The following is a list of foxhound packs in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
, which are recognised by the Masters of Foxhounds Association.
Fox hunting is prohibited in Great Britain by the
Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 and the
Hunting Act 2004
The Hunting Act 2004 (c 37) is an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which bans the hunting of most wild mammals (notably Red fox, foxes, deer, European hare, hares and American mink, mink) with dogs in England and W ...
(England and Wales), but remains legal in
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
.
Since the inception of the ban, most registered hunts in Great Britain have switched to trail hunting as a legal alternative.
England
Traditional-style fox hunting with hounds in England is prohibited, with some exemptions, under the
Hunting Act 2004
The Hunting Act 2004 (c 37) is an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which bans the hunting of most wild mammals (notably Red fox, foxes, deer, European hare, hares and American mink, mink) with dogs in England and W ...
.
South West England
* Avon Vale Foxhounds
["Foxhounds in England"](_blank)
, ''Baily's hunting directory'', retrieved 21 December 2015.
* Axe Vale Hunt
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''Masters of Foxhounds Association'', retrieved 21 December 2015.
*
Berkeley Hunt
* Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt
* Cattistock Hunt
["Foxhounds in England"](_blank)
, ''Liam's hunting directory'', retrieved 21 December 2015.
* Cotley Hunt
*
Cotswold
The Cotswolds (, ) is a region in central-southwest England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.
The area is defined by the bedrock of Jura ...
Hunt
* Cotswold Vale Farmers Foxhounds
* Croome and West Warwickshire Foxhounds
* Cury Hunt
* Dartmoor Hunt
*
Duke of Beaufort's Hunt
* Dulverton Farmers Hunt
(formerly the Dulverton East Foxhounds)
* Dulverton West Foxhounds
* East Cornwall Hunt
* East Devon Hunt
* Eggesford Foxhounds
* Exmoor Foxhounds
* Four Burrow Hunt
* Lamerton Hunt
* Ledbury Hunt
* Mendip Farmers Hunt
* Mid Devon Foxhounds
* North Cotswold Hunt
* Portman Hunt
* Royal Artillery Hunt
* Seavington Hunt
* Silverton Foxhounds
* South and West Wilts Hunt
* South Devon Hunt
* South Dorset Hunt
* South Tetcott Hunt
* Spooners and West Dartmoor Hunt
*
Stevenstone Hunt
* Taunton Vale Foxhounds
* Tedworth Hunt
*
Tetcott Hunt
* Tiverton Foxhounds
* Torrington Farmers Hunt
*
Vale of White Horse Hunt
* West Somerset Foxhounds
* West Somerset Vale Hunt
* Western Hunt
* Wilton Hunt
South East England
*
Ashford Valley Tickham Hunt
* Bicester with Whaddon Chase Hunt
* Chiddingfold, Leconfield and Cowdray Hunt
*
Crawley and Horsham Hunt
* East Kent Foxhounds
* East Kent with West Street Hunt
* East Sussex and Romney Marsh Foxhounds
* Hampshire Hunt (HH)
* Heythrop Hunt
* Hursley Hambledon Hunt
* Isle of Wight Foxhounds
*
Kimblewick Hunt
* New Forest Hounds
* North Cornwall Foxhounds
* Old Berkshire Hunt
*
Old Surrey Burstow and West Kent Hunt
*
Southdown and Eridge Hunt
* Surrey Union Hunt
* Vine and Craven Hunt
East of England
* Cambridgeshire Hunt with Enfield Chace
* East Essex Hunt
*
Essex and Suffolk Hunt
The Essex and Suffolk Hunt is an English fox hunting pack founded in 1791.
History
The hunt is reputed to have been founded in 1791 by Sir William Rowley from a pack of hounds purchased from the Duke of York. Essex and Suffolk Hunt. The pack ...
* Essex Farmers and Union Hunt
* Essex Hunt
* Fitzwilliam (Milton) Hunt
*
Puckeridge Hunt The Puckeridge Hunt is a foxhound pack in East Anglia.
Country
The country covers some north to south and east to west in the counties of Hertfordshire, Essex and Cambridgeshire. The country is one of bank and ditch, arable and grasslands. Adjo ...
* Suffolk Hunt
* Thurlow Hunt
* West Norfolk Foxhounds
West Midlands
*
Albrighton and Woodland Hunt
*
Atherstone Hunt
* Clifton-on-Teme Hunt
* Ludlow Hunt
* Moorlands Hunt
* North Herefordshire Hunt
* North Ledbury Hunt
* North Shropshire Hunt
* North Staffordshire Hunt
* Radnor and West Hereford Hunt
* Sir Watkin Williams-Wynns Hunt (the Wynnstay)
* South Herefordshire Hunt
* South Shropshire Hunt
* United Pack
*
Warwickshire Hunt
* Wheatland Hunt
* Worcestershire Hunt
East Midlands
* Barlow Hunt
*
Belvoir Hunt
*
Blankney Hunt
* Brocklesby Foxhounds
* Burton Hunt
*
Cottesmore Hunt
The Cottesmore Hunt, which hunts mostly in Rutland, is one of the oldest foxhound packs in Britain. Its name comes from the village of Cottesmore where the hounds were kennelled.
History
The Cottesmore Hunt's origins may be traced back to 16 ...
* Fernie Hunt
* Grafton Hunt
* Grove and Rufford Hunt
* Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt
* Oakley Hunt
*
Pytchley Hunt
The Pytchley with Woodland Hunt is an organisation formerly based near the Northamptonshire village of Pytchley, but since 1966 has had kennels close to Brixworth. The Pytchley country used to include areas of the Rockingham Forest but was split ...
*
Quorn Hunt
The Quorn Hunt, usually called the Quorn, established in 1696, is one of the world's oldest fox hunting packs and claims to be the United Kingdom's most famous hunt. Its country is mostly in Leicestershire, together with some smaller areas of ...
* South Notts Hunt
*
South Wold Hunt
*
Woodland Pytchley Hunt
North West England
* Bewcastle Hunt
* Blencathra Foxhounds
* Cheshire Forest Hunt
* Cheshire Hunt
* Coniston Foxhounds
* Cumberland Farmers Hunt
* Cumberland Foxhounds
* Eskdale and Ennerdale Foxhounds
* Lunesdale Foxhounds
* Melbeak Foxhounds
* North Lonsdale Foxhounds
* Pennine Foxhounds
* Ullswater Foxhounds
North East England
*
Border Hunt
* Braes of Derwent Hunt
* College Valley and North Northumberland Hunt
* Haydon Hunt
* Morpeth Hunt
* North Pennine Hunt
* North Tyne Hunt
* Percy Hunt
* South Durham Hunt
* Tynedale Hunt
* West Percy Hunt
Yorkshire and the Humber
* Badsworth and Bramham Moor Foxhounds
* Bedale Hunt
* Bilsdale Hunt
* Cleveland Hunt
* Derwent Hunt
* Farndale Hunt
* Glaisdale Foxhounds
* Goathland and Glaisdale Hunt
* Goathland Foxhounds
* Holderness Hunt
* Hurworth Hunt
* Middleton Hunt
* Saltersgate Farmers Hunt
* Sinnington Hunt
* Staintondale Hunt
* Wensleydale Foxhounds
* West of Yore Hunt
* York and Ainsty North Hunt
* York and Ainsty South Hunt
* Zetland Hunt
Wales
Fox hunting with hounds in Wales is prohibited, with some exemptions, under the
Hunting Act 2004
The Hunting Act 2004 (c 37) is an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which bans the hunting of most wild mammals (notably Red fox, foxes, deer, European hare, hares and American mink, mink) with dogs in England and W ...
.
* Aber Valley Foxhounds
["Foxhounds in Wales"](_blank)
, ''Baily's hunting directory'', retrieved 21 December 2015.
* Banwen Miners Hunt
["Foxhounds in Wales"](_blank)
, ''Liam's hunting directory'', retrieved 21 December 2015.
* Brecon and Talybont Hunt
* Caerphilly & District Hunt
* Carmarthenshire Hunt
* Curre and Llangibby Hunt
* Cwrt Y Cadno Farmers Foxhounds
* David Davies Hunt
* Dwyryd Hunt
* Eryri (cwn Hela Eryi) Foxhounds
* Flint and Denbigh Hunt
* Gelligaer Farmers Hunt
* Glamorgan Hunt
* Gogerddan Hunt
* Golden Valley Hunt
* Gwendraeth Valley Hunt
* Irfon and Towy Hunt
* Llandeilo Farmers Hunt
* Llangeinor Pentyrch Foxhounds
* Llanwnnen Farmers Hunt
* Llanwrthwl Hunt
* Monmouthshire Hunt
* Nantcol Valley Foxhounds
* Pembrokeshire Hunt
* Pentyrch Hunt Club
* Sennybridge Farmers Hunt
* Cresselly Hunt
* Tanatside Hunt
* Teme Valley Hunt
* Tivyside Hunt
* Towy & Cothi Hunt
* Tredegar Farmers Hunt
* Vale of Clettwr Hunt
* Ystrad Taf Fechan Hunt
Scotland
Traditional-style fox hunting in Scotland is prohibited under the
Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002.
* Berwickshire Foxhounds
["Foxhounds in Scotland"](_blank)
, ''Baily's hunting directory'', retrieved 21 December 2015.
* Bewcastle Foxhounds
*
Duke of Buccleuch's Hunt
* Dumfriesshire and Stewartry Foxhounds
* Eglinton Hunt
* Fife Foxhounds
* Jed Forest Foxhounds
* Kincardineshire Foxhounds
* Lanarkshire and Renfreshire Foxhounds
* Lauderdale Foxhounds
* Liddesdale Foxhounds
* Strathappin Hunt
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where traditional fox hunting is legal.
* Dungannon Foxhounds
["Foxhounds in Ireland"](_blank)
, ''Baily's hunting directory'', retrieved 20 December 2015.
* East Down Hunt
* Iveagh Hunt
* Killutagh, Old Rock and Chichester Hunt
* North Down Hunt
"Foxhounds in Northern Ireland"
, ''Liam's hunting directory'', retrieved 21 December 2015.
* South Tyrone Hunt
See also
* Fox hunting
* Trail hunting
* Drag hunting
Drag hunting or draghunting is a form of equestrian sport, where mounted riders hunt the trail of an artificially laid scent with hounds.
Description
Drag hunting is conducted in a similar manner to fox hunting, with a field of mounted riders fol ...
* Clean boot hunting
* Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002
* Hunting Act 2004
The Hunting Act 2004 (c 37) is an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which bans the hunting of most wild mammals (notably Red fox, foxes, deer, European hare, hares and American mink, mink) with dogs in England and W ...
Notes and references
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