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£15,000 pa
(£16.16/sq. ft. pa)
Retail premises to let
Stricklandgate, Kendal LA9928 sq. ft
Local area information
Property location
Nearby amenities
- Stramongate Primary School 0.1 miles
- Kendal 0.3 miles
- Ghyllside Primary School 0.5 miles
- Burneside (Cumbria) 1.9 miles
These distances are calculated in a straight line. The actual route and distance may vary.
Read our area guide for Kendal to find out more about the local area.
Features and description
• Self-contained ground floor retail unit in the heart of Kendal town centre
• Prominent stepped and glazed frontage benefitting from good footfall and profile to passing traffic
• Net Internal Area – 86.25m2 (928ft2)
• Located in a popular area with retail, café, office and professional occupiers
• Small business rate relief for qualifying occupiers
• Rental - £15,000 per annum exclusive
Location
The property forms a mid-terrace position on Stricklandgate on one of the prime retailing areas in the heart of Kendal town centre.
Kendal is the principal town of South Lakeland and is situated just outside of the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park only 6 miles from Junctions 36 and 37 of the M6 Motorway. The town has a resident population of 29,495 (2011 Census) and is a popular tourist destination being 10 miles south of Windermere. The town has a weighted retail catchment in excess of 50,000 people and a greater district catchment in excess of 102,000. The district’s Class Grouping indicates that in excess of 50% of the catchment area is of A, B or C demographic.
Oxenholme Train Station which is situated on the West Coast main railway line is located 3 miles to the south providing direct services to London (approximate journey time 2 hours 50 minutes) and Glasgow (1 hour 45 minutes).
The property is located at the north end of Stricklandgate, close to junction with Sandes Avenue and Maude Street where there is a mix of retailers, cafes, office and professional occupiers. The property is close to the General Post Office, next door to Prince Charlies Café and opposite Hackney & Leigh Estate Agents and Thompson Hayton Winkley Estate Agents and Solicitors. The main Library, Elephant Yard Shopping Centre and Westmorland Shopping Centre are all within 100 metres and there are several pay and display car parks close by.
Kendal has a lively town centre which benefits from local and tourism trade from the Lake District National Park with a good mix of local, regional and national retailers and leisure outlets. As well as all year-round tourism, Kendal benefits from a number of festivals and events.
Description
The property comprises a bright ground floor retail unit that forms part of a larger mid-terrace attractive stone and slate building, accessed from a glazed pedestrian entrance door set in a near full height and full width glazed shop façade.
Internally, the premises are currently arranged with open plan office space to the front with timber framed and glazed meeting room, plaster and painted walls, floor mounted power and it points, suspected ceiling, in the main, with inset LED lighting, useful understairs storeroom and glazed windows to the side and rear elevations.
Off the rear of the retail area are two staff WC’s, a good sized secure stockroom and separate staff kitchen with a range of wall and floor units, sink, obscure glazed window to the side elevation, cleaner’s cupboard and fire escape door.
Accommodation
The property provides the following approximate net internal floor areas:
Ground Floor/Total NIA 86.25m2 (928ft2)
Services
The unit is connected to mains electricity, water and the mains drainage/sewerage system. A wall mounted and gas fired boiler located in the rear WC provides central hot water and heating to the numerous radiators throughout the property.
Proposal
The property is available by way of a new Internal Repairing & Insuring lease for a term to be agreed and at a rental of £15,000 per annum exclusive. The tenant will be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the shop front.
Rateable value
The property has a Rateable Value of £12,000 and is listed as a shop and premises with estimated rates payable for 2025/2026 of £5988 per annum although the property qualifies for small business rate relief for occupiers who meet the relevant criteria.
Prospective tenants should check the exact rates payable with Westmorland & Furness Council.
Energy performance certificate
The unit has an Energy Performance Asset Rating of C70 and a copy of the certificate is available upon request or to download from the Government’s online EPC database.
VAT
We are advised that the property is not elected for VAT and rents and other landlord charges are therefore not subject to VAT.
Legal costs
Each party to bear their own legal costs in the preparation and settlement of the legal documentation together with any VAT thereon.
Viewing
The unit is available to view by prior appointment with Edwin Thompson llp. Contact:
Paul Evans –
Ellie Oakley –
Important notice
Edwin Thompson for themselves and for the Vendor/Landlord of this property, whose Agents they are, give notice that:
1. The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, any offer or contract.
2. All descriptions, dimensions, plans, reference to condition and necessary conditions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness.
3. No person in the employment of Edwin Thompson has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property or these particulars, nor to enter into any contract relating to the property on behalf of the Agents, nor into any contract on behalf of the Vendor.
4. No responsibility can be accepted for loss or expense incurred in viewing the property or in any other way in the event of the property being sold or withdrawn.
5. These particulars were prepared in December 2025.
• Prominent stepped and glazed frontage benefitting from good footfall and profile to passing traffic
• Net Internal Area – 86.25m2 (928ft2)
• Located in a popular area with retail, café, office and professional occupiers
• Small business rate relief for qualifying occupiers
• Rental - £15,000 per annum exclusive
Location
The property forms a mid-terrace position on Stricklandgate on one of the prime retailing areas in the heart of Kendal town centre.
Kendal is the principal town of South Lakeland and is situated just outside of the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park only 6 miles from Junctions 36 and 37 of the M6 Motorway. The town has a resident population of 29,495 (2011 Census) and is a popular tourist destination being 10 miles south of Windermere. The town has a weighted retail catchment in excess of 50,000 people and a greater district catchment in excess of 102,000. The district’s Class Grouping indicates that in excess of 50% of the catchment area is of A, B or C demographic.
Oxenholme Train Station which is situated on the West Coast main railway line is located 3 miles to the south providing direct services to London (approximate journey time 2 hours 50 minutes) and Glasgow (1 hour 45 minutes).
The property is located at the north end of Stricklandgate, close to junction with Sandes Avenue and Maude Street where there is a mix of retailers, cafes, office and professional occupiers. The property is close to the General Post Office, next door to Prince Charlies Café and opposite Hackney & Leigh Estate Agents and Thompson Hayton Winkley Estate Agents and Solicitors. The main Library, Elephant Yard Shopping Centre and Westmorland Shopping Centre are all within 100 metres and there are several pay and display car parks close by.
Kendal has a lively town centre which benefits from local and tourism trade from the Lake District National Park with a good mix of local, regional and national retailers and leisure outlets. As well as all year-round tourism, Kendal benefits from a number of festivals and events.
Description
The property comprises a bright ground floor retail unit that forms part of a larger mid-terrace attractive stone and slate building, accessed from a glazed pedestrian entrance door set in a near full height and full width glazed shop façade.
Internally, the premises are currently arranged with open plan office space to the front with timber framed and glazed meeting room, plaster and painted walls, floor mounted power and it points, suspected ceiling, in the main, with inset LED lighting, useful understairs storeroom and glazed windows to the side and rear elevations.
Off the rear of the retail area are two staff WC’s, a good sized secure stockroom and separate staff kitchen with a range of wall and floor units, sink, obscure glazed window to the side elevation, cleaner’s cupboard and fire escape door.
Accommodation
The property provides the following approximate net internal floor areas:
Ground Floor/Total NIA 86.25m2 (928ft2)
Services
The unit is connected to mains electricity, water and the mains drainage/sewerage system. A wall mounted and gas fired boiler located in the rear WC provides central hot water and heating to the numerous radiators throughout the property.
Proposal
The property is available by way of a new Internal Repairing & Insuring lease for a term to be agreed and at a rental of £15,000 per annum exclusive. The tenant will be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the shop front.
Rateable value
The property has a Rateable Value of £12,000 and is listed as a shop and premises with estimated rates payable for 2025/2026 of £5988 per annum although the property qualifies for small business rate relief for occupiers who meet the relevant criteria.
Prospective tenants should check the exact rates payable with Westmorland & Furness Council.
Energy performance certificate
The unit has an Energy Performance Asset Rating of C70 and a copy of the certificate is available upon request or to download from the Government’s online EPC database.
VAT
We are advised that the property is not elected for VAT and rents and other landlord charges are therefore not subject to VAT.
Legal costs
Each party to bear their own legal costs in the preparation and settlement of the legal documentation together with any VAT thereon.
Viewing
The unit is available to view by prior appointment with Edwin Thompson llp. Contact:
Paul Evans –
Ellie Oakley –
Important notice
Edwin Thompson for themselves and for the Vendor/Landlord of this property, whose Agents they are, give notice that:
1. The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, any offer or contract.
2. All descriptions, dimensions, plans, reference to condition and necessary conditions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness.
3. No person in the employment of Edwin Thompson has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property or these particulars, nor to enter into any contract relating to the property on behalf of the Agents, nor into any contract on behalf of the Vendor.
4. No responsibility can be accepted for loss or expense incurred in viewing the property or in any other way in the event of the property being sold or withdrawn.
5. These particulars were prepared in December 2025.
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