Dingley Hall is a popular stately home, turned hotel, that appears often in the magazines. Mr. Ball and Mrs. Ball live here and are the owners of Dingley Hall.
The building has a lot of ground and even a lake, as well its own railway platform named "Dingley Halt" The hall manager runs the hotel. Farmer Collett has worked as a gardener here and he once cut some of the bushes into the shapes of animals.
According to the 2014 Thomas & Friends television series map, Dingley Hall is located along Edward's Branch Line, between Lower Suddery and Upper Brendam.
Appearances
Magazine Stories
- 1999 - Summer Fun!
- 2001 - Giant Animals
- 2002 - In the Picture
Dingley Hall also appears in the magazine story, Moonlight Stroll!.
Trivia
- There is a real place named Dingley Hall in the village of Dingley, Northamptonshire in the UK.
- In the story Summer Fun!, a photograph of Hawin Lake is used to represent Dingley Halt and a photograph of Kirk Ronan's function room is used to represent the interior of the hall.
- Dingley Hall is the one of the few magazine-only locations to be listed in the 2014 map, the other being Finney's Farm.
- The 2014 poll by SiF incorrectly identifies Topham Hall as this location.
Gallery
Lorry 3 at Dingley Hall
Dingley Halt represented by Hawin Lake
The hall's interior represented by Kirk Ronan
The real Dingley Hall
| Locomotives | Steam | Edward | Porter | Nia |
|---|---|---|
| Diesel | BoCo | Derek | Salty | Philip | |
| Non-Rail Vehicles | Trevor | Cranky | Reg | Big Mickey | Carly | |
| People | The Vicar of Wellsworth | The Mayor of Sodor | The Dock Managers | |
| Affiliates | Sodor China Clay Company (Bill and Ben, Timothy, Marion) | Sodor Shipping Company | Sodor Search and Rescue Centre (Belle, Flynn, Rocky, Harold, Butch, Captain) | |
| Stations | Wellsworth | Suddery | Lower Suddery | Sodor Animal Park** | Upper Brendam | Brendam | |