List of fox hunts in the United Kingdom
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The following is a list of packs in the United Kingdom who participate in fox hunting, or who undertake alternatives such as drag hunting due to limitations imposed by legislation.

England

Fox hunting with dogs in England is banned, with some exemptions, under the Hunting Act 2004
Hunting Act 2004
The Hunting Act 2004 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The effect of the Act is to outlaw hunting with dogs in England and Wales from 18 February 2005...

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  • Albrighton Hunt
    Albrighton Hunt
    The Albrighton Hunt is a United Kingdom fox hunt, with hunting country of around 30-35 miles by within Shropshire and Staffordshire.-History:...

  • Albrighton Woodland Hunt
    Albrighton Woodland Hunt
    The Albrighton Woodland Hunt is a United Kingdom fox hunt, with hunting country of around 15 miles by 14 miles within Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands.-History:...

  • Ashford Valley Hunt
    Ashford Valley Hunt
    The Ashford Valley Hunt is a United Kingdom fox hunt, with hunting country in Kent, England.-History:The hunt was formed in 1873 from the combination of four private harrier packs, which amalgamated under a single master as the Ashford Valley Harriers, hunting predominantly hares but also...

  • Atherstone Hunt
    Atherstone Hunt
    The Atherstone Hunt is a United Kingdom fox hunt, with hunting country of around within Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire.-History:The Atherstone was established in 1815 in Witherley, and known as the Atherstone hounds...

  • Avon Vale Hunt
  • Axe Vale Hunt
  • Badsworth and Bramham Moor Foxhounds
  • Banwen Miners Hunt
  • Barlow Hounds
  • Bedale Hunt
  • Belvoir Hunt
  • Beaufort Hunt
    Duke of Beaufort's Hunt
    The Duke of Beaufort's Hunt is one of the oldest and largest of the fox hunting packs in England. It was founded by the 1st Duke of Beaufort in 1682 and under the auspices of this family...

  • Berkeley Hunt
    Berkeley Hunt
    The Berkeley Hunt is a fox hunt in the west of England. Its country lies in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, between Gloucester and Bristol.-History:...

  • Bewcastle Hunt
  • Bicester with Whaddon Chase Hunt
  • Bilsdale Hunt
  • Bilsdale Farmers' Hunt
  • Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt
  • Blankney Hunt
    Blankney Hunt
    The Blankney Hunt is a United Kingdom fox hunt, based in the village of Blankney, Lincolnshire, with hunting country of around by within Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.-History and masters:...

  • Border Hunt
    Border Hunt
    The Border Hunt is a United Kingdom fox hunt, with hunting country on the Scottish/English border. The Hunt is run by a committee under the joint mastership of Ian Hedley MFH, and his son, Michael Hedley MFH.-History:...

  • Braes of Derwent Hunt
  • Brecon and Talybont Hunt
  • Brocklesby Hunt
  • Burton Hunt
  • Cambridgeshire with Enfield Chace Hunt
  • Carmarthenshire Hunt
  • Cattistock Hunt
  • Cheshire Forest
  • Cheshire Hunt
  • Chiddingfold, Leconfield and Cowdray Hunt
  • Cleveland Hunt
  • Clifton-on-Teme Hunt
  • College Valley and North Northumberland Hunt
  • Cotley Hunt
  • Cotswold Hunt
  • Cotswold Vale Farmers
  • Cottesmore Hunt
    Cottesmore Hunt
    The Cottesmore Hunt, which hunts mostly in Rutland, is one of the oldest fox hunts in Britain. Its name comes from the village of Cottesmore where the hounds were kennelled.-History:...

  • Crawley and Horsham Hunt
    Crawley and Horsham Hunt
    The Crawley and Horsham Hunt is a United Kingdom fox hunt, with hunting country of around 23 miles by 20 miles within the ceremonial county of Sussex.-History:...

  • Croome and West Warwickshire Foxhounds
  • Cumberland Farmers Hunt
  • Cumberland Foxhounds
  • Curre and Llangibby
  • Cury Hunt
  • Cwrt Y Cadno Farmers Hunt
  • Dartmoor Hunt
  • David Davies Hunt
  • Derwent Hunt
  • Duke of Beaufort's Hunt
    Duke of Beaufort's Hunt
    The Duke of Beaufort's Hunt is one of the oldest and largest of the fox hunting packs in England. It was founded by the 1st Duke of Beaufort in 1682 and under the auspices of this family...

  • Dulverton Farmers Hunt
  • Dulverton West
  • Dumfriesshire and Stewartry Hunt
  • Dwyryd Hunt
  • East Cornwall Hunt
  • East Devon Hunt
  • East Essex Hunt
  • East Kent Hunt
  • East Sussex and Romney Marsh
  • Eggesford Hunt
  • Eglinton Hunt
  • Eryri Hunt
  • Essex and Suffolk Hunt
  • Essex Farmers and Union Hunt
  • Essex Hunt
  • Exmoor Foxhounds
  • Farndale Hunt
  • Fernie Hunt
  • Fife Foxhounds
  • Fitzwilliam Hunt
  • Flint and Denbigh Hunt
  • Four Burrow Hunt
  • Gelligaer Farmers Hunt
  • Glaisdale Hunt
  • Glamorgan Hunt
  • Goathland Hunt
  • Gogerddan Hunt
  • Golden Valley Hunt
  • Grafton Hunt
  • Grove and Rufford Hunt
  • Hampshire Hunt
  • Haydon Hunt
  • Heythrop Hunt
  • High Peak Hunt
  • Holcombe Hunt
  • Holderness Hunt
  • Hursley Hambledon Hunt
  • Hurworth Hunt
  • Isle of Wight Foxhounds
    Isle of Wight Foxhounds
    The Isle of Wight Foxhounds are a hunt based at Gatcombe. The Isle of Wight Foxhounds meet at least once a week from late summer to the end of March. The hunt welcomes followers either mounted or on foot. The masters are Mr A Blest, Mr Malcolm Purcell and Mr Liam Thom. The huntsman is Mr Rick...

  • Kimblewick Hunt
    Kimblewick Hunt
    The Kimblewick Hunt was formed in 2002 as the result of an anamalgamation of the Vale of Aylesbury with the Garth and South Berks hunts.The hunt, which kennels its hounds at Kimblewick, Buckinghamshire, hunts country in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire and...

  • Lamerton Hunt
  • Ledbury Hunt
  • Liddlesdale Hunt
  • Ludlow Hunt
  • Mendip Farmers Hunt
  • Meynell and South Staffs Hunt
  • Mid Devon Hunt
  • Middleton Hunt
  • Minehead Hunt
  • Monmouthshire Hunt
  • Morpeth Hunt
  • New Forest Hounds
  • North Cornwall Foxhounds
  • North Cotswold Hunt
  • North Herefordshire Hunt
  • North Ledbury Hunt
  • North Shropshire Hunt
  • North Staffordshire Hunt
  • North Tyne Hunt
  • The Oakley Hunt
  • Old Berkshire Hunt
  • Old Surrey Burstow and West Kent Hunt
    Old Surrey Burstow and West Kent Hunt
    The Old Surrey Burstow and West Kent Hunt is a United Kingdom fox hunt, with hunting country covering around 42 miles East to West and 30 miles North to South, within the counties of Surrey, Sussex and Kent.-History:...

  • Pendle Forest and Craven Hunt
  • Pennine Hunt
  • Percy Hunt
  • Portman Hunt
  • Puckeridge Hunt
    Puckeridge Hunt
    -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...

  • Pytchley Hunt
    Pytchley Hunt
    The Pytchley Hunt is a fox hunting 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 to form the Woodland Pytchley Hunt...

  • Quorn Hunt
    Quorn Hunt
    The Quorn Hunt, usually called The Quorn, established 1696, is one of the world's oldest fox hunting packs and claims to be the United Kingdom's most famous hunt...

  • Radnor and West Hereford Hunt
  • Royal Artillery Hunt
  • Saltersgate Farmers Hunt
  • Seavington Hunt
  • Silverton Foxhounds
  • Sinnington Hunt
  • Spooners and West Dartmoor Hunt
  • South Devon Hunt
  • South Dorset Hunt
  • South Durham Hunt
  • South Herefordshire Hunt
  • South Notts Hunt
  • South Shropshire Hunt
  • South Tetcott Hunt
  • South Wold Hunt
  • South and West Wilts Hunt
  • Southdown and Eridge Hunt
    Southdown and Eridge Hunt
    The Southdown and Eridge Hunt is a United Kingdom fox hunt, with hunting country within the counties of Sussex and Kent.-History:The Southdown and Eridge Hunt was formed on 1 May 1981 by the merger of the previously autonomous hunts, the Southdown Hunt and the Eridge Hunt.-Hunt Country:The hunt...

  • Staffordshire Moorland Hunt
  • Staintondale Hunt
  • Stevenstone Hunt
  • Suffolk Hunt
  • Surrey Union Hunt
  • Tanatside Hunt
  • Taunton Vale Hunt
  • Tedworth Hunt
  • Teme Valley Hunt
  • Tetcott Hunt
  • Thurlow Hunt
  • Tiverton Hunt
  • Tivyside Hunt
  • Torrington Farmers Hunt
  • Tynedale Hunt
  • United Pack
  • Vale of White Horse Hunt
  • Vine and Craven Hunt
  • Warwickshire Hunt
  • Waveney Hunt
  • West Street Tickham Hunt
  • West Norfolk Hunt
  • West of Yore Hunt
  • West Percy Hunt
  • West Somerset Hunt
  • West Street Tickham
  • Western Hunt
  • Wheatland Hunt
  • Wilton Hunt
  • Woodland Pytchley Hunt
    Woodland Pytchley Hunt
    The Woodland Pytchley Hunt is a fox hunting organisation based in Northamptonshire. The Pytchley Hunt country used to include areas of the Rockingham Forest but was split to form the Woodland Pytchley Hunt.-History:...

  • Worcestershire Hunt
  • York and Ainsty North Hunt
  • York and Ainsty South Hunt
  • Zetland Hunt

Wales

Fox hunting with dogs in Wales is banned, with some exemptions, under the Hunting Act 2004
Hunting Act 2004
The Hunting Act 2004 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The effect of the Act is to outlaw hunting with dogs in England and Wales from 18 February 2005...

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  • Banwen Miners Hunt
  • Brecon and Talybont Hunt
  • Carmarthenshire Hunt
  • Curre and Llangibby Hunt
  • Cwrt Y Cadno Farmers Hunt
  • David Davies Hunt
  • Dwyryd Hunt
  • Eryri Hunt
  • Flint and Denbigh Hunt
  • Gelligaer Farmers Hunt
  • Glamorgan Hunt

  • Gogerddan Hunt
  • Irfon and Towy Hunt
  • Llandeilo Farmers Hunt
  • Llangeinor Hunt
  • Llanwnnen Farmers Hunt
  • Monmouthshire Hunt
  • Pembrokeshire Hunt
  • Pentyrch Hunt

  • Sennybridge Farmers Hunt
  • Sir Watkin Williams-Wynns Hunt
  • South Pembrokeshire Hunt
  • Tivyside Hunt
  • Tredegar Farmers Hunt
  • Vale of Clettwr Hunt
  • Ystrad Taf Fechan Hunt

Scotland

Fox hunting with dogs in Scotland is banned under the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002
Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002
The Protection of Wild Mammals Act was passed by the devolved Scottish parliament in February 2002, making Scotland the first part of the United Kingdom to ban traditional fox hunting and hare coursing.-Passage of the Act:...

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  • Berwickshire Hunt
  • Border Hunt
    Border Hunt
    The Border Hunt is a United Kingdom fox hunt, with hunting country on the Scottish/English border. The Hunt is run by a committee under the joint mastership of Ian Hedley MFH, and his son, Michael Hedley MFH.-History:...

  • Duke of Buccleuchs Hunt
  • Dumfriesshire and Stewartry Hunt
  • Eglinton Hunt
  • Fife Foxhounds
  • Jed Forest Hunt
  • Kincardineshire Hunt
  • Lauderdale Hunt
  • Lanarkshire and Renfreshire Hunt
  • Liddesdale Hunt
  • Strathappin Hunt

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland remains the only part of the UK where fox hunting is legal.
  • East Down Hunt
  • Iveagh Hunt
  • Killutagh, Old Rock and Chichester Hunt
  • North Down Hunt
  • South Tyrone Hunt

See also

  • Fox hunting
    Fox hunting
    Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of followers led by a master of foxhounds, who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.Fox hunting originated in its current...

  • Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002
    Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002
    The Protection of Wild Mammals Act was passed by the devolved Scottish parliament in February 2002, making Scotland the first part of the United Kingdom to ban traditional fox hunting and hare coursing.-Passage of the Act:...

  • Hunting Act 2004
    Hunting Act 2004
    The Hunting Act 2004 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The effect of the Act is to outlaw hunting with dogs in England and Wales from 18 February 2005...

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