Kendal

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Kendal is a historic market town in northwest England, known for its wool trade heritage, distinctive grey limestone buildings, and the mint cake associated with mountaineering.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
market town
ceremonialCounty Cumbria
country England
distanceFrom 22 miles north of Lancaster
8 miles southeast of Windermere
governingBody Westmorland and Furness Council
hasArtGallery Abbot Hall Art Gallery
hasBuildingMaterial local grey limestone
hasCulturalEvent Kendal Mountain Festival
Kendal Torchlight Carnival
hasDialCode 01539
hasFoodSpeciality Kendal Mint Cake
hasLandmark Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Kendal Castle
Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry
Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Kendal
hasMarketCharterFrom Middle Ages
hasMuseum Kendal Museum
hasNickname Auld Grey Town
hasPostcodeArea LA
hasPostcodeDistrict LA9
hasRiver River Kent
hasSportsClub Kendal Rugby Union Football Club
Kendal Town F.C.
historicCounty Westmorland
knownFor Kendal Mint Cake
grey limestone buildings
market town heritage
wool trade
locatedIn Cumbria
North West England
locatedOnRiver River Kent
mintCakeAssociatedWith mountaineering
mintCakeUsedOn Everest expeditions
near Lake District National Park
linked to: Lake District
OSGridReference SD515925
parliamentaryConstituency Westmorland and Lonsdale
region North West England
roadServedBy A591 road NERFINISHED
A6 road NERFINISHED
traditionalIndustry shoe manufacturing
snuff production
woollen textiles
transportServedBy Oxenholme Lake District railway station
twinnedWith Killarney
Rinteln

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Cumbria contains Kendal
Earl of Kendal namedAfter Kendal
Earl of Kendal namedAfter Kendal, Cumbria
linked to: Kendal
Sedbergh hasNearbyTown Kendal
River Kent flowsThrough Kendal
River Kent passesThrough Kendal town centre
linked to: Kendal
River Kent hasFloodRisk Kendal
A6 road passesThrough Kendal
Lancaster Canal endPoint Kendal
South Lakeland district replaced Kendal Borough
linked to: Kendal
William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton birthPlace Kendal, Westmorland, England
linked to: Kendal
William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton associatedWithPlace Kendal, Westmorland, England
linked to: Kendal
LA postcode area containsPostTown Kendal
subject linked to: LA
Kendal Academy locatedIn Kendal
George Romney deathPlace Kendal
George Romney residence Kendal
Kendall hasVariant Kendal
Hawes distanceTo Kendal
Stramongate Bridge, Kendal locatedNear Kendal town centre
linked to: Kendal
Stramongate Bridge, Kendal crossesIn Kendal town centre area
linked to: Kendal
Arthur Stanley Eddington placeOfBirth Kendal
subject linked to: Eddington
Staveley locatedBetween Kendal
Staveley hasPostTown Kendal
Burneside near Kendal
Burneside postalTown Kendal
Sedgwick near Kendal
Sedgwick hasPostTown Kendal
Levens locatedNear Kendal
Levens hasPostTown Kendal
River Mint locatedNear Kendal