Pennine Hunt

About This Hunt

Hunt Country The country in Lancashire and Yorkshire comprises that part of the Pennine Range not hunted by any other pack of foxhounds. It extends from Grassington and Pateley Bridge in the north to Longdendale and the Goyt Valley in the south. Centres: Slaidbury, Chorley, Todmorden, Stalybridge, Glossop, Huddersfield and Bamford.

Hunt History The Hunt was formed in 1964 as a subscription pack to assist farmers and keepers in the control of hill foxes on this high, desolate Pennine Range. The pack, now of the Hunt's own breeding on Blencathra lines, hunts the extensive fell tops, affording spectacular foot hunting. The Hunt was officially recognized by the M.F.H.A. in February 1976 and a considerable amount of country was registered. The first professional Huntsman, Chris Wood, started work in the spring of 1982. Huntsman Paul Whitehead moved to the Lunesdale in 1991. In 1998 Paul Steel followed Glen Westmoreland (at the London Hunt, Ontario) to Canade, and and went to hunt the Ottowa Valley hounds.

Secretary: H. Thackeray.