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{{Short description|Cumbrian town in England}}
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{{Infobox UK place
|official_name = Kendal
|local_name =▼
|type = Town
|static_image_name = Kendal roofscape.jpg▼
|static_image_caption = View of Kendal, with the clock tower of the Town Hall (centre)▼
|pushpin_map = United Kingdom South Lakeland▼
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in the former South Lakeland district▼
|coordinates = {{coord|54.326|-2.745|display=inline,title}}▼
|population = 29,593
|population_ref = ([[2021 CensusUnited Kingdom census|2021 census]])<ref name="bua2011">{{cite web |title=Kendal |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/northwestengland/admin/south_lakeland/E04002617__kendal/ |website=City population |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref>
|country = England▼
|os_grid_reference = SD5192
|london_distance = {{convert|223|mi|km|1}} [[BoxingPoints of the compass|SSE]]▼
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|civil_parish = Kendal<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kendal Village Council – Home – Old Market Village, Lake District – Kendal, Cumbria, UK |url=http://www.kendaltowncouncil.gov.uk/ |website=Kendal Town Council |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413052838/http://www.kendaltowncouncil.gov.uk/ |archive-date=13 April 2018 |access-date=24 April 2018 |website=Kendal Town Council |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| unitary_england = [[Westmorland and Furness]]
| lieutenancy_england = [[Cumbria]]
|region = North West England
▲|country = England
|post_town = KENDAL
|postcode_area = LA
|postcode_district = LA8, LA9
|dial_code = 01539
|constituency_westminster = [[Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Westmorland and Lonsdale]]
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▲|static_image_caption = View of Kendal, with the clock tower of the Town Hall (centre)
▲|pushpin_map = United Kingdom South Lakeland
▲|pushpin_map_caption = Location in South Lakeland
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'''Kendal''', once '''Kirkby in Kendal''' or '''Kirkby Kendal''', is a [[market town]] and [[civil parish]] in the [[Westmorland and Furness]], district of [[Cumbria]], England. It lies within the [[River Kent]]'s dale, from which its name is derived, fromjust outside the boundary of the [[Lake District National Park]].
 
In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, the area was collected under [[Yorkshire]]. The area came under the [[Honour of Lancaster]] before the barony split. The town became the [[Barony of Kendal]]'s seat, in 1226/7 this barony merged with the [[Barony of Westmorland]] to form the historic county of [[Westmorland]] with [[Appleby-in-Westmorland|Appleby]] as the historic [[county town]].<ref name="youngs">F.A. Youngs, ''Guide to the Local Administrative units of England, Vol.II, Northern England'', London, 1991</ref> FromIn 1889–19741889, it became the county town. Under the 1974 reforms, it became the administrative centre of the [[South Lakeland]] district. The town became [[Westmorland and Furness]] district's administrative centre in a 2023 reform.
 
It is {{convert|8|mi|0}} south-east of [[Windermere, Cumbria (town)|Windermere]] and {{convert|19|mi|0}} north of [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]]. At the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 Censuscensus]], the town had a population of 28,586,<ref name=census2011>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04002617|title=Kendal Parish|access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref> making it the second largest town in Westmorland and Furness after [[Barrow-in-Furness]]. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 29,593. It is renowned today mainly as a centre for shopping,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shop |url=https://visit-kendal.co.uk/discover/shopping/ |website=Kendal Town}}</ref> for its festivals<ref>{{Cite web |title=Events and Festivals - Visit Kendal {{!}} Kendal {{!}} Cumbria |url=https://visit-kendal.co.uk/culture/events-festivals/ |website=Kendal Town}}</ref> and historic sights, including [[Kendal Castle]], and as the home of [[Kendal Mint Cake]]. The town's grey [[limestone]] buildings have earned it the sobriquet "Auld Grey Town".<ref>[https://www.cumbriatouristguides.org/place/kendal-the-auld-grey-town/ Cumbria Tourist Guides. Retrieved 4 August 2020.]</ref>
 
==Name==
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A chartered [[market town]], the centre of Kendal has formed round a high street with alleyways, known locally as yards, off to either side. The main industry in those times was the manufacture of [[wool]]len goods, whose importance is reflected in the town's [[Heraldry|coat of arms]] and in its Latin motto ''Pannus mihi panis'' (Cloth is my bread.) "Kendal Green" was a hard-wearing, wool-based fabric specific to the local manufacturing process. It was supposedly sported by the Kendalian archers instrumental in the English victory over the French at the [[Battle of Agincourt]]. Kendal Green was also worn by slaves in the Americas and appears in songs and literature from that time. Shakespeare notes it as the colour of clothing worn by foresters (''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]'').
 
[[Kendal Castle]] has a long history as a stronghold, built on the site of several successive castles. The earliest was a Norman [[motte and bailey]] (now located on the west side of the town), when the settlement went under the name of Kirkbie Strickland.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}} The most recent is from the late 12th century, as the castle of the [[Barony of Kendal]], the part of Westmorland ruled from here. The castle is best known as the home of the Parr family, as heirs of these barons. They inherited it through marriage in the reign of [[Edward III of England]]. Rumours still circulate that King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]'s sixth wife [[Catherine Parr]] was born at Kendal Castle, but the evidence available leaves this unlikely: by her time the castle was beyond repair and her father was already based in Blackfriars, London, at the court of King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]].<ref>Linda Porter. ''Katherine, the Queen'', MacMillan, 2010. p. 21.</ref>
 
[[File:Watercrook Farm and the River Kent.jpg|thumb|right|The site of the Roman fort at Watercrook across the [[River Kent]]]]
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===Roman fort===
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A [[Roman empireEmpire|Roman]] fort stood about 2 miles south of today's town centre, at a site later known as Watercrook.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Esmonde Cleary, A., R. Warner, R. Talbert, T. Elliott, S. Gillies |title=Places: 89102 (Alone?/Alauna?) |url=http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89102 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007211354/http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89102 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |access-date=12 February 2013 |publisher=Pleiades |df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was built about AD 90, originally in timber, rebuilt with stone about 130, in the reign of [[Hadrian]]. The fort was abandoned for about 20 years during the [[Antonine wall|Antonine re-occupation of Scotland]]. It was rebuilt in the reign of [[Marcus Aurelius]] and occupied until about 270 – probably the last time it served military purposes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=David Shotter |title=The Roman fort at Watercrook (Kendal) |url=http://www.archaeologyuk.org/lahs/Contrebis/25_6_Shotter.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174157/http://www.archaeologyuk.org/lahs/Contrebis/25_6_Shotter.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> What remains of the stone structure is now buried under a field. Many Roman artefacts from the site may be found in the [[Kendal Museum]]. The Roman site was built on a pre-existing Iron Age fort.
 
===Transport===
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===Parliament===
Kendal is part of the [[Westmorland and Lonsdale]] parliamentary constituency, of which [[Tim Farron]] is the current MP, representing the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tim Farron |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/tim_farron/westmorland_and_lonsdale |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601182051/http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/tim_farron/westmorland_and_lonsdale |archive-date=1 June 2013 |website=theyworkforyou.com |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
 
==Geography==
Kendal stands on the [[River Kent]], and is mostly ringed by low hills: [[Scout Scar]] to the west, [[Potter Fell]] to the north, and [[Benson Knott]] and [[Helm Hill]] to the east. To the south the River Kent winds through rolling dairy- and sheep-farming terrain before reaching the sea at [[Morecambe Bay]] around [[Arnside]]. Although Kendal is near the Lake District National Park, formed in 1951, it does not lie within the park's boundaries.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2016 |title=Lake District National Park area map and South extension area |url=http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/760991/LDNP-full-area-map-and-South-area-from-1-August-2016.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113090955/http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/760991/LDNP-full-area-map-and-South-area-from-1-August-2016.pdf |archive-date=13 January 2017 |access-date=11 January 2017 |publisher=Lake District National Park Authority |page=2 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Kendal's location surrounded by numerous rural villages makes it an important commercial centre for a wide area. It has been dubbed "The Gateway to the Lakes".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co229517/kendal-a-gateway-to-the-english-lakes-poster |title=Kendal - A Gateway to the English Lakes |publisher=London & North Western Railway |year=1910}}</ref>
 
{{NSEW|[[Burneside]]|[[Oxenholme]]|[[Sedbergh]]|[[Underbarrow and Bradleyfield]]|||||}}
 
===Climate===
Kendal has a marine west-coast climate, category Cfb on the Köppen Climate Classification. It has moderately warm summers and mild winters with precipitation at all times of year. In July and August the average daily maximum and minimum are {{cvt|19 and 11|°C}} respectively. The corresponding ones in January and February are {{cvt|6 and 1|°C}}.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=marine west coast climate – climatology |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/365348/marine-west-coast-climate |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603030058/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/365348/marine-west-coast-climate |archive-date=3 June 2013 |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kendal Climate Guide |url=http://www.worldclimateguide.co.uk/climateguides/unitedkingdom/kendal.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221124600/http://www.worldclimateguide.co.uk/climateguides/unitedkingdom/kendal.php |archive-date=21 February 2013 |website=worldclimateguide.co.uk |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
 
==Economy==
Kendal's early prosperity was based largely on cloth manufacture. In the 19th century it became a centre for the manufacture of [[Snuff (tobacco)|snuff]] and shoes – the K Shoes company remained a major employer in the town until its factory closed in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2003 |title=Industries of Cumbria – Footwear |url=http://www.cumbria-industries.org.uk/kshoes.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014210333/http://www.cumbria-industries.org.uk/kshoes.htm |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=31 May 2013 |publisher=Cumbria-industries.org.uk |df=dmy-all}}</ref> There are still several industries based in the town, such as [[Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon]] (manufacturers of pumps and turbines), James Cropper paper makers (based in [[Burneside]], who make, at no profit, the paper for the [[Remembrance poppy|Remembrance poppies]] for the [[The Royal British Legion]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=White |first=Anna |date=2014-05-24 |title=Meet the company behind our Remembrance poppies |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |language=en-GB |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/10854356/Meet-the-company-behind-our-Remembrance-poppies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/10854356/Meet-the-company-behind-our-Remembrance-poppies.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2018-08-17 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>), Mardix (switchgear), [[Lakeland (company)|Lakeland]], and Kendal Nutricare, which has a facility for making baby milk in the north of the town. Tourism is now a major employer, but there is also a significant [[Information technology|IT]] and design sector, enabled by increased [[broadband]] availability.
 
On 26 February 2003 Kendal was granted [[Fairtrade Town]] status.
 
==Transport==
[[File:Kendal railway station's old buildings, Windermere branch, Cumbria.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kendal railway station]]'s buildings]]
[[File:Turning bridge Kendal.jpg|thumb|right|A bridge over the old course of the Lancaster Canal, now used as a footpath]]▼
 
[[Kendal railway station]] lies on the [[Windermere Branch Line]],. with[[Northern Trains]] provides direct connectionsservices to [[Windermere railway station|Windermere]] to the north, and to [[Oxenholme Lake District railway station|Oxenholme]] Lakeand District[[Lancaster railway station|Lancaster]] (to the south, which are both on the [[West Coast Main Line]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables and [[Lancasterengineering railwayinformation station]]for totravel thewith southNorthern |work=Northern Railway |date=May 2023 |access-date=22 September 2023 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables }}</ref>
 
Kendal has a daily coach service to London. Local busesroutes from the bus station serve destinations such as [[Ambleside]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]], and[[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]], [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]] and [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]], with longmost services operated by [[Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kendal Bus Services |work=Bus Times |date=2023 |access-date=22 September 2023 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/kendal }}</ref> Long-distance [[National Express Coaches|National Express]] coaches run to Preston and Birmingham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where to Catch Your Bus |url=https://www.cumbria.gov.uk/eLibrary/Content/Internet/544/931/6586/6592/6635/4264072636.pdf |website=www.cumbria.gov.uk/ |access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref>▼
Kendal is about {{convert|8|mile|order=flip}} from the [[M6 motorway]]. It is bypassed on the west side by the [[A591 road]], linking it to [[Windermere, Cumbria (town)|Windermere]] and [[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]], and by the [[A590 road|A590]] leading to [[Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow]]. It is also the end point of the [[A65 road (Great Britain)|A65 road]] to [[Kirkby Lonsdale]], [[Skipton]] and [[Yorkshire]], and a destination on the [[A6 road (England)|A6 road]] to [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]]. Kendal is signposted off the M6 at Junctions 36 (A65, A590), 37 ([[A684 road]]), 38 ([[A685 road]]) and 39 (A6). A three-mile, £1.9m A591 bypass opened on 29 August 1971.▼
 
▲Kendal is located about {{convert|8|milemi|order=flipkm}} from the [[M6 motorway]]. It is bypassed on the west side by the [[A591 road]], linking it to [[Windermere, Cumbria (town)|Windermere]] and [[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]], and by the [[A590 road|A590]] leading to [[Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow]]. It is also the end point of the [[A65 road (Great Britain)|A65 road]] to [[Kirkby Lonsdale]], [[Skipton]] and [[YorkshireLeeds]], and a destination on the [[A6 road (England)|A6 road]] to [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]]. Kendal is signposted off the M6 at Junctionsjunctions 36 (A65, A590), 37 ([[A684 road]]), 38 ([[A685 road]]) and 39 (A6). A three-mile, £1.9m A591 bypass opened on 29 August 1971.
The [[Lancaster Canal]] was built as far as Kendal in 1819, but the northern section was rendered unnavigable by the construction of the M6. Part of this section was drained and filled in to prevent leakage, and the course of the canal through Kendal has now been built over. The canal towpath, however, remains as a footpath through Kendal. A campaign is underway to restore the canal as far as Kendal.▼
 
▲The [[Lancaster Canal]] was built as far as Kendal in 1819, but the northern section was rendered unnavigable by the construction of the M6. Part of this section was drained and filled in to prevent leakage, and; the course of the canal through Kendal has now been built over. The canal towpath, however, remains as a footpath through Kendalthe town. A campaign is underway to restore the canal as far as Kendal.
▲Kendal has a daily coach service to London. Local buses from the bus station serve destinations such as [[Ambleside]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]] and [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]], with long-distance [[National Express Coaches|National Express]] coaches to Preston and Birmingham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where to Catch Your Bus |url=https://www.cumbria.gov.uk/eLibrary/Content/Internet/544/931/6586/6592/6635/4264072636.pdf |website=www.cumbria.gov.uk/ |access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref>
 
▲[[File:Turning bridge Kendal.jpg|thumb|right|A bridge over the old course of the Lancaster Canal, now used as a footpath]]
 
==Education==
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[[Kendal College]] provides further and higher education courses and the training for employers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New principal appointed at Kendal College |url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/education/16116983.New_principal_appointed_at_Kendal_College/ |website=The Westmorland Gazette |access-date=4 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Media==
Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC North West]] and [[ITV Border]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Freeview Light on the Kendal Fell |work=UK Free TV |date=2023 |access-date=23 September 2023 |url= https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Kendal_Fell}}</ref>
 
Kendal's local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Cumbria]] on 95.2 FM, [[Smooth Lake District]] on 100.1 FM, [[Heart North West]] on 103.2 FM; community on-line stations are Lake District Radio<ref>{{Cite web |title=Real Radio, Real People and Really Local! |work=Lake District Radio |date=2023 |access-date=23 September 2023 |url=https://lakedistrictradio.org/about-2/ }}</ref> and Bay Trust Radio.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Bay Trust Radio |work=Bay Trust Radio Radio |date=2023 |access-date=23 September 2023 |url=https://www.baytrustradio.org.uk }}</ref>
 
The town's local newspaper is [[The Westmorland Gazette]].
 
==Sport==
[[Kendal Town F.C.|Kendal Town Football Club]] plays in the [[NorthernNorth PremierWest Counties Football League|North West DivisionCounties onePremier Division]], with home games at Parkside Road Stadium.
 
[[Kendal Rugby Union Football Club|Kendal RUFC]] plays in the [[North 1 East|6th5th tier]] of the [[English rugby union system]], with home games at Mint Bridge Stadium, which has a capacity of 3,500.
 
==Places of interest==
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*[[Abbot Hall Art Gallery]] (housed in a Georgian villa) mounts nationally important exhibitions, such as ''[[David Bomberg]]: Spirit in the Mass'' (17 July – 28 October 2006). The permanent collection covers [[George Romney (painter)|George Romney]], [[J. M. W. Turner]], [[John Ruskin]], [[Ben Nicholson]], [[Paula Rego]], [[Lucian Freud]], [[Stanley Spencer]] and [[Barbara Hepworth]].
*The [[Museum of Lakeland Life]] in the original stables of Abbot Hall contains exhibits on farming life in the Lake District and a permanent collection of author [[Arthur Ransome]]'s books and belongings.
*[[Castle Howe]], Kendal's first castle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kendal – Castle Howe – Visit Cumbria |url=http://www.visitcumbria.com/kendal/kendal-castlehowe.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315134320/http://www.visitcumbria.com/kendal/kendal-castlehowe.htm |archive-date=15 March 2012 |access-date=24 April 2018 |website=www.visitcumbria.com |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[Kendal Castle]], to the east of the earthworks, was probably built while Castle Howe was still in use.
*The [[Religious Society of Friends|Friends']] Meeting House is home to the [[Quaker Tapestry]].
*The Brewery Arts Centre offers theatre, dance, exhibitions, cinema, music, workshops, youth drama, dance, and food and drink.
*The [[Queen Katherine Street drill hall, Kendal|Queen Katherine Street drill hall]] was used to mobilize troops in the [[World War I|First World War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kendal |url=http://drillhalls.org.uk/Counties/Cumbria/TownKendal.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902151951/http://drillhalls.org.uk/Counties/Cumbria/TownKendal.htm |archive-date=2 September 2017 |access-date=1 September 2017 |publisher=The Drill Hall Project |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[The Lakes International Comic Art Festival]] is held in Kendal every year in October.
*Other places of interest are Kendal Leisure Centre, [[Kendal Parish Church|Kendal Parish Church (Holy Trinity)]], Lakeland Radio Stadium official football ground of [[Kendal Town F.C.]], and *[[Netherfield Cricket Club Ground]], the home ground of [[Netherfield Cricket Club]] and [[Cumberland County Cricket Club]].
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==Notable people==
*[[Dave Allen (English musician)|Dave Allen]] (born 1955), bass player for post-punk band Gang of Four
*[[Neil Ashton (actor)|Neil Ashton]] (born 1969), actor, appeared in [[Channel 4]]'s [[It's A Sin]] and [[Sky]]'s [[Brassic]]
*[[Desmond Bagley]] (1923–1983), thriller writer
*[[Matt Bigland]] (born 1985), guitarist and lead singer for alternative rock band [[Dinosaur Pile-Up]]
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*[[James Ellison (motorcycle racer)|James Ellison]] (born 1980) and [[Dean Ellison]] (born 1977), motorcycle racers
*[[Tim Farron]] (born 1970), current [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Westmorland and Lonsdale]] and former leader of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
*[[Myles Fenton|Sir Myles Fenton]] (1830–1918), railway knight<ref>"Sir Myles Fenton" in ''Leading Men of London'' (London: British Biographical Company, 1895), [https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=hmNji3BPgXsC&pg=PA153 p. 153]</ref>
*[[Maurice Flitcroft]] (1929–2007) British golfer, immortalised in the film [[The Phantom of the Open]], was evacuated to the town during the Second World War and was a pupil at [[Kendal Grammar School]]
*[[Nicholas Freeston]] (1907–1978), award-winning Lancashire poet, born in Kendal
*[[Daniel Gardner]] (1750–1805), portrait painter
*[[Britain's Got Talent (series 5)|Steven Hall]], ''[[Britain's Got Talent (series 5)|Britain's Got Talent]]'' finalist 2011 as a comedy dancer
*[[Paul Hogarth]] (1917–2001), artist and book illustrator, who collaborated with such authors as [[Graham Greene]] and [[Sir John Betjeman]] and provided covers for [[Penguin Books']] editions of [[Shakespeare]]
*[[Steve Hogarth]] (born 1959), vocalist of rock band [[Marillion]]
*[[Geoffrey Kendal]] (1909–1998), [[Shakespearean]] actor and father of [[Felicity Kendal]]
*[[Francis Nigel Lee]] (1934–2011), theologian
*[[Isabella Lickbarrow]] (1784–1847), poet
*[[Shirley O'Loughlin]] (living) photographer, member of punk/post-punk band The Raincoats
*[[Ken Major]] (1928–2009), architect, author and [[molinology|molinologist]], attended Kendal School
*[[Peter McDonnell]]: Footballer,
*[[Caroline Moir]] (living), author
*[[Eric Pringle]] (1935–2017), writer for TV and radio, including [[Doctor Who]], lived in the town for 30 years
*[[James Rogers (cricketer)|James Rogers]] (born 1958) first-class cricketer
*[[George Romney (painter)|George Romney]] (1734–1802), portrait painter
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*[[Mary Augusta Wakefield]] (1853–1910) composer and festival organizer
*[[William Wakefield (cricketer)|William Wakefield]] (1870–1922), cricketer
* [[Raphael Weatherall]] (born 2004), first-class cricketer for [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]]
* [[Jack White (cricketer, born 1992)|Jack White]] (born 1992), first-class cricketer for [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]]
*[[Wild Beasts]], indie-rock band
*[[Keith Wilkinson (reporter)|Keith Wilkinson]] (living), ITV television news reporter
*[[John Wilson (mathematician)|John Wilson]] (1741–1793), mathematician and astronomer
*[[Mark Wilson (rugby union)|Mark Wilson]] (born 1989), Newcastle Falcons and England Rugby Union player
*[[Philip Whitwell Wilson]] (1875–1956), Liberal politician and journalist
 
==Literary, artistic and musical references==
* [[Lydia Sigourney]] includes the poem ''Kendal'' in her ''Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands'' of 1842, recollections of her visit to Europe in 1840.<ref>{{cite web| last =Sigourney|first=Lydia|title=Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands| url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=6QZaAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA34| year=1842 |publisher=James Munroe and Company}}</ref>
*Poet [[W. H. Auden]] says his love is "more wonderful" than "a turbine built by [[Gilkes & Co]]. of Kendal" in his prose poem ''Dichtung und Wahrheit'' <ref>{{Cite book |last=Auden |first=W. H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pe5JEAAAQBAJ&dq=w+h+auden+kendal+gilkes&pg=PA477 |title=The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Poems, Volume II: 1940–1973 |date=2022-06-14 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-21930-1 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Paul McCartney]] references Kendal in the lyrics of his 1973 [[Wings]] song [[Helen Wheels]], stating: "The Kendal freeway's fast". In his 2023 book [[The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present]], McCartney explains that the song was a description of the journey from his farm in Scotland to London undertaken in his Land Rover which he and wife [[Linda McCartney|Linda]] nicknamed 'Helen Wheels', and referencing key places on the route. He explains: "Kendal is in the Lake District, but the 'Kendal freeway' is meant to be a joke because Kendal is a total bottleneck, as anyone who's tried to drive through it will confirm."<ref>{{Cite book |last1=McCartney |first1=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTW9EAAAQBAJ |title=The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present |last2=Muldoon |first2=Paul |date=2023-11-07 |publisher=Liveright Publishing |isbn=978-1-324-09468-5 |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Local dialect==
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==Search and rescue==
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Kendal has long maintained a locally active, voluntary [[Mountain rescue in England and Wales|mountain search and rescue]] team based at Busher Walk. Along with nearby teams, it helped at the [[Grayrigg derailment]] in February 2007. Kendal Mountain Rescue Team is one of ten current teams that joined with Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs and Cumbria Ore Mines Rescue Unit to form a Cumbrian umbrella organization, the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association.<ref>https://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk/assets/files/downloads/MREWAnnualReview2018.pdf. {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LDSAMRA - Home page |url=http://www.ldsamra.org.uk/ |access-date=2018-08-17 |website=www.ldsamra.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Twin towns==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Kendal}}
{{Wikivoyage|Kendal_(England)|Kendal}}
*[http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/kendal-formerly-kirkby-kendal-%C2%A0 Cumbria County History Trust: Kendal (formerly Kirkby Kendal)] (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
*[http://www.kendaltowncouncil.gov.uk/ Kendal Town Council]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151222120404/http://www.kendalmuseum.org.uk/ Kendal Museum]
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