Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Angel Riding Centre is a riding school for riders of all ages and abilities at Morton Lane Equestrian Centre. It offers riding lessons, pony club activities, birthday parties, holiday activities and horse care experiences.
Northside Cottages and Equestrian is a family-run British Horse Society Approved Centre in County Durham. It offers livery for 15 horses alongside its own herd, with indoor and outdoor arenas, a horse solarium and paddocks. An approved coach gives lessons for a range of ages and abilities. Visitors can also stay in two holiday cottages and bring their own horse.
Tilery Equestrian Centre near Ponteland is a BHS approved riding school and livery yard. It is affiliated with Pony Club, Hoof and the Riding for the Disabled Association. It offers lessons from age four and full, part and DIY livery.
Firtree Farm Riding School is a family-run riding school in Forest Hall. It offers horse riding and carriage driving lessons for adults and children from beginner to advanced.
Washington Riding Centre is a BHS approved riding centre in Washington, Tyne and Wear, run by Tyne & Wear RDA. It provides riding lessons for children and adults, including those with disabilities and special educational needs. It is a registered charity.
Newark Equestrian is a 5-star licensed riding school, training centre and livery yard in Balderton, Newark. It offers lessons in dressage, cross country and showjumping, hacking and pony days. It is a registered Pony Club centre with an adult riding club.
Stepney Bank Stables is a charity riding centre whose mission is to improve young people's wellbeing through caring for and riding horses. It is approved by the BHS, ABRS and Pony Club. It offers riding lessons, horse care sessions, mechanical horse sessions and birthday parties.
Pockerley Equestrian is a BHS approved riding school and livery yard at Beamish, Co. Durham. It is run by Tracey O'Donnell, a BHS Level 4 senior coach. It offers private and group lessons and hacks.
Parklands Equestrian Centre near Sheffield is a family business started over 30 years ago. It runs a riding school, livery and BHS and NVQ training. Its shop sells saddles, feed, bedding and supplements, and lorry and trailer hire is available.
North Lizard Riding School is in Marsden, South Shields. It offers private, group and children's riding lessons, pony treks and coastal rides. Livery services and a tack shop are also offered.
Bowes Manor Equestrian Centre in Birtley, Gateshead, was founded over 40 years ago by Stephen Gair. It runs a riding school with group and private lessons and a DIY livery yard. Facilities include indoor and floodlit outdoor arenas, and it hosts show jumping events.
Friars Hill Riding Stables is at Sinnington on the edge of the North York Moors. It offers riding lessons, hacks, pony games and a Pony Club. Livery and facility hire are also available.
Sinderhope Pony Trekking Centre near Allendale, Northumberland, offers escorted treks over moorland from one hour to all day. It gives group lessons in an indoor arena, which can also be hired.
Stephanie McDearmid is a BHS coach and freelance riding instructor in the North East of England. She covers Sunderland, Tyneside, County Durham, Teesside and Northumberland, with lessons including dressage.
Shy Lowen Horse and Pony Sanctuary near Liverpool rescues equines and retrains or rehomes them. It offers equine assisted therapy for schools and groups, facilitator training, an ethical riding school and pony days. Local children help care for and train the horses.
DJ Appaloosa Ranch in Lignol, Morbihan, is run by Jocelyne and Didier Boivin. It breeds and sells Appaloosa and Quarter Horses and offers stud services. It also offers field and box livery and western riding courses.
Brampton Stables is a BHS and ABRS approved riding school in Church Brampton near Northampton. It offers private, semi-private and group lessons for children and adults, escorted hacks and Pony Club activities. Facilities include an outdoor floodlit manège and an indoor school.
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.
