Manby House Country Retreat is set in 3 acres of mature woodland gardens containing many specimen trees, one of the most notable being a willow grown from a cutting taken from Napoleon Bonaparte's willow at his grave in St. Helena  and brought to England in 1913 on board HMS Forte.

There are also many magnificent and rare trees including Lebanon Cedar Trees, Acicia Trees, large varieties of Pines and many more varieties, that have often been collected from around the world and allowed to flourish in this private woodland.

Manby House was built on the grounds of the former Rectory by the RAF as the Station Commander's House in the 1930s and remained as this, up until the RAF closed RAF Manby in the 1970s.

During its time as the station Commanders home it enjoyed many important guests. RAF Manby had many important roles during it's operational life, one being air warfare training and it also boasted one of the finest Officer's Mess in the RAF, which now has a grade one listing by English Heritage.

Manby House has retained many of its original features from it's former glorious past but has been updated to provide comfortable ensuite accommodation.