Region guide

Shooting and Sporting Hotels in Wales

Wales is quieter sporting country than its English neighbours, and that is the point. The high country of Powys and the borders is famous for extreme pheasant — birds driven off the side of a hill that arrive at the gun very high indeed. The valleys hold mixed days, snipe in the bogs, and woodcock as winter sets in. Add the rivers and a long coastline, and Wales offers a sporting trip with a different character: harder country, smaller teams, and weather that tells you where you are.

A Welsh hotel for a sporting trip should sit close to the hills, take dogs without fuss, and understand that guns may arrive late and wet. The reward is a quieter dining room and a country to wake up to.