Many of our attractions offer special rates and incentives for groups and their organisers.  Ask the individual museums and galleries for more information on booking.

Kendal has excellent transport links and is easily accessible by road and rail. It’s ideal for a stand alone group visit or use Kendal as a base for visiting the nearby Lake District, Yorkshire Dales or the North West.  The Lake District National Park boundary is under a mile away and it’s just a short distance to Bowness-on-Windermere (10 miles), Ambleside (13 miles), Hawkshead (17 miles) or Grasmere (19 miles).

See our Getting Around page for more useful information about travelling to Kendal.

We hope you and your passengers have a fabulous stay in Kendal, whether it is for a few hours or a few days.

Kendal BID have teamed up with Better Leisure (Kendal Leisure Centre) and Experience Kendal Now to make coach parking seamless.

Book your coach parking with Experience Kendal Now

• Email: jan@experiencekendalnow.co.uk

Jan will ensure that you are booked in to the coach park and will send you the following:

• Free parking
• A gift card for the driver to spend in Kendal at nearly 150 shops
• A free parking notice for the car park
• A notification to present at the reception of Better Leisure allowing the driver to use the facilities for free whilst the coach is parked in the car park
• A free taxi so that the driver can get from the parking into town.

Coach parking is also available at:

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

Peppercorn Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AL

Pre-booking preferred on 01539 722464
4 hours £8 and full day £15
Free if visiting Abbot Hall Art Gallery or Museum of Lakeland Life

Kendal College
Milnthorpe Road, Kendal, LA9 5AY

Parking available at weekends, public holidays and all week during college holiday periods.
Pay and display machine in operation
£15 full day

Coach Set Down Points

Behind Blackhall Road Car Park
near Majestic Wine Warehouse (LA9 4BT)

Highgate (Kendal Town Centre)
by the Shakespeare Inn (LA9 4HE)