***************************************************************** * Gardens-Guide.com * 250,000 UNIQUE VISITORS in 2011 * 2,000 garden pages viewed per day from March to September 2011 * * 1,000+ Page Views! - One-Quarter of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com * were EACH viewed more than 1,000 times in 2011. * * 500+ Page Views! - HALF of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com were * EACH viewed more than 500 times in 2011. * ***************************************************************** *** UPDATE FORM *** Gunby Hall 1) Please COPY the entire FORM BELOW 2) Make any changes in BRIGHT RED -OR- mark changed Section Headers with: *** 3) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED backto us: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** *** also - SEARCH ENGINE BOOSTING for both YOU and Gardens-Guide.com *** If your webmaster could place a link from your own website directly to your page on Gardens-Guide.com, this will improve it's rankings in Google and other search engines. Please use the following format and info on your own site to link to your page in Gardens-Guide.com: at Gardens-Guide.com http://www.gardens-guide.com The premiere directory of open gardens in the UK and Ireland today Ask your friends and suppliers as well to link to your page in Gardens-Guide as well. Every link we get into your page helps rankings for both of us in search engines. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Gunby Hall Last Modified: 10-08-2011 Garden ID: 0230 pic: 0230_Gunby.jpg NOTE: If this says "missing", then please send us a picture for your page which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Owner: National Trust Address: Spilsby Postcode: PE23 5SS County: Lincolnshire tel: 01754 890102 fax: website: www.gunbyhall.org.uk email: astrid.gatenby //at// gunbyhall.org.uk English Heritage Grade: II Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.gunbyhall.org.uk Gardens and Tearoom: Wed to Sun (5 days a week) 11am - 5pm throughout the year (excluding week between 25th Dec and 1st of Jan) Last admission 4.30pm Best Times of Year to Visit: To see: \ National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: 29th Apr 19th Aug Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Yes Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: Yes - ring 01754 890102 or email Astrid.Gatenby@gunbyhall.org.uk House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: Wed and Sun (2 days a week) 2pm - 5pm from Easter until the 31st of October Admission Prices: Gardens: Adult £4, Child £2 Hall and Gardens: Adult £6, Child £3 Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: Yes Other Facilities: Disabled access but not modified toilets. Gunby confectionery and produce sold in shop. Plants for sale on Wed only. 4th September: Open Air Theatre production of Cranford 6pm 11th September: Wedding Fair 9th October: Apple Day 29th October Hallowe'en Special Christmas Openings - see own website Features: Roses and herbaceous borders. Herb garden and working vegetable garden. Designer: Description of Garden: The estate consist of 8 acres of walled gardens including a working kitchen garden, a herb garden, sweeping lawns and a well stocked fishpond. There is an old orchard, many herbaceous borders, a wildflower walk and formal front. Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "Haunt of Ancient Peace" "And one, an English home--gray twilight pour'd On dewy pastures, dewy trees, Softer than sleep--all things in order stored, A haunt of ancient Peace." from "The Palace of Art" History: Local Inns: Wheel Inn, Welton le Marsh Accomodation: Restaurants: Royal Oak, Candlesby Village/Town/Sightseeing: Spilsby (Sir John Franklin, Artic explorer) Burgh le Marsh (windmill)