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About England

Whether you shoot driven game as a group or an individual, shooting in England can provide you with the best driven bird shooting in the world.

The UK is the spiritual home of driven bird shooting. Nowhere else in the world is there to be found the combination of superb birds and tradition that elevates a sporting experience into a unique social occasion.

High curling driven pheasants rocketing downwind over deep wooded valleys, driven partridges flaring over high hedges or driven grouse contouring over heathery slopes are the stuff of shooting dreams.

Our policy of involving ourselves only with the best driven shooting estates guarantees that a combination of promising terrain and excellent management will provide consistently good sport. So, whether your dream consists of driven partridge shooting over steep sided ravines, high driven pheasants in Devon or Yorkshire, driven grouse in Northern England or the classic downland shoots of Southern England, guns can rest assured that we have access to the very best driven bird shooting estates in England.

Key facts about England

Season

Grouse - 12th August - 10th December

Partridges - 1st September - 1st February

Pheasants - 1st October - 1st February

Weather

Maritime climate, ranging from 20°C in September down as low as freezing point in December and January.

Currency

Pound Sterling - GBP (£)

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