From a Grade II-listed Georgian house with deer stalking and a private golf course in Oxfordshire to a restored 17th-century hall with one mile of fishing rights in Yorkshire.
Ashiestiel, Clovenfords, Selkirkshire, Scottish Borders. An estate with a Grade A-listed house and more than 863 acres with salmon and trout fishing and pheasant, roe deer, duck and snipe shooting. 9 beds, 7 baths, 4 receps, 2 lodges, farmhouse, three cottages, farmland, mixed woodland. £5.5m Savills 0131-247 3720.
Barvas Estate, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. This estate has salmon and trout fishing, and shooting and stalking rights that extend to 34,200 acres. Traditional eight-bed lodge on the shores of Loch Barvas, bothy, two 3-bed cottages, 12.7 acres of grounds. £850,000 Savills 0131-247 3720.
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Baythorne Park, Baythorne, Essex. A Grade II-listed, 17th-century manor, with a pheasant, partridge and duck shoot. 8 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, study, domestic offices, cellars, tennis court, swimming pool, farmhouse, 5 cottages, farm buildings, parkland, river frontage, woodland, arable land, pasture, 676 acres. £11m Strutt & Parker 020-7629 7282.
The Golden Grove Estate, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales. A sporting estate with a sea-trout fishery, 10.5 miles of double-bank sea-trout and salmon fishing on the River Towy, 125 yards of single-bank fishing, and sporting rights over 3,366 acres. 3-bed farmhouse, traditional outbuildings, let cottage, farmyard buildings, stone barn.£5m Knight Frank 01285-659771.
Hanlith Hall, Hanlith, Kirkby Malham, near Skipton, North Yorkshire. An estate with a restored 17th-century hall. It has a pheasant and duck shoot and one-mile of fishing rights on the River Aire. Further sporting rights are available over an adjoining 2,053 acres. 8 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, two 3-bed cottages, 64 acres. £2.95m Knight Frank 01423-900621.
Baythorne Park, Baythorne, Essex.A Grade II-listed, 17th-century manor, with a pheasant, partridge and duck shoot. 8 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, study,domestic offices, cellars, tennis court, swimming pool, farmhouse, 5 cottages, farm buildings, parkland, river frontage, woodland, arable land, pasture, 676 acres. £11m Strutt & Parker 020-7629 7282.
Roaring Fork I, The Preserve at Boulder Hills, Rhode Island, US. A house with a private deck and access to 900 acres of the Preserve, which has dedicated areas for game-bird shooting, a clay course and a skeet field. 4 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, access to club house. $1.299m Mott & Chase Sotheby's International Realty +1 401 314 3000.
The Hunting Lodge, Hawkcombe, Porlock, Somerset. An Arts and Crafts-style former hunting lodge with a stable yard and riverside paddock. It has panelled rooms and open fireplaces. 5 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, study, galleried sitting room, river frontage on Hawkcombe Stream, 1 acre. £845,000 OnTheMarket.com 01643-238968.
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