Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Burningfold Polo Club plays on the Burningfold Manor estate on the Surrey-Sussex border. It has two polo fields and offers coaching and ponies for hire. Players from beginners to experienced can join matches and chukkas. The estate also runs a wedding and events venue.
The Holistic Horse & Pony Centre in Ockham, Surrey offers holistic riding lessons for adults and children. Lessons focus on new, nervous and novice riders and include grooming and tacking up to build a partnership with the horse; whips and spurs are not used. It is run by Wendy, a riding instructor with over 30 years of experience. It also offers equine assisted services and livery.
Beaufort Polo Club near Tetbury hosts polo for players from -2 to 18 goal and the Beaufort International. It offers coaching at all levels through the Beaufort Polo School. It also offers full and DIY livery with an indoor school, outdoor arena and six polo fields.
Jonty Evans Coaching is run by former Olympic event rider and BE Level 3 coach Jonty Evans near Broadway in the Cotswolds. He gives private lessons, group clinics and yard visits for eventing and showjumping. The yard has a small number of full and part livery spaces.
Equi-learning online provides online and in-person equestrian training. It runs online BHS care courses from Stage 1 to Stage 5 and private tutoring. It offers ridden coaching by video feedback or face to face. Freelance grooms and yard cover are also available.
Karen Joynson is a BHS Stage 4 senior coach and UKCC Level 3 coach in dressage, show jumping and eventing. She offers riding lessons and equestrian coaching. She has over 44 years of experience in equestrianism.
Louise Aram is a BHS Stage 4 Senior Coach and UKCC Level 3 equestrian coach with over 20 years in the industry. She specialises in nervous and novice riders. Her teaching focuses on correct foundations for horse and rider.
Campbell Stud and Riding Experiences is a riding centre near Bargoed below Gelligaer Common. It offers riding lessons for riders aged 5 and up and hacks of one to 2.5 hours. Introduction to pony sessions and stable management courses are available. Activity days include pony days and pub rides.
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.
Rein & Shine is a licensed riding school and livery yard at Buryhill Farm near Swindon. It offers riding lessons, simulator lessons, pony days and riding camps. Livery options include full, working and assisted livery. It runs a Hoof Club for young riders and stable management tuition for adults.
Cherry Tree Stables is a riding school at Dilton Marsh in Wiltshire. It offers riding lessons, pony club, activity days and summer camps. Lessons are booked through an online booking system.
Claire Lilley is a BHS approved coach teaching classical dressage near Devizes. She gives individual lessons and clinics on a freelance basis and online coaching via Zoom. She has written equestrian books and produced training DVDs and webinars. She is also a qualified psychotherapist.
South Wales Carriage Driving Centre near Swansea, run by Rowena Moyse, has offered horse-drawn carriages for over 46 years. It gives carriage driving lessons from beginner to advanced with horse and carriage supplied, and trains competition drivers. It also offers horse-drawn funeral carriages.
Dustyridge Equine Centre near Winkler, Manitoba, is run by four sisters with a background in 4-H. It offers riding lessons, trail rides, kids camps and equine assisted learning for groups and families. It also offers indoor and outdoor horse boarding with indoor and outdoor arenas.
Dinefwr Riding Centre is a family-run riding centre established in 1989 on over 140 acres of farmland. It offers private, shared and group lessons for children and adults of all levels, including riders with their own horses. Its horses range from beginner ponies to dressage schoolmasters, and it has an Equisimulator.
Rheidol Riding Centre is a BHS approved riding, training and examination centre in the Rheidol Valley near Aberystwyth. It has floodlit indoor and outdoor arenas, a showjumping and cross-country course, and trekking and hacking. It offers DIY, part and grass livery. It is run by Iola Evans, a BHS Intermediate Instructor.
Hill Farm Stables is a riding school and livery yard in Suffolk approved by the British Horse Society. It offers lessons, livery, Pony Club activities, children's pony parties and riding camps.
Nicky Harrison is a BHSAI instructor and BD competition rider on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. She gives dressage and flatwork lessons for riders of all levels, including clinics for riding and pony clubs. Her yard offers full, holiday and schooling livery and has a 60x20 metre arena.
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.
Bryngwyn Riding Centre is a family-run riding stables on the Powys and Herefordshire border, established in 1975. It offers riding lessons from age six, hacks and riding holidays. Its horses and ponies suit novices through to experienced riders.
Lorna Brown is a McTimoney animal therapist and Tellington TTouch practitioner based near Shipham and Winscombe. She treats horses and dogs with McTimoney therapy, massage and postural rehabilitation. She is also a BHS Accredited Professional Coach and offers riding lessons and Franklin Ball training for riders.
Liege Manor Equestrian Centre at Bonvilston in the Vale of Glamorgan offers riding lessons, starting with an assessment lesson for new riders. It runs a loan scheme so clients can have their own horse or pony. It also offers livery, birthday parties, children's activities and shows.
Dimlands Riding School is a family-owned riding school and livery yard near Llantwit Major, established in 1994. It is registered with the Association of British Riding Schools. It offers group, semi-private and private riding lessons and stable management lessons on its 34 horses and ponies.
Wickstead Farm Equestrian Centre near Highworth, Swindon offers riding instruction at all levels on its own ponies and horses, from age five upwards. Livery options range from DIY and part livery to full livery, in American barn and stone block stables. It also runs Pony Club activities and events, and on-site instructors are available.
