The Berkeley Hunt's establishment is said to have been, in its (18th century) day, one of the largest and most important the world has ever known.

The "hill country" above Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge is hunted mainly in March and early April, and adjoins the Duke of Beaufort's estate.

This wide range of activity may have begun by the Berkeleys taking their hounds to London each year.

[3] In the late 18th century, the fifth Earl of Berkeley lost most of his land in and around Middlesex.

Gerrards Cross and Cranford retained the old livery and became known as the Old Berkeley Hunt.