The Home of the Dalemain World Marmalade Awards

A celebration of marmalade from around the world. Enter the 2025 Competition now!

Welcome to Dalemain

A historic mansion surrounded by beautiful gardens within a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit the home of The Dalemain World Marmalade Awards, stop for a morning coffee, light lunch or afternoon tea. Shop, explore and experience our Lake District paradise.

Dalemain Mansion, Gardens, Tearoom & Shop is closed for the Winter.

The Gardens, Tearoom and Shop will reopen on Monday 3rd February 2025 and the Mansion will reopen on Sunday 23rd March 2025.

Delivering your marmalade entry? The office is open between 9am and 5pm Monday - Friday. Contact 01768486450 if needed.

We look forward to seeing you in 2025!

Delicious Marmalade

Taste some of the finest marmalade in the world.

A Magical Place

A nationally important collection of furniture, ceramics and art along with everyday objects from the past and an award winning, RHS, plantsman’s garden.

A UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Romantic parkland and gardens at Dalemain sit within the rugged splendour of this sublime landscape with the high fells of the Lake District or the far Pennines around. Here, it is easy to enjoy the splendour of this World Heritage Site.

View fullsize We are very excited to unveil our latest product in the Dalemain marmalade collection…. Beatrice’s Marmalade- a celebration of our friendship with Japan- this wonderfully sweet and tangy marmalade pairs Seville Orange and Yuzu Fruit 🍊
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View fullsize It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas ⛄️ ❄️ Our gardeners Gail and Jo have been hard at work today hanging garlands in the Mediaeval Hall ready for our Christmas Lunches, which start next week! 🎄 🎅🏼 ❄️We still have limited availabi
View fullsize A few months ago we welcomed susancalman and her camper ‘Helen Mirren’ for a Grand Day out at Dalemain as part of the Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out – The English Lakes episode. Susan met with Jane Hasell-McCosh to discuss all
View fullsize November Roses 💕 ❄️ It may be frosty, but there are still lots of wonderful sights to see in the gardens! #Dalemain #DalemainMansion #DalemainGardens #DalemainMansionAndHistoricGardens #Autumn #Cumbria #CumbriaTourism #LakeDistrict #GardensToVisit
View fullsize Entry forms are now LIVE on our website for you to plan your @marmaladeawards entry. . Entry opens on the 1st January and closes 3rd of February. . Collection points around the Uk will open on 1st January, a full list will go live on our website at
View fullsize A glimpse of Dalemain life lately.... We have just moved our tearoom back up into the Old Hall for the winter. The warmth of the log fire is the perfect place to enjoy a cup of tea and a marmalade scone (which we are running until Friday 22nd Novemb
View fullsize As @paddingtonbear fever sweeps the UK, we wanted to do something special to celebrate our @marmaladeawards patron and his new movie ‘Paddington In Peru’ 🐻 🐾 We’ve put a marmaladey twist on our famous Dalemain scones, which you
View fullsize Thank you to the wonderful @azhdeladesign for our new wooden fridge magnets. They would make a lovely stocking filler!! 🎄 🫙 🍊 https://www.dalemain.com/shop/p/dalemain-x-azhdeladesign-wooden-fridge-magnet #DalemainMansion #DalemainGardens #Dalem
View fullsize Yesterday we hosted our penultimate Garden Day of 2024 and welcomed visitors from all over the UK, including Moffat, Stockport, Ulverston, Millom, Lancaster, as well as Penrith and the Eden Valley. There’s still time to book for our last Garde
View fullsize That's a wrap on our guided tours of the Mansion for this season! Thank you to everyone who has visited us this year, we look forward to welcoming you back in 2025. Our tearoom, shop and gardens remain open until Tuesday 26th November, so pop along
View fullsize 🍊🐻🐾 Our Dalemain x The Toffee Shop Marmalade Fudge has had a makeover, and now comes in a beautiful new gift box! 🐾🐻🍊 Expertly made by The Toffee Shop in Penrith, using our very own Jane’s Marmalade, this is a sweet treat like no other!