 128 Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4HE
Telephone: 01539 724229
Fax: 01539 724229
Welcome
The Highgate Hotel is a family run Bed and Breakfast with a warm, friendly homely atmosphere. Located near the centre of the attractive north country market town of Kendal. Now a Historial Grade II* listed town house, the Highgate Hotel was originally one of the fine town houses dating back nearly 500 years.
Rebuilt in 1769 for the town first physician, making it the oldest and most historic place to stay in Kendal. Whilst retaining its distinctive character the Highgate Hotel now has modern amenities.
The Highgate Hotel has a cosy guest lounge which includes a television. Private parking is avalible to the rear and a secluded garden and sunny patio are avaiable for guest use.
Sorry but no smoking or pets all allowed inside the hotel. |
Rooms
All rooms are en-suite, have a television, tea/coffee making facilities and hairdryer. Extra features suchs as cots are avaliable on request |
Local Attractions
Kendal is listed in the Domesday Book as part of Yorkshire with the name Cherchbi. For many centuries it was called Kirkbie Kendal, meaning "village with a church in the valley of the River Kent". The earliest castle 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.
Kendal today is known largely as a centre for tourism, as the home of Kendal mint cake, and as a world-renowned producer of pipe tobacco and tobacco snuff. Its buildings, mostly constructed with the local grey limestone, have earned it the nickname the Auld Grey Town.
Kendal Museum of Natural History and Archaeology (one of the oldest in the country, it includes an exhibition on the geology of the Lake District, and a stuffed polar bear). |
Abbot Hall Art Gallery (housed in a Georgian villa, it mounts nationally important exhibitions) Permanent collection includes George Romney, JMW Turner, John Ruskin, Ben Nicholson, Paula Rego, Lucian Freud, Stanley Spencer and Barbara Hepworth.
Museum of Lakeland Life
Kendal Castle
Friends' Meeting House, home of the Quaker Tapestry
The Brewery Arts Centre (offering theatre, dance, exhibitions, cinemas, music, workshops, youth drama and dance)
Kendal Leisure Centre
Kendal Town Council
Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Brewery Arts Centre
George Romneys of Kendal
Kendal Online (Community Website)
The Northern Reaches—Restoration of the canal to Kendal
Kendal Museum
VisitCumbria - Kendal
Samuel Gawith Snuff |
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