Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Riding Farm Equestrian Centre near Tonbridge, Kent has been a riding school and livery yard since 1993. It offers private, semi-private and group lessons for children and adults, loan livery and premium livery on 74 acres. Facilities include two floodlit arenas and show jumps.
Colgrain Equestrian Centre near Cardross, Dumbarton is a family-run livery yard. Liveries have use of arenas, jumps, a horse walker, wash and solarium, and a resident equine dental technician. Lessons are given by coach Fiona Spy, a BHSII, and the centre holds clinics with visiting coaches.
Devine Equine near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal is run by Mary Devine, a Horse Sport Ireland Level 2 coach and accredited therapeutic riding coach. It offers therapeutic horse riding, individual and group lessons and a private livery yard. Mary also provides equine rehabilitation, Equine Touch therapy and bit fitting.
Pen-Llyn Lusitano on the Llŷn Peninsula in Wales offers classical dressage lessons on trained Lusitano and Spanish PRE horses. Lessons take place in an indoor arena with mirrors, and mountain hacks are also offered. Its horses have appeared in films and commercials.
Aire View Equestrian Centre in Keighley is a family-run riding school and livery yard with over 50 horses. It offers lessons for all ages, hacks and treks, day camps and full, part and DIY livery. It also provides schooling, breaking and show production, and indoor arena hire.
Carrington Riding Centre is a family-run, BHS approved riding school near Manchester with a five-star licence. It offers private and semi-private lessons for riders aged ten and over. It was rated Highly Commended in its 2026 BHS inspection.
Red Earth Equestrian Centre in Turton, Bolton is a five-star licensed riding school opened in 2006. It offers private and group lessons for riders aged nine and over, own-your-own-pony days and hacking. It also trains riders on their own horses, hires out its arena and has an equine rehabilitation centre.
Carrowholly Stables & Trekking Centre is a family-run riding centre 3 miles from Westport, Co. Mayo. It offers beach rides, trail rides, lessons, pony camps and group parties for riders of all levels. It is A.I.R.E. and Fáilte Ireland approved.
Les Ecuries des Mûriers is an equestrian centre and pony club in Marquette-lez-Lille. It offers lessons from baby pony to competition riders, holiday courses and boarding for horses and ponies.
Écurie Magne in Verlinghem, 10 minutes from Lille, is an owners' livery yard with a pony club. It offers boarding with three meals a day, lessons with qualified instructors and horse exercising. The pony club is called Les Poneys de la Marotte.
Ecuries Stéphanie Charlet is an equestrian centre in Cysoing. It offers group, private, baby pony, multi-discipline and competition lessons for all ages and levels. It also provides boarding and lists horses for sale.
L'Arche Équiloisirs is an equestrian centre in Erquinghem-le-Sec near Lille. It offers riding lessons with qualified instructors, Galop exams and disciplines including dressage, jumping, cross, vaulting and baby pony. It has a 40 x 20 metre indoor arena and welcomes horse owners.
Professional Equine Services is an equestrian centre near Kneesall, North Nottinghamshire run by Andrew Hepburn. It offers livery services and rider training tailored to each horse and owner. It also runs events.
Bellgrove Stud Farm is a small livery yard at Upchurch near Rainham, Kent, with stabling for 10 horses. It offers part and full livery with paddocks and residential staff. Riding lessons, riding school parties and functions are also available.
Tathren Stud and Riding School is in Glossodia in the Hawkesbury district of NSW, about an hour from Sydney. It offers private and group riding lessons from nervous beginners to competitors on school horses from its own breeding program. It also stands stallions at stud and holds on-site competitions.
Drummindoo Stud near Westport, Co. Mayo is a family run equestrian centre founded in 1963. It offers horse riding and trail rides, livery, horse training and sales, Monty Roberts horsemanship and horse drawn carriage rides. Three generations of the family run the business.
Clonalvy Stables on the Dublin/Meath border was established in 2023 by Joy, a BHS qualified instructor. It specialises in therapeutic horse riding and equine-assisted activities for children with additional needs. Sessions are one-to-one or in groups and tailored to each child.
Laurel View Equestrian Centre in Templepatrick, Co. Antrim, offers group horse riding lessons, pony days and BHS training courses. It runs a Pony Club and dressage leagues and shows.
Kenmure Riding School & Livery Yard is a family-run business with over 40 years of experience. It teaches riders of all ages and abilities and offers livery.
Gransha Equestrian Centre between Bangor and Newtownards was established by Adrienne Stuart over 30 years ago. It is a BHS approved riding school and livery yard with about 50 stables. It runs lessons, dressage and other events.
Bespoke Equestrian Ireland runs horseback riding holidays in Northern Ireland from Sheans Horse Farm. It offers rides from 1 hour to 12 days on Irish Cobs and Irish Sport Horses, including beach and castle rides. Horses and ponies are also sold.
Sheans Horse Farm is a family-run 5-star riding centre on a 300-acre farm at Armoy, Co. Antrim. It offers riding lessons, treks, hacks, cross-country, coastal and hill rides and picnic rides. Horses are also offered for sale.
Blackdyke Farm in Cumbria is a riding school and competition centre run by John and Anne Collier for over 30 years. It has over 40 horses and ponies, offers lessons from age 7 and stable management training, and runs dressage and showjumping competitions.
Seacliff Stables near North Berwick, East Lothian, is a family-run riding centre. It offers rides on private land for riders from age 4, private sessions and carriage driving, on mostly home-bred horses.
