Kendal

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civil parish market town

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kendal town centre 1
Kendal, Cumbria 1

Statements (47)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSportsClub Kendal Rugby Union Football Club ⓘ
Kendal Town F.C. ⓘ
historicCounty Westmorland, England ⓘ
surface form: Westmorland
knownFor Kendal Mint Cake ⓘ
grey limestone buildings ⓘ
market town heritage ⓘ
wool trade ⓘ
locatedIn Cumbria ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
locatedOnRiver River Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ
mintCakeAssociatedWith mountaineering ⓘ
mintCakeUsedOn Everest expeditions ⓘ
near Lake District ⓘ
surface form: Lake District National Park
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cumbria → contains → Kendal ⓘ
River Kent → flowsThrough → Kendal ⓘ
River Kent → hasFloodRisk → Kendal ⓘ
Sedbergh → hasNearbyTown → Kendal ⓘ
Earl of Kendal → namedAfter → Kendal ⓘ
Earl of Kendal → namedAfter → Kendal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kendal, Cumbria
A6 road → passesThrough → Kendal ⓘ
River Kent → passesThrough → Kendal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kendal town centre