Gunby Estate Hall and Gardens
76 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome76 ha
Getting here
53.17909, 0.19342
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: GUNBY HALL
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Zig-zag Elm Sawfly, Migrant Hawker +19 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 public paths nearby
Public paths
Gunby ice house pond walkpublic footpath · 43 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 43 mSurface grassPath type: footway
Gunby ice house pond walkpublic footpath · 28 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 28 mSurface grassPath type: footway
4 signed routes nearby
Route C5Cycling route▾
Spilsby circular route
Named routeRef C5Local cycle route
Route C3Cycling route▾
Wainfleet to Alford
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Route C1Cycling route▾
Alford to Spilsby
Named routeRef C1Local cycle route
Route C2Cycling route▾
Spilsby to Wainfleet
Named routeRef C2Local cycle route
Photos
Gunby Hall and Park: aerial 2017 (2)
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,858 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,858 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Wren +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meiosimyza decipiens · Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi · Microlophium carnosum · Cheilosia pagana +3
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meiosimyza decipiensMeiosimyza decipiens2025
- Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysiBrachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi2025
- Microlophium carnosumMicrolophium carnosum2025
- Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025
- Syrphus ribesii
Rhododendron
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,858 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Wren +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meiosimyza decipiens · Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi · Microlophium carnosum · Cheilosia pagana +3
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meiosimyza decipiensMeiosimyza decipiens2025
- Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysiBrachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi2025
- Microlophium carnosumMicrolophium carnosum2025
- Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025
- Syrphus ribesii
Rhododendron
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus ribesii2025
Syrphus ribesii2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025