16 Facts About Kendal

Kendal takes its name from the River Kent and the Old Norse word dalr.

Kendal is listed in the Domesday Book as part of Yorkshire with the name Cherchebi.

Kendal Green was worn by slaves in the Americas and appears in songs and literature from that time.

Kendal Castle has a long history as a stronghold, built on the site of several successive castles.

In 1753 the Keighley and Kendal Turnpike brought a stage coach service from Yorkshire as far as Kendal.

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Kendal is known for Kendal mint cake, a glucose-based confectionery reputedly discovered accidentally by Joseph Wiper during a search for a clear glacier mint.

Kendal brought with him 50 tons of second-hand equipment, all carried on horseback.

Municipal borough of Kendal was created in 1835; until 1894 it was an urban sanitary district.

From 1888 to 1974, Kendal was the centre of the administrative county of Westmorland, although Appleby was the traditional county town.

Kendal is part of the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency, of which Tim Farron is the current MP, representing the Liberal Democrats.

Kendal stands on the River Kent, surrounded by low hills and near the Lake District National Park formed in 1951, but not in it.

Kendal has a marine west-coast climate, category Cfb on the Koppen Climate Classification.

Kendal is signposted off the M6 at Junctions 36,37,38 and 39.

Kendal College provides further and higher education courses and the training for employers.

Kendal RUFC plays in the 6th tier of the English rugby union system, with home games at Mint Bridge Stadium, which has a capacity of 3,500.

Kendal has long maintained a locally active, voluntary mountain search and rescue team based at Busher Walk.