Kendal Museum of Natural History & Archaeology, Station Road, Kendal, LA9 6BT
Cumbria, Collection details: Archaeology, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Maritime, Music, Natural Sciences, Personalities, Science and Technology, Social History, Weapons and War. 01539 721374
Open: Monday - Saturday: 10.30am - 5.00pm (Closing 4.00pm Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec)
Please allow at least one and a half hours for your visit. Closed from end Dec to mid Feb.
Admission charges: Adults £2.50, Seniors £2.00, Children/Students free
Description: Kendal is situated on the edge of the English Lake District and is home to one of the country's oldest museums. Founded in 1796, Kendal Museum's fascinating collections include local Archaeology, History, Geology and a Natural History collection from around the globe. Kendal Museum also has a changing programme of temporary exhibitions, events, courses and lectures. Children and families are warmly welcomed with hands-on exhibits, worksheets, activities during school holidays and a branch of The Young Archaeologists' Club. Education is seen as a primary function of Kendal Museum. Our aim is to enable visitors of all ages, and especially those from schools, to gain a deeper understanding and enjoyment from the material in our collections.
Windermere Steamboats & Museum, Rayrigg Road, Bowness on Windermere, LA23 1BN, Cumbria, Collection details: Archives, Land Transport, Maritime, Science and Technology, Social History. The Museum has a model boat pond, where the local Model Boat Club come twice a week. Open to visitors. The shop is well stocked with souvenirs, confectionary and books. We do stock some specialist books, and welcome enquiries and mail orders.Our steamboats are also available for private charters, for weddings or birthdays. 015394 45565
Open: mid March - early November, Daily 1000-1700,
Admission charges: Adults £4.25, Children £2.25, Family Ticket £8.50 - three children
Steamboat cruises for Museum visitors; Adult £5.50; Children £2.50; Infants £1.00
The Museum is located on the site of a former sand wharf, and houses a unique historic collection of steam and motor boats. Throughout history, the Lake has witnessed the imprint of almost every generation. The Romans built a camp at Galava, Waterhead, and in the Middle Ages monks found sanctuary on St Mary's Holme. Many of the boats date from the nineteenth century, when the steamboats were used for tea parties and watching the yacht races. The women competed as much with their dresses as the men did with their boats!
Keswick Museum and Art Gallery, Fitz Park, Station Road, Keswick, CA12 4NF, Cumbria, Collection details: Archaeology, Archives, Weapons and War, Natural Sciences, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Music, Coins and Medals, Personalities, Science and Technology, Social History, Land Transport. 017687 73263. OPEN: Easter-October: Daily 1000-1600.
This Museum includes Fossils and Minerals from around Cumbria including Keswick area.
Museum of Lakeland Life, The Museum takes you back in time to discover what rural folk did to entertain themselves before the invention of television and computers. The displays reveal so much about how different life was for our Lakeland ancestors, who lived and worked in relative isolation in the days before the arrival of the railways and motorcars. Visit the reconstructed study of Arthur Ransome, the famous author of Swallows and Amazons, based in the Lake District. Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5AL - Phone: 01539 722464
Bar 99 - 99 Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4EN
Fleece Inn - 14 Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4SX
Globe - Market Place, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4TN
The Heron Inn - Esthwaite Avenue, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7NZ
Victoria Tavern - 15 Longpool, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6ER
The Sun Inn - Crook, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8LA
The Watermill Inn - Ings, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 9PY
The Greys Inn / Grey Walls Hotel -Elleray Road, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1AG
The Queens Head Hotel - Town Head, Troutbeck, Nr Windermere, Cumbria
Kendal Castle stands to the west of the town on a natural high point. The current stone castle was built in the 12th century. The chief remains today are two towers and some of the walling between them. During the 14th century Kendal was attacked on numerous occasions by the Scots, but it is unclear if the castle was ever involved. Richard II granted the castle to the Parr family, but it is thought unlikely that Katherine Parr, Kendal’s most famous daughter, was actually born there.
Kentmere Studio Pottery – Set in an idyllic riverside location in the heart of the Kentmere Valley. The studio produces fine ceramics of outstanding quality, created and finished by hand; incorporating fine enamels and lustres, individual pieces and special commissions, all of which are fired many times during the course of production. We also create lamps to co-ordinate with client’s own design requirements. Available only through our showroom.
Abbot Hall Park – Abbot Hall Park is situated in Kirkland at the southern end of the market town of Kendal. It is located between Abbot Hall Art Gallery, the River Kent and Kendal Parish Church. The grounds are a great place to relax away from the hustle and bustle of the town. The park is also home to the annual Kirland Festival every summer which plays host to a Kendal Torchlight workshop, various market stalls, live music and more.
The Brewery Arts Centre consists of a 350 seat Malt Room for music events (former racking room and cask store), a photographic Gallery (the sugar store), the Warehouse Gallery for visual arts, a drama studio (malt store), art and crafts workshops (brewing room and cooling room), darkroom facilities (hop room), playgroup and meeting rooms, restaurant (malt hopper), Vats Bar, and an enlarged theatre seating 250 which opened on 29 April 1993.
