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Christmas Dinner in Kendal and the Lakes: Who's Cooking and What It Costs
Eight pubs and hotels around Kendal with Christmas Day lunch prices, from £62.95 to £119 a head, plus children's prices and deposits. Checked November 2026.
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Environment
Windermere sewage plan: a £3.7bn tunnel to keep wastewater out of the lake
A £3.6bn to £3.7bn plan would take all wastewater out of Windermere through a new tunnel and connect 12,800 people to sewers. It is a study, not a decision yet.
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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.
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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.
Social care
Applethwaite Green care home decision put back again
Windermere's council care home will not learn its future on 27 October, and no new date is on the forward plan. The options, the costs and what scrutiny wants.
Tour de France
Tour de France 2027 Windermere: £4m hosting deal signed
Stage 2 passes Bowness, the Lyth Valley and Milnthorpe on Saturday 3 July 2027. Hosting will cost £4.004m, and the council has now signed the agreement.
Community
Burneside playground reopens, Windermere skatepark next up
Hall Park in Burneside is open again, a Kendal playground and the Queen's Park skatepark are in procurement, and Kendal's pump track is advancing.