Multi-discipline yards, arena hire and hacking — a base for everything you ride.
Polegate Equestrian Centre is a riding school near Eastbourne offering individual and group lessons in a purpose-built manege. It also offers escorted off-road hacks of over two hours. It provides pony parties and pony rides at events, and runs show jumping and dressage competitions.
Petley Wood Equestrian Centre is a family-run equestrian centre near Battle, East Sussex. It offers arena and course hire. It hosts shows and training events with online entries.
Bigberry Farm near Canterbury, Kent, offers 5 and 7 day full livery. Facilities include stables, individual turnout, a 60x30m outdoor arena, a wash bay and show jumps. Its cross country course can be hired for sole use.
Red Hill Farm Gallops near Bromyard offers gallops and facilities for horse riders. Riders can bring their horses to use an all-weather carpet fibre gallop. An indoor school with jumps is also available.
Goodwood Racecourse is on the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex. Its Glorious Goodwood race meeting has been held since 1902. The estate also hosts motorsport events, golf and a hotel.
Pepperwood Park in King’s Somborne near Winchester is the base of international dressage rider and trainer Karen Shepherd. It focuses on dressage and eventing training with a small number of bespoke liveries. Facilities including gallops, a showjump arena, an outdoor dressage arena and an indoor school can be hired, and lessons and clinics are offered.
Bonfleur is a cross country schooling course in Kent with easy access from the M20. It has over 120 fences across five height courses from 1'6 to 3'6, including a water complex, ditches, banks, coffins and trakehners. The course is hired on a per horse basis and booked online.
Poplar Park Equestrian Centre near Woodbridge, Suffolk, offers private, shared and class riding lessons in flatwork, pole work, jumping, cross-country and TREC. It is family-run, and the family also organises the Poplar Park Horse Trials. Facilities can be hired.
Duckhurst Farm is a family-run equestrian centre established in 1980. It sells horses and ponies imported from Ireland, runs a large livery yard and holds show jumping competitions at its indoor show centre through the winter. Arena hire and weekly clear round evenings are also offered.
Blackberry Farm Park is a family farm park in Whitesmith, East Sussex. It offers pony rides for children and farm and pony birthday parties. Visitors can also meet farm animals and use play areas.
Blindley Heath Horse Trials is a horse trials event near Lingfield, Surrey. It includes the BE Regional Championships. The venue has dressage and show jumping areas and cross country courses for first timers and experienced combinations.
Little Trotters Pony Parties runs children's pony parties and experiences at Little Trotters Farm in Chobham. Children can meet, groom and ride Shetland ponies, and woodland parties are offered. The farm began as a small rescue sanctuary for donkeys and still takes in rescues. Riders must be under 7.5 stone and 5ft.
Hall Place Equestrian Centre was established in 1964 in the Berkshire countryside and is approved by the British Horse Society. It offers riding lessons for children, families and adults, pony days, holidays and a summer residential camp. It also runs pony birthday parties and tiny tots sessions and has an on-site saddlery.
Pony Patrol brings ponies to weddings, birthday parties, school events, village fetes and care homes. It is run by Megan and Eloise in Monmouthshire. It does not offer pony rides. Visits can be booked by phone, email or the website form.
Checkendon Equestrian Centre near Reading is a BHS approved riding school, livery yard and competition centre established for over 35 years. It offers lessons, hacking, pony days, birthday parties and BHS training. It runs dressage, show jumping and gymkhana competitions. Equine massage and body work are also available.
Boomerang Stables is a training and schooling venue at Chilton Foliat near Hungerford, West Berkshire. It has a showjumping arena, a dressage arena, a 20x60 all-weather arena and a cross-country schooling course for hire. It runs clinics and offers DIY livery.
Lyneham Heath Equestrian in Lyneham, Oxfordshire, offers a cross-country course and an all-weather arena for hire, booked online. It also hosts clinics, coaching and group bookings. There is a wash-down bay and ample parking.
Dyfed Shire Horse Farm is a visitor attraction on a working family farm in Pembrokeshire. Shire horses have been bred on the farm since 1981. Several of its horses have become drum horses with the Household Cavalry. The farm opens to visitors from March to October and also has a campsite.
Ffos Las Racecourse is a horse racing venue in Carmarthenshire, opened in 2009. It stages Flat racing in summer and National Hunt racing the rest of the year. It also hosts raceday events and private hire functions.
Aberhall Equestrian is an equestrian venue at St Owen's Cross in South Herefordshire. It hires out a 45m x 65m floodlit all-weather arena by the hour. It hosts unaffiliated show jumping, shows and clinics.
Grove House Farm Equestrian at Spexhall in north Suffolk has two competition-quality arenas that can be booked online or hired for shows and events. It also offers livery managed by Laura Meadows. The site has lorry parking and a spectator area.
Usk Show is a one-day agricultural show held by Usk Farmers' Club every September since 1844. It includes a horse show and show jumping competitions alongside livestock, horticulture and homecraft sections. Displays in the main ring have included the Shetland Pony Grand National. Over 300 traders attend each year.
The Grange Trekking Centre is a family-run pony trekking and riding centre in the Black Mountains, established in 1957. It uses about 45 Welsh ponies and cobs on routes for all abilities. Accommodation with home cooking is available.
Tregoyd Mountain Riders offers riding holidays, hacks and pony trekking on the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons. The trekking centre was started in 1958. It also lists livery and accommodation.
