Dalham Parish

Dalham Hall is an early-eighteenth century manor house built by Simon Patrick the Bishop of Ely close to the parish church. It sits within the remains of early formal walled gardens with terraces and walkways, possibly created pre-1700. The surrounding designed landscape park of open grassland is dotted with freestanding trees and enclosed by beech woodlands and was in existence by 1716. The parkland originally had a formal layout with avenues of trees, ornamental canals and wide areas of parkland in a cruciform-shape surrounded by woods. It was later expanded and altered in the nineteenth century in the more natural ‘landscape’ style. Today it is at the heart of a horse racing estate owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates.
Not open to the public