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
Chanticleer and the Fox Chanticleer and the Fox Chanticleer and the Fox is a fable that dates from the Middle Ages. Though it can be compared to Aesop's fable of The Fox and the Crow, it is of more recent origin. The story became well known in Europe because of its connection with several popular literary works and was eventually recorded in collections of Aesop's Fables from the time of Heinrich Steinhowel and William Caxton onwards. It is numbered 562 in the Perry Index. Because the tale of Chanticleer and the Fox enters into several mediaeval narrative masterworks, there has been considerable investigation into