Killington Lake Reservoir

Hotels in Kendal 

Cumbria is an amazing and beautiful area in the north of England, well serviced by hotels in Kendal.

Kendal Days Inn is situated at Killington Lake Services and is perfectly located between the Lake District National Park and the Yorkshire Dales National Park, nestled in the shadow of the Howgill fells, known locally as The Sleeping Elephants, and with its superb links to the motorway network getting around couldn’t be easier.

Kendal, an old wool town which was granted a market charter in 1189 and famous for producing mint cake and snuff is considered to be the gateway to the southern lakes, and, by booking a hotel in Kendal, you can take advantage of the many fine pubs and restaurants that are available.

Fortunately for us hotels in Kendal have a rich and varied history all of their own, old coaching inns, converted electricity board buildings, and new modern buildings offer us unique and interesting choices, unlike the first settlers of Kendal, the Brigantes and of course those pesky Romans.

But booking a hotel in Kendal does not restrict you just to Kendal.  The public transport links are second to none, and the road network takes you through the most impressive scenery the United Kingdom has to offer.

Some hotels in Kendal are fortunate enough to take advantage of the river side location.  The river Kent which originates about 20 miles away, flows through Kendal and eventually runs out to sea at Morecambe Bay.  The Days Inn at Killington Lake Services, one of the more popular hotels in Kendal, has the enviable position of overlooking the Killington Lake Reservoir, man made in 1819 to supply the Lancaster canal with water, the lake, as well as being a successful nature reserve is also used by many locals for fishing, sailing and windsurfing.

If its history you are particularly interested in, Kendal is defiantly the area for you, its link to the industrial revolution the Quaker and Methodist movements, and even earlier to royalty, Katherine Parr 6^th wife of Henry the 8^th born 11^th November 1512 daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal.

Kendal is fortunate to have both a Museum of Lakeland Life and a permanent exhibition of fine Quaker tapestries.