Kendal Local Information
Practical local information for Kendal: bin collection days, parking, council tax bands and planning, each one linked back to the official source.
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Burneside Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Burneside
Burneside roadworks: Chapel Field (notice of 29 Oct) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
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Windermere Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Windermere
Windermere roadworks: Limethwaite Road (now, until 23 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
Burneside
Burneside Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Burneside weather today: drizzle, 12°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 29% chance of rain and winds up to 9 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Windermere
Windermere Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Windermere weather today: drizzle, 12°C by day and 7°C overnight, with a 31% chance of rain and winds up to 9 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
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Kendal Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today
Cheapest petrol in Kendal today: unleaded from 169.9p and diesel from 197.9p a litre, across 5 forecourts within 8 miles. Updated every morning from the...
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Kendal Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Kendal weather today: drizzle, 12°C by day and 9°C overnight, with a 29% chance of rain and winds up to 6 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
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Kendal Roadworks This Week: A590 Contraflow and Peat Lane
The A590 at Witherslack runs on a 24-hour contraflow until 27 November. Peat Lane and Anchorite Road in Kendal stay closed while the works go on.
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Kendal Bin Collection Days: No Green Bins Dec to Feb
Kendal's Christmas bin rounds come earlier, not later, and green bins are not emptied December to February. How to find your collection day, plus the tip.
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Parking in Kendal: No Free Car Park, £1.50 on a Sunday
No council car park in Kendal is free, but Sandes Avenue and Sunday parking at South Lakeland House cost a fraction of the rest. Every car park compared.
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Kendal Council Tax Bands 2026/27: Band D is £2,525.45
Band D in Kendal is £2,525.45 for 2026/27, up 5.1% on last year. Full A to H table, what each precept adds, and the 100% premium now charged on second homes.
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Kendal house prices: £249,000 median, 440 sales
The typical Kendal home sold for £249,000 in the year to June 2026, against £385,000 around Ambleside. Land Registry sold prices by parish and property type.
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Kendal to London: 3h01 fastest, via Oxenholme
Kendal to London Euston takes 3 hours 1 minute at fastest, with one change at Oxenholme. Fares checked in August 2026, the Lancaster route and station parking.
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Things to do in Kendal: prices, and 2 museums shut
Two Kendal museums are closed and a third opens on Wednesdays only. Verified August 2026 prices and opening hours for everything that is actually open.
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Kendal planning: 491 homes and 26,000 by 2045
Story Homes wants 491 houses off Burton Road, and the council must find room for 26,000 by 2045. Where both stand on the register, and who decides what here.
Schools
Kendal School Term Dates 2026/27: Half Term Is 26 October
Kendal schools break up on Friday 18 December; KKS and QKS go back on 4 January, a day early. Dallam, Kendal College and council term dates for 2026/27.
Half Term
Kendal October Half Term 2026: 26 to 30 Oct, What's On
Kendal's October half term is Monday 26 to Friday 30 October 2026. Twelve things on, from Nick Cope at Brewery Arts to Sizergh and the Lakeside steam trains.
Travel
Kendal Christmas Trains and Buses: What Stops, and When
No Northern trains run on Christmas Day or Boxing Day. Last winter the main line shut north of Oxenholme for two weeks. What we know about Christmas 2026 so far.