Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Netherton Equestrian near Bridge of Earn, Perthshire is a show centre and livery yard with an indoor arena. It hosts dressage and show jumping competitions and clinics, and has arena hire. Riding lessons are available for children and adults.
Ayrshire Equitation Centre near Ayr is a family run riding and livery centre established in 1953. It offers tuition and hacks for all levels, livery with 24/7 supervision, horses for sale and nationwide horse transport. It is approved by the Trekking and Riding Society of Scotland and has an on-site tack shop.
Easterton Farm Park at Mugdock near Milngavie has a licensed riding school and livery yard, built in 1991. BHS and UKCC qualified coaches teach riders of all ages and abilities. It offers full, assisted and DIY livery with indoor and floodlit outdoor arenas, and also has a farm park and café.
Bradshaw Road Stables & Riding School is in Honley near Holmfirth. It offers private and group lessons, hacks, pony days and pony parties. It also provides full, part and DIY livery, sales livery and breaking and schooling livery, and hosts shows.
Valley Farm Equestrian Centre in Shotteswell near Banbury is a family business set up in 1987 and run by Steph Faulkner. It is a BHS approved riding school and livery yard offering private and group lessons, and part to competition livery. It is a Pony Club centre and hosts dressage, show jumping and gymkhana competitions.
Toll Bar Equestrian is a riding school on the A15 between Lincoln and Sleaford. It offers private lessons for young children and adults and lessons on a RideSmart riding simulator. It also runs a saddle club, toddler sessions, pony parties and pony days.
Changing Equine Behaviour is run by Amy in Tow Law, Co. Durham, an Equitation Science practitioner. She offers horse behaviour consultations, private lessons, riding instruction, schooling and re-schooling. She also offers backing and re-backing of horses.
Bridge End Equestrian is a family-run, 5-star licensed equestrian centre on 22 acres in North Yorkshire. Its BHSAI instructor teaches children and adults in an indoor arena and paddock. It also runs a Pony Club, children's parties and livery.
Haggerston Riding Centre is a family-run business near Beal in Northumberland. It runs horse and pony rides and treks on beaches, fields and hills for novice to experienced riders. It has over 40 ponies and horses.
Happy Hooves Riding Centre is at Skelton Wood End near Penrith, Cumbria. It offers riding lessons, family hacks, equine therapy, stable management sessions and pony days for children and adults.
Beaumont Grange Farm Equitation Centre is a small yard with BHS qualified instructors and views of the Lake District. It gives lessons to riders of all ages and abilities and trains and schools horses and ponies. It is also a Pony Club centre and offers livery.
Mill Farm Riding School in Hazel Grove, Stockport, is a 5-star licensed riding school operating since 2005. It offers private and group lessons, hacks, treks, pony parties and pony days for riders aged 4 and up. It also offers full, working and DIY livery.
Stable Life at Dryden Farm near Selkirk runs equine facilitated wellness programmes for young people in the Scottish Borders. It also offers riding lessons, birthday parties, arena hire and livery.
Bank House Equestrian is a family-run equestrian centre at Little Salkeld near Penrith, Cumbria. It offers private and group riding lessons, hacks and full livery with indoor and outdoor arenas. It also has static caravans and a campsite.
Lads Lodge is a small family-owned riding centre near Carlisle, Cumbria, with over 30 years of experience. It offers livery, schooling, riding lessons for all ages and trekking. It also offers equestrian vaulting and summer camps.
The Horse Farm in Port-de-Bouc offers horse rides for all levels in small groups. It provides paddock, box and working livery, breaks young horses and breeds Quarter Horses and Paint Horses.
Ecuries Blessed Stables in Savigné-l'Évêque near Le Mans was created by Arnaud Randoin in 2017. It is a western riding centre offering lessons, livery and part livery on 14 hectares. It also breeds and sells horses.
Hopps Family Stables at Les Ecuries du Marais in Le Val-Saint-Germain offers group and private lessons for all levels, part livery and livery for owners. It also prepares riders for competition.
Peggy Paint Ranch in Brion, Maine-et-Loire, is a private stable on 11 hectares. It offers outdoor livery and part livery, lessons and horse work in western, classical and leisure riding, and equestrian shows. It also sells horses.
Peppertree Arcadia is an equestrian property in Arcadia, NSW, with stables, yards, an arena, round yard, horse walker and swimming facilities. It offers coaching for novice to advanced riders, specialising in showjumping, dressage and eventing. Paddock and stable agistment is available, with staff to train and exercise horses. It also runs race training programmes and a contracting arm that builds arenas and supplies GeoPro Footing.
Terrey Hills Riding School teaches riding together with horse care, handling and communication. It offers group lessons, after-school and holiday programmes and some private and horsemanship sessions.
Chapman Valley Horse Riding is a family run business near Sydney. It offers kids' rides, trail rides, experienced rides, cattle musters, adult horse camps and private rides, plus camping and equine assisted therapy.
International Boutique Riding School in Arcadia, NSW, is run by Anne-Katrin Liebe, a German equestrian coach. It teaches classical horsemanship and riding to all ages and levels and offers equine assisted therapy. It stands German Riding Pony stallions.
Calm Wood Equestrian Centre in Oakville in the Hawkesbury is run by owner and coach Diane Holden. It offers riding lessons, pony rides, school holiday camps, agistment, arena hire and clinics with visiting coaches.
