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Ilam Park is a 158-acre country park situated in Ilam, on both banks of the River Manifold five miles north west of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust.

The property is managed as part of the Trust's South Peak Estate.

The property consists of Ilam Hall and remnants of its gardens, an ancient semi-natural woodland — Hinkley Wood — designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), noted for its small-leaved and large-leaved limes and their hybrids.

Ilam Hall

The Hall was built between 1821 and 1827. By the early 1930s it had been sold for demolition. The demolition was well advanced when Sir Robert McDougal bought it for the Trust, on the understanding that it be used as an International Youth Hostel. Nowadays Ilam Hall is leased to the Youth Hostels Association (YHA).

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