South Lakeland

This page has information on South Lakeland in the County of Cumbria, North West England, UK.

South Lakeland Borough is a local government district in Cumbria, Great Britain. The local council is based in Kendal. It includes a large area of the Lake District.

Following the Local Government Act of 1972, the district was created on 1st April 1974. It was formed from the Windermere urban district, Kendal borough, most of Lakes urban district, South Westmorland Rural District, from Westmorland, Sedbergh Rural District from the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Grange and Ulverston urban districts and North Lonsdale Rural District from Lancashire.