Campsites in Kendal, Cumbria

58 bookable campsites within 15 miles of Kendal Sorted by distance

Even those of us not fortunate enough to grow up with Swallows and Amazons set in Cumbria  will have heard of Kendal at an early age. Kendal is a market town located on the edge of the Lake District, only 8 miles away from Windermere. It is famous for a number of reasons, but mostly for its mint cake, which is a favoured provision of mountaineers because of its high energy content: it was packed by Edmund Hillary and team on their ascent up Everest in 1953.

There is so much to see and do in Kendal including:

  • the annual mountain festival, one of the biggest in Europe and held every November
  • visiting one of the three museums; the Museum of Lakeland Life with Arthur Ransome collection, and the Kendal Museum with the drawings of Alfred Wainwright, whose inked fell maps are as much of a Kendal souvenir as the mint cake. 

 

The official tourism site for Kendal has a lot more advice on what to see and do when visiting this beautiful market town.

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