of which worked as labourers, weavers, and nail makers.

Travel

Kendal hotels are easy to reach as the market town is situated just six miles from the M6's junction 36. The beautiful rural town is the perfect holiday destination that caters for all.  Furthermore, rail travellers can arrive in Kendal via the Kendal to Windermere service, and can even reach the fantastic town from further afield by taking West Coast mainline trains from London Euston – alighting at Oxenholme, which is set approximately two miles outside of the town. Kendal is a town with an interesting industrial history, it's traditional trade was in wool, from which its motto "Pannus mihi panis", or "wool is my bread" was taken.

The Lakes

Kendal hotels are a great place to stay for a visit to the Lake District. Other names for the Lake District are: The Lakes or Lakeland, the Eden Valley, the North Pennines or the Furness Peninsula. Within the 885 square feet of stunning countryside that makes up the Lake District there are six national nature reserves, over 90 sites of special scientific interest,  more than 50 dales, and around four hundred towns, villages and hamlets to explore.