Who has banned hunting on their land?
We need to consider whether they have:
- Banned all hunting with hounds
- Banned trail hunting
- Withdrawn permission from a particular hunt
- Restricted hunting in particular areas or under particular circumstances
See our table below, to find out who has banned what, and how.
Landowner / land manager |
Area |
What they have done |
Hunt / activity affected |
| National Trust | England & Wales | No longer issues licences for trail hunting or exercising hounds. Only drag hunting is licensed. | Trail hunting / hound exercise (National Trust) |
| Natural Resources Wales | Wales | Trail hunting banned/suspended on NRW land. | Trail hunting (Hansard) |
| Forestry England | England | Trail hunting is currently suspended across the nation’s forests. | Trail hunting (Forestry England) |
| United Utilities | North West England | No longer issues licences to trail-hunting groups. | Trail hunting (United Utilities) |
| Lake District National Park Authority | Cumbria | Trail-hunting licences are suspended. The Authority does not permit fox hunting on its land. |
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| Malvern Hills Trust | Worcestershire | Trail hunting licences suspended/banned. | Trail hunting |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | Cheshire | Council-owned land placed under a policy banning trail hunting. | Trail hunting |
| Peterborough City Council | Cambridgeshire | Council voted to ban trail hunting on public land. | Trail hunting |
| Stroud District Council | Gloucestershire | Council policy prevents hunting with dogs on council-owned land. | Hunting with dogs |
| North York Moors National Park Authority | North Yorkshire | Trail-hunting permissions on the Authority’s Levisham Estate were ended. | Trail hunting / Saltersgate Farmers Hunt |
| Ramsbury Estates | Wiltshire / Berkshire / Hampshire | Hunting was stopped across the estate. | Hunting |
| Miserden Estate | Gloucestershire | Cotswold Hunt prohibited from using the estate. | Cotswold Hunt |
| Bromyard Downs Commoners | Herefordshire | Commoners voted to prevent the Herefordshire & Clifton Hunt accessing the Downs. | Hunting |
| Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | Trail-hunting licences were halted. This should currently be described as a restriction/cessation rather than a confirmed permanent ban. (UKPOL) | Trail hunting |
