Following their popularity in 2022, the Gardening Days at Dalemain series is returning for 2023! Join us at Dalemain's Historic Gardens for informative and fun gardening days, once a month over the period of a year (classes can be booked on a one off basis). The courses which run from 9.00am-4.00pm on the first [...]
Treat yourself and your loved ones to a festive treat at Dalemain! From Sunday 4th to Monday 19th December (Sunday to Thursday) we will be serving our Christmas Lunches. These will be presented in the Mediaeval Hall decked out in all its traditional Christmas finery, a roaring log fire and delicious homecooked food. Two [...]
It is with sadness that we all heard the news of the death of Queen Elizabeth, she will be missed by so many people not only in the United Kingdom, but all over the world. It is with great regret that while we are in a period of national mourning we have decided that we [...]
On 15th December 1846 the inaugural train from Lancaster arrived in Carlisle. Two days later, timetabled passenger services started. These events marked a milestone in the construction of what we now know as the London to Glasgow “West Coast Main Line”. At Carlisle and Penrith, it was now possible to travel to and from the [...]
Press Release-16/05/2022 The Dalemain Marmalade Festival is the culmination of the World’s Original Marmalade Awards, with winners of the hotly contested homemade marmalade categories announced and the ‘Best In Show’ awarded. The 2022 Best in Show was won by Mike Ranson from Newcastle, with his Seville Orange Marmalade with Cider and Calvados. Over 3,000 [...]
A translation of the speech given by Mrs Jane Hasell-McCosh to the people of Yawatahama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan (scroll to the end to see the original text in English). We would like to thank the Japanese Marmalade Association's Tomoko Alderton for kindly providing this Japanese translation. ― 祝辞（SPEECH）― ⼤城市⻑とご来賓の皆様、私は遠いイギリスにいますが、本⽇の式典にご⼀緒し、受賞者の皆様にお祝いを伝えることができてうれしく思います。 ダルメイン世界マーマレードアワード＆フェスティバル⽇本⼤会は、ますますレベルアップし、２０２２年は⾮常にレベルの⾼いマーマレードが多数エントリーされ、難しい選考審査になりました。 この過去 2 年は容易なものではありませんでした。今⽇ここにいる誰もがなんらかの形でコロナ禍のあおりを受けたと思います。世界中が影響を受けています。しかし、この困難は⼈々を結びつける⼒にもなりました。世界中で開催されるこのマーマレード⼤会も例外ではありません。 皆さんも、この困難に負けず⼤会を開催されましたね。私は問題に直⾯した時、常に解決策があると信じています。コロナ禍に⼤会を可能にした唯⼀の解決策は、ボランティア精神とたゆまぬ努⼒で⼈々が協⼒したことでした。これらのマーマレード⼤会の基本⽅針が皆様によって実証されたのです。 この２年間、⼋幡浜市役所とマーマレード協会は⼤会運営を⽀援し、⽇本全国の⼈々がマーマレードを作り続けています。審査は優秀な審査員によって東京と⼋幡浜で実施されました。遠距離で⼤変な作業でしたが新宅さんと多くのボランティアによって、厳正な審査結果を得ることができました。 [...]
Press Release-28/03/2022 The Gold and Double Gold Winners of the Artisan, Hotel, B&B and Restaurant Awards were announced with great fanfare at Dalemain Mansion on Saturday 26th March. Marmalade makers, came from the UK and from around the world to meet Marmalade Patrons the High Sheriff of Cumbria and 2022 judges to celebrate the Award-winning [...]
Over the last 17 years the World Marmalade Awards has grown to encompass not just homemade citrus preserves but to embrace small producers around the world who impress the judges with their techniques and imagination. So starting in 2021 we decided to separate the awards presentation events so that both the homemade entrants and the [...]
Join us on Sunday 27th March from 10.30am-4.00pm as we celebrate and host Dalemain National Marmalade Day! In the morning, listen out for church bells across the country as they ring the 'Marmalade Delight Minor', a special peal in honour of the World's Original Marmalade Awards. There will be a variety of British and international [...]
Entries for The World’s Original Marmalade Awards 2022 have now closed as marmalade flooded in to the halls of Dalemain Mansion. We have received 3,000 entries from preserve lovers around the world including Japan, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland and Taiwan to name a few. Most of the whole world is gripped with marmalade fever encouraged by [...]
