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Kendal's
train station
is the first stop on the Windermere branch line, just five minutes from the
Oxenholme
mainline station. National Express and all regional buses stop at the
bus station
on Blackhall Road (off Stramongate). The
tourist office
(March-Dec Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 9am-5pm; Jan & Feb closed Sun; tel 01539/725758,
) is in the town hall on Highgate. There's
internet
access at Kendal library and at
Dot CafAŠ
, inside the Westmorland Shopping Centre.
Most of the local B&Bs lie along the road to Windermere, north of the centre, though near the train station there's the Georgian Bridge House , 65 Castle St (tel 01539/722041, ; no credit cards; A?40-50). Best choice is the Lakeland Natural Vegetarian Guesthouse at Low Slack, Queen's Road (tel 01539/733011; A?50-60), or look along Milnthorpe Road, a few minutes' south of the centre - walk straight down Highgate and Kirkland - where several places cluster together, including the Headlands , 53 Milnthorpe Rd (tel 01539/732464, ; A?40-50). There's a youth hostel at 118 Highgate (tel 01539/724066, ), which is attached to The Brewery arts centre.
Kendal certainly doesn't lack decent
cafAŠs
, starting with the
1657 Chocolate House
, on Branthwaite Brow. For inexpensive veggie wholefood lunches and riverside seating, visit the
Waterside CafAŠ
on Gulfs Road, at the bottom of Lowther Street. Best
restaurant
is the highly regarded
Moon
, 129 Highgate (tel 01539/729254; Wed-Sun dinner only, closed Mon & Tues), an easy-going bistro, or eat Thai at the
Chiang Thai
, 54 Stramongate (closed Mon). For evening entertainment the
Brewery Arts Centre
, on Highgate (tel 01539/725133,
), with its cafAŠ, bar, cinema, theatre and concert hall, is a good bet. Other useful information
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