Kirby Bellars Hall in the Main Street, opposite to Hunters Rise, is used for many local purposes and can seat 150 people. The pub is called 'The Flying Childers' after the undefeated 18th century racehorse. In Gaddesby Lane are the kennels of the Quorn Hunt, which claims to be the most famous fox hunt in the United Kingdom. Near the village is a wetland area called Priory Lakes, where the Leicestershire Wildfowler's Association has its office. The 'Kirby Bellars Group of Artists' has existed since the 1980s and includes professional artists as well as amateurs. Kirby Bellars Kirby Bellars is a village
The Fox Hunt (painting) The Fox Hunt (painting) The Fox Hunt is an 1893 oil on canvas painting by Winslow Homer. It depicts a fox running in deep snow, menaced by hungry crows. His largest single work, it has been described as "Homer's greatest Darwinian painting, arguably his greatest painting of any kind." "The Fox Hunt" was painted in Homer's studio at Prouts Neck, Maine during the winter of 1893. The painting depicts a fox foraging for food, who is in turn being hunted by crows driven to predation by hunger. At left several sprigs of red berries breach the snow, and in the