About the Kelmarsh Hall Estate
Despite the fact that the Kelmarsh Estate no longer has a resident family, in many ways the land is still managed as a traditional country estate. While seven tenant families farm the majority of the 3,500 acres, an in-house team cares for the many small spinneys and coverts that dot the landscape, a reminder of the area’s foxhunting heritage. Good management of the woodland has gained its timber products a FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) certificate.
This team also cares for Kelmarsh’s British White cattle, descendents of the herd from Blickling Hall, Norfolk, that arrived soon after the Lancaster family in 1903. The parkland that the cattle graze around the Hall is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, archeologically significant as the site of a deserted medieval village. The last owner, Miss Lancaster, was particularly fond of her pedigree herd and its welfare is part of the Trust’s continuing responsibilities.
