locally active, voluntary mountain search and rescue team based at Busher Walk. Along with nearby teams, it helped at the Grayrigg derailment in February 2007. Kendal Mountain Rescue Team is one of ten current teams that joined with Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs and Cumbria Ore Mines Rescue Unit to form a Cumbrian umbrella organization, the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association. Twin towns Kendal is twinned with: Killarney, Ireland Rinteln, Germany Freedom The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Town of Kendal: Individuals Sir Arthur Eddington : 1930 Military units The Border Regiment: 25 October 1947 The King's Own Royal Border Regiment: 1 October 1959 The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 1 July 2006 See also Kendal Choral Society Listed buildings in Kendal Kendal Mountain Festival Kendal Town F.C. The Westmorland Gazette References External links Cumbria County History Trust: Kendal (formerly Kirkby Kendal) (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) Kendal Town Council The Northern Reaches—Restoration of the canal to Kendal Kendal Museum Kendal Leisure Centre Towns in Cumbria Civil parishes in Cumbria