Grimsthorpe Castle & Estate (Lincs)

Grimsthorpe Estate, with its Castle, Gardens, and Park, is owned by Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. The Willoughby de Eresby family is one of three in England who still fulfill the hereditary office of Lord Great Chamberlain, the Monarch’s representative at the Palace of Westminster. They also host the notorious Cottesmore Hunt, one of the country’s most violent and which has featured in several posts on Protect the Wild including ‘Cottesmore Hunt masked thugs attack vehicle with hammer’ and ‘Cottesmore Hunt’s masked thugs arrested‘. The Cottesmore was allowed to hold a ‘fun ride’ here in August 2024. They were met by Northants Hunts Sabs and Cottesmore Locals Against the Hunt who informed visitors that “most of the fee they were handing over to ride on the estate was going straight into the Cottesmore hunt coffers”. Oddly enough, there is no mention of the Hunt’s visits on the ‘What’s On’ page of the Grimsthorpe website…