Route: Dalemain Gardens
Area: Eastern Lake District
Date of walk: 17th July 2019
Walkers: Andrew
Distance: 1.0 mile
Ascent: n/a
Weather: Cloudy and warm, with the odd spot of rain
Earlier in the day, the gloomy weather had caused me to abandon a plan to climb Place Fell. I went for a shorter lower level walk from Patterdale instead. This left me with sufficient time for another visit to nearby Dalemain Gardens
Dalemain Gardens is one of my favourites. We first visited over 20 years ago and have been back many times since. There’s a magical quality about the garden and a feeling that this is a space that is lived in and loved by its owners. There are several public footpaths in the vicinity and a visit to the garden can be combined with a walk – click here for the delightful walk from Dalemain to Dacre which we enjoyed earlier this year
After passing through the entrance (entry is free to members of Historic Houses) I wandered around the various sections of the garden, which was looking as lovely as ever. There’s always something new to see according to the season, and today the roses were the stars of the show. It was another wonderful visit to this special place
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Entrance to Dalemain
I walk past Dalemain Mansion on the way to the gardens
Red squirrel on the doorstep
Bench by the borders in front of the house...
....and the view from the terrace...
The fountain and the Greek Fir tree (the oldest specimen in the UK)
View into the adjoining parkland
Avenue of clipped holly
Summerhouse in the lower part of the garden
Here be dragons
Back in the formal area, a series of rose arches...
A few close ups of the planting...
I retrace my steps back to the start...
A final view across the parkland at the end of another visit to this special place
