Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Centre Équestre de Kervignon is a riding centre at Plobannalec-Lesconil in South Finistère. It offers riding activities and rides for beginners and experienced riders all year. It also has an owners' stable and a sales stable.
Les Écuries du Meurloir is a family-run equestrian centre in Ruminghem between Calais and Dunkirk. It runs riding lessons, holiday activities and offers horse boarding. It also has an online shop.
Les Écuries des Hauts Pays is an equestrian centre and pony club in Tangry, Pas-de-Calais. It offers riding activities for all levels, from first-timers to experienced riders. It is open every day.
Poney Club de Rombly offers riding on ponies and horses all year and during school holidays. It runs annual lessons and competitions. It also breeds ponies, with a stallion and broodmares.
Écuries de la Motte is an equestrian centre at Conteville-lès-Boulogne on 9 hectares. It has 70 boxes, two indoor arenas, two outdoor arenas and paddocks. It offers riding lessons and access to the nearby forest.
Le Domaine du Chardonant is a pony club in Renty, France. It teaches riding to children with a playful approach on ponies. It is affiliated to the French equestrian federation.
The Parc Équestre du Touquet-Paris-Plage is an equestrian centre run by Le Touquet&Co. It offers riding activities, events and box hire. It also offers year-round box livery with horses fed three times a day.
Écuries de la Hem in Polincove, Pas-de-Calais, offers horse boarding with services such as housing, training and daily turnout. It also offers schooling, riding lessons, and breeding and sales of horses.
Owl House Stables near Dover is a family-run BHS and ABRS approved riding school and Pony Club centre, founded in 1990. It has around 35 horses. Its charity JC Inspiring works with people through horses.
Cornilo Riding is a riding school at Sutton-by-Dover, Kent. It focuses on teaching basic equitation skills to riders of all levels. It also offers livery.
Whiteleaf Riding Stables at Teynham near Sittingbourne, Kent, offers lessons for children, adults and people with disabilities. It runs a weekend Pony Club, hacks and birthday parties. It also provides day services for the local council and schools.
Manston Riding Centre near Ramsgate, Kent, is run by the Evans family and has operated for 35 years. It offers lessons for all ages from 2 years under BHS II coach Laureen Evans. It also offers livery and has a tack shop.
Nelson Park Riding Centre is a licensed riding centre in Thanet, Kent, with six qualified instructors. It offers riding for all levels, school visits and a Changing Lives Through Horses programme. It also offers livery.
Freerein Riding Holidays is a trail riding centre in Mid Wales, operating since 1989. It offers self-guided and guided trail riding holidays on its own horses and ponies. Adult learn-to-ride trails are also available. Riders stay overnight at inns and B&Bs along the routes.
Ponderosa Equestrian Centre near Newport, South Wales, was established in 1989 and is BHS approved. It offers riding lessons for beginners to competitors. It also has a livery yard, events and arena hire.
Woolacombe Riding Stables is a BHS and Pony Club approved equestrian centre in North Devon. It offers rides across fields, hills, sand dunes and Woolacombe beach. It runs Pony Club and a Changing Lives Through Horses programme.
Green Farm Riding Stables is a family-owned riding stable near Swansea. It offers riding lessons with qualified instructors, Pony Club and trekking. The instructor holds BHS II qualifications.
Bristol Riding School is at Pilning in South Gloucestershire. It offers group and private lessons, pony days, summer camps, pony parties and SEND sessions. Owner Carrie has been a BHS AI since 2005.
1st Riding is a riding stables at Dean near Wells, Somerset. It offers one-on-one and group lessons from beginner to advanced for riders from age three. Its horses are selected for their temperament.
Judith Murphy is a BHS Accredited Professional Coach in Gloucestershire with over 30 years of experience. She coaches riders from beginners to advanced levels and is a BHS assessor. She offers private coaching, group lessons and clinics.
Harlequin Farm Stables is a licensed riding establishment at Kenny Hill, Suffolk, set on about 20 acres. It offers private, semi-private and group lessons, livery, pony days and BHS courses. It specialises in confidence building.
Newton Ferrers Equus is a riding centre at Newton Ferrers, Devon. It offers coaching, group classes, rides on woodland trails, Pony Club activities and a horse simulator. Riders from age 4 are accepted.
Diversity Horsemanship is run by Chelsea Kopachena, who has over 23 years of instructing and training experience. It offers riding lessons, horse training, horse boarding and haul-in arena use. It also has a rider fitness programme.
Ride like the Wind is an equestrian centre in Anola, Manitoba. It offers western, English and bareback riding lessons for novice to competitive riders. Horse and rider yoga classes are also offered. Some horses are available for sale or lease.
