The Coachman Inn (N Yorks)

The Coachman “is located in the village of Snainton, on the edge of the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors…The venue is ideal for weddings, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Friends and Family Get-togethers, Office Parties,Christmas & New Year Celebrations, Hosting Charity Events.” Oddly the Coachman doesn’t include ‘hunt meets’ in that list. Odd, because the Inn is almost opposite the Derwent Hunt’s kennels and a quick search of the internet shows that the Coachman seems to offer itself to the Derwent on a regular basis – everything from hosting meets, an ‘Empty Saddles’ Dinner way back in 2012, all the way up to Hunt’s 2023 AND 2024 fundraising ‘Christmas Fayre’. A supporter emailed us in October 2024 confirming how hunt-centric the pub was, saying, “Had a meal there (didn’t know what it was at the time). When we went into the bar to pay it was full of people in hunting attire having a drink. Obviously they’d just been on a hunt. The pub is covered with pictures of fox hunting and hunters.” For those not familiar with the Derwent, this is the hunt caught on film by the Helmsley Monitors blatantly trespassing on Yorkshire Wildlife Trusts’ Chafer Wood Nature Reserve in early 2024.