Plan your visit
🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🧺 Picnic
Public access Dogs welcome 56 ha
Getting here
53.17850, 0.19350
Open directionsv Gunby Hall is a country house in Gunby, near Spilsby, in Lincolnshire, England, reached by a one-half-mile-long (800 m) private drive. The Estate comprises the 42-room Gunby Hall, listed Grade I, a clocktower, listed Grade II* and a carriage house and stable block which are listed Grade II. In 1944 the trustees of the Gunby Hall Estate, Lady Montgomery-Massingberd, Major Norman Leith-Hay-Clarke and Field Marshal Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd, gave the house to the National Trust together with its contents and some 1,500 acres (610 ha) of land.
Read more on Wikipedia → English country house Grade I listed building
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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ 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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food ☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦ Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: GUNBY HALL; Historic site with public access
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
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
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 17 public paths nearby
Public paths
Gunby ice house pond walk public footpath · 43 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 43 m Surface grass Path type: footway
Show on map Gunby ice house pond walk public footpath · 28 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 28 m Surface grass Path type: footway
Show on map 5 signed routes nearby
Route C5 Cycling route ▾
Spilsby circular route
Named route Ref C5 Local cycle route
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Wainfleet Circular Route
Named route Ref C6 Local cycle route
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Wainfleet to Alford
Named route Ref C3 Local cycle route
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Alford to Spilsby
Named route Ref C1 Local cycle route
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Spilsby to Wainfleet
Named route Ref C2 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
4,845 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,845 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Wren +41
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius Carrion Crow Corvus corone Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Stock Dove Columba oenas Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Redwing Turdus iliacus Coal Tit Periparus ater Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo House Martin Delichon urbicum Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Common Gull Larus canus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter autumn
2025 ▾
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew · Roe Deer +1
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Water Vole Arvicola amphibius2024 Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meiosimyza decipiens · Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi · Microlophium carnosum · Cheilosia pagana +3
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Meiosimyza decipiens Meiosimyza decipiens2025 Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi2025 Microlophium carnosum Microlophium carnosum2025 Cheilosia pagana Cheilosia pagana2025 Syrphus ribesii Rhododendron
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,845 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Wren +41
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius Carrion Crow Corvus corone Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Stock Dove Columba oenas Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Redwing Turdus iliacus Coal Tit Periparus ater Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo House Martin Delichon urbicum Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Common Gull Larus canus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter autumn
2025 ▾
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew · Roe Deer +1
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Water Vole Arvicola amphibius2024 Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meiosimyza decipiens · Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi · Microlophium carnosum · Cheilosia pagana +3
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Meiosimyza decipiens Meiosimyza decipiens2025 Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi2025 Microlophium carnosum Microlophium carnosum2025 Cheilosia pagana Cheilosia pagana2025 Syrphus ribesii Rhododendron
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus ribesii2025
Syrphus ribesii2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025 