Montreal Sporting

Guns at The Montreal Estate can look forward to a full field-to-fork shooting day combining well-run driven sport with high-quality countryside hospitality. The day includes a warm welcome, full English breakfast, safety briefing, and a series of carefully managed drives. Elevenses are served mid-morning with hot drinks, seasonal snacks, champagne and sloe gin, followed by a relaxed four-course lunch prepared by our estate chef using seasonal, locally sourced Kent produce where possible, including Estate meat and game. Throughout the day, guests can enjoy a carefully curated selection of complimentary refreshments, ensuring a seamless and relaxed experience from arrival to finish.

Guns shooting at The Montreal Estate can expect a varied and sporting mix of driven pheasant and partridge, designed to offer both challenge and enjoyment throughout the day. The pheasants are presented on well-planned drives that can produce strong, high birds depending on wind and conditions, offering testing but fair shooting for all abilities. The partridge are driven over the mouth of the Darenth Valley, providing fast, clean and consistent sporting birds for all guns, with pace and presentation that reward quick reactions and good shooting. The combination of both species ensures a balanced day with a mix of height, speed, and classic driven sport across varied terrain.

Set in the beautiful Kent Downs, an area of outstanding natural beauty, the village of Ide Hill is 800ft above sea level, making it one of the highest villages in Kent that offers some of the best topography in the South East compromising of rolling grass valleys, well established woodland and cover crop drives.

Our conservation efforts include some of the best practice in our field with the estate woodland being extremely well managed and consequently being asked to host the RFS this year. Moreover, wild bird mix covers have now been introduced in places in lieu of maze on top of the multiple land stewardships the estate participates in. In addition to this, the keeping team are always encouraged to enable and promote conservation, with one of the highlights this year being the successful breeding of multiple owlets from various pairs using estate owl boxes.

The estate has been privately owned since 2012, with the owners having strong local connections and a long-standing commitment to the area. They take great pride in the development of the Estate and Shoot over the years and enjoy sharing the story of its journey with guests. The day is hosted by the owners alongside a dedicated concierge, ensuring a welcoming and personal service throughout.

The The Montreal Estate is a privately owned Kent Estate developed with a focus on delivering high-quality driven shooting and hospitality experiences. Set on varied rolling ground on the edge of the Darenth Valley, the landscape naturally lends itself to well-presented pheasant and partridge drives, offering both height and pace depending on conditions. The Estate has been carefully improved to create consistent, enjoyable sporting days, supported by strong organisation, safe shooting, and a seamless guest experience from arrival to finish. With easy access from London, it provides a convenient yet authentic countryside setting where attention to detail, hospitality, and quality of sport are at the centre of every shoot day.