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Dalemain Mansion and Gardens
Dacre, North West England
Historic house and gardens near Ullswater, home of the World Marmalade Awards.
- Booking
- Best to book
- Time to allow
- 3 hours
Dalemain is a house with a medieval core and a Georgian front that has been home to the Hasell family since 1679. The gardens are an RHS partner garden, with old-fashioned roses in June and July and a topiary dragon. The tearoom serves morning coffee, light lunches and afternoon tea, and the estate hosts the Marmalade Festival each spring.
Good to know
- Mansion tours have limited numbers, book ahead
- Himalayan blue poppies flower in May and June
- Best time
- June for roses
- Open
- Summer season
- Getting there
- Off the A592 near Dacre, own car park
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
Facilities
- Picnic tables
- Toilets
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