The Woodland Pytchley Hunt is a 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...

 organisation based in Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

. The 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...

 country used to include areas of the Rockingham Forest

Rockingham Forest

Rockingham Forest is a former Mediæval royal hunting forest in the East Midlands region of England; most of which was in the county of Northamptonshire but also extended slightly into the neighbouring counties of Leicestershire and Lincolnshire .The forest originally stretched from Stamford down...

 but was split to form the Woodland Pytchley Hunt.

History

In 1931 it became an entirely independent hunt.

In 2005, hunting with dogs was banned, however the hunt continues to exist.

The Country

The Woodland Pytchley hunt country covers about 20 miles East to West and 18 miles North to South. The furthest point to the North West is Market Harborough

Market Harborough

Market Harborough is a market town within the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.It has a population of 20,785 and is the administrative headquarters of Harborough District Council. It sits on the Northamptonshire-Leicestershire border...

. The village of Bulwick

Bulwick

Bulwick is a village and civil parish in the East Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 152 people. It is about six miles north-east of Corby, and is just off the A43 road. The Willow Brook runs through the village....

 is the furthest point to the East where it borders the Fitzwilliam and Cottesmore hunts, and Irthlingborough

Irthlingborough

Irthlingborough , originally called Artleborough, is a small town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England with a population of 6,179 people according to the 2001 census. It is the smallest town in England to have possessed a league association football team, Rushden & Diamonds. The parish...

is the furthest point south.