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, England
surface form: 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
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

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Kendal Castle locatedIn Kendal
Nether Bridge, Kendal locatedNear Kendal
this entity surface form: Kendal town centre
CARNFORTH locatedNear Kendal
subject surface form: Carnforth
Parr family associatedLocation Kendal
this entity surface form: Kendal, Westmorland
Sir Thomas Parr place of birth Kendal
this entity surface form: Kendal, Westmorland
Wild Beasts formedInPlace Kendal
this entity surface form: Kendal, Cumbria, England