List of beagle, harrier and basset packs of the United Kingdom

This is a list of beagle, harrier and basset hounds (hare hunting) packs of the United Kingdom, registered with either the Association of Masters of Harriers and Beagles, or the Masters of Basset Hounds Association. Prior to the 2004 Hunting Act, these packs either hunted hare, or in the case of some harrier packs, foxes. Hunts are now obliged to either practice trail hunting, hunt rabbits (as has been the case with many beagle packs[2]) or follow other exemptions set out in the Act.

The Royal Rock Beagles started in 1845 and were for some time the oldest pack in the UK.[1]

There are 59 beagle packs and 19 harrier packs in the UK registered with the AMHB. The packs are listed by regions of England

Beagles

South West England

• Britannia Beagles[3] – based at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth the pack dates back to 1878.[4]
• Chilmark and Clifton Foot Beagles[3]
• Dummer Beagles[3]
• Ilminster Beagles[3]
• Muddiford Beagles[5]
• North Devon Beagles
• Park Beagles[3][5]
• Pimpernell (Royal Signals) Beagles[3]
• Purbeck and Bovington Beagles[3][5]
• Royal Agricultural College Beagles[3]
• Severn Vale Beagles[3]
• Stoke Hill & North Dartmoor Beagles[3][5]
• Taw Vale Beagles[3]
• West Somerset Beagles[3]
• Wick and District Beagles[3]
• Wiltshire and Infantry Beagles[3]

West Midlands

• North Warwickshire Beagles[3][5]
• Shropshire Beagles[3]
• Warwickshire Beagles[3][5]
• Wyre Forest Beagles[3]

East Midlands

• Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire Beagles (DNS)[3]
• Oakley Foot Beagles[3]
• Per Ardua Beagles[3]
• Pipewell Foot Beagles[3]

South East England

• Blean Beagles
• Bolebroke Beagles[3]
• Brighton, Storrington, Surrey and North Sussex Beagles[3][5]
• Christ Church and Farley Hill Beagles[3]
• Clinkard Meon Valley Beagles[3][5]
• Eton College Beagles[3][5]
• Isle of Wight Foot Beagles[3][5]
• New Forest Beagles[3]
• North Bucks Beagles[3]
• Old Berkeley Beagles[3][5]
• Palmer Marlborough Beagles[3][5]
• Pevensey Marsh Beagles[3]
• Radley College Beagles[3][5]
• Sandhurst and Aldershot Beagles[3]
• Stowe Beagles[3]

East of England

• Norfolk Beagles Hound Club[3] (no hounds, other packs hunt country by invite)
• Stour Valley Beagles[3][5]
• Trinity Foot and South Herts Beagles[3][5]

Yorkshire and the Humber

• Airedale Beagles[3][5]
• Ampleforth Beagles[3]
• Catterick Beagles[3]
• Claro Beagles[3]
• Colne Valley Beagles[3][5]
• Ecclesfield Beagles[3]
• Holme Valley Beagles[3]
• Hunsley Beacon Beagles[3]
• Stokesley Farmer's Beagles[3][5]

North East England

• Newcastle & District Beagles[3][5]
• Weardale & Tees Valley Beagles[3][5]

North West England

• Black Combe Beagles[3]
• Bleasdale Beagles[3]
• Cheshire Beagles[3]
• Cumbria Beagles[3]
• Forest and District Beagles[3]

Northern Ireland

• Armagh and Richhill Beagles[6][7]
• Sunnyland Beagles[6]
• West Down Beagles[6]

Wales

• Emlyn Beagles[8][9]
• Glyn Celyn Beagles[8]
• Magor Moorland Beagles[8]
• Monmouthshire & Valley Beagles
• Royal Rock Beagles[9]
• Valley Beagles[8][9]

Harriers

South West England

• Axe Vale Harriers[10]
• Cotley Harriers
• Dart Vale & South Pool Harriers[10]
• Minehead Harriers[10]
• Modbury Harriers[10]
• Taunton Vale Harriers[10]
• Weston & Banwell Harriers[10]

East of England

• Cambridgeshire Harriers Hunt Club[10]
• Dunston Harriers[10]
• Easton Harriers[10]
• Granta Harriers[11]
• North Norfolk Harriers[10]
• Waveney Harriers[10][11]

Yorkshire and the Humber

• Rockwood Harriers[10][11]

North West England

• Holcombe Harriers[10][11]
• Pendle Forest & Craven Harriers[10]
• Vale of Lune Harriers[11]

West Midlands

• High Peak Harriers[10][11]
• Mr Elliot's Harriers[10]
• Mr Jonathan Elliott's Harriers[11]
• Ross Harriers[10][11]

Bassets

England

• Albany and West Lodge Bassets[12][13]
• De Burgh and North Essex Harehounds[12]
• East Lincs Basset Hounds[12][13]
• Fourshires Basset Hounds[12]
• Leadon Vale Basset Hounds[12]
• Marren Hunt[12]
• Ryeford Chase Rabbit Hounds[12]
• Westerby Basset Hounds[12][13]
• Woolaston Bassets[12]

Scotland

• Barony Bassets[14][15]

Wales

• Black Mountain Bassets[16]
• Marren Hunt[16]

See also

• Beagling
• Fox hunting
• List of bloodhound packs of the United Kingdom
• List of foxhound packs of the United Kingdom
• List of minkhound packs of the United Kingdom
• List of hound packs of Australia
• List of hound packs of Ireland
• List of hound packs of New Zealand

References

1. "Then & Now". The Independent. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
2. "Association of Masters of Harriers and Beagles-An Introduction to Beagling".
3. "Beagles of England" Archived 28 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Baily's hunting directory, retrieved 19 December 2015.
4. "Royal visitor welcomed", Torquay Herald Express, 1 August 2013
5. "Beagles of England", Liam's hunting directory, retrieved 19 December 2015.
6. "Beagles of Ireland" Archived 28 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Baily's hunting directory, retrieved 19 December 2015.
7. "Beagles of Northern Ireland", Liam's hunting directory, retrieved 19 December 2015.
8. "Beagles of Wales" Archived 28 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Baily's hunting directory, retrieved 19 December 2015.
9. "Beagles of Wales", Liam's hunting directory, retrieved 19 December 2015.
10. "Harriers of England" Archived 28 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Baily's hunting directory, retrieved 19 December 2015.
11. "Harriers of England", Liam's hunting directory, retrieved 19 December 2015.
12. "Bassets of England" Archived 28 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Baily's hunting directory, retrieved 19 December 2015.
13. "Bassets of England", Liam's hunting directory, retrieved 19 December 2015.
14. "Bassets of Scotland" Archived 28 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Baily's hunting directory, retrieved 19 December 2015.
15. "Bassets of Scotland", Liam's hunting directory, retrieved 19 December 2015.
16. "Bassets of Wales" Archived 28 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Baily's hunting directory, retrieved 19 December 2015.