Prizet

Prizet is a hamlet in Cumbria, situated near the River Kent and located off Hawes Lane, about 1½ miles south of Kendal and ¾miles west of the village of Natland. There is a small farm and a couple of cottages and the South Lodge associated with a large mansion house, built in 1860 by the banker and gunpowder manufacturer, William Henry Wakefield (twice mayor of Kendal in the 1860s). The mansion was later divided into three residential properties. It's stables were converted into a B&B in the 1970s. To the west of the hamlet, on the A591 road is Prizet Services. A service station and garage were first developed here in the 1920s. A hotel, Travelodge (Kendal), was built in 2006, replacing a Little Chef previously here. Prizet is part of Helsington Civil Parish.