Clay Shooting Guides
Straightforward introductions to clay targets, first visits, formats, costs and competitions.
Get to know clay shooting before you go.
These guides are for beginners and curious visitors who want to understand the sport before attending a shooting ground. Start with the basics, explore a format or use the planning guides to ask better questions about a visit.
They explain the wider UK sport. They are not firearm-handling lessons, individual participation advice or a substitute for an organiser’s instructions. Sources are listed with each guide; confirm your own session arrangements with the ground.
Start here
What Is Clay Pigeon Shooting?
Understand the targets, the terminology and the difference between a recreational visit and a competition.
Read the guide →
Clay Pigeon Shooting for Beginners
What to expect, what to wear and what to ask before a first clay-shooting visit.
Read the guide →Formats
Planning your visit
Ready to explore a first visit?
Clough Head’s beginner sessions are usually arranged on Saturdays or Sundays before or after scheduled shoots, by prior arrangement. The ground is on Bacup Road near Todmorden.