Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Calder Farm Riding Stables is a small riding school on Calder Road, Lincoln. It offers riding and stable management lessons on quiet horses and ponies, with a focus on new and nervous riders. Lessons last 30 minutes in an outdoor arena, with 15-minute preschool lessons, and hats, body protectors and boots are provided free.
Bulby Equestrian Centre near Bourne, Lincolnshire, opened in 1999 as a competition livery yard and became a BHS Approved Riding School. It offers group and private riding lessons for all ages and abilities, from age two upward. As a registered Pony Club Centre it runs Pony Club tests, Saddle Club activities and pony parties.
Woolcroft Equine Services is a family-run business in Leverington near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, opened in 2005. It runs a saddlery shop for horse and rider and a saddle fitting service by SMS qualified saddle fitters, including Master Saddler Mark Fisher. Diana Fisher, a UKCC level 2 coach, gives riding lessons on a floodlit all-weather menage and takes horses for training on full livery.
DK Carriage Horses is a family business in the Vale of Belvoir near Grantham, run by Danny and Sarah Kendle. It provides horse-drawn carriage hire for weddings, funerals, proms and private rides with its Gelderlander and Lipizzaner warmblood horses. Danny, a professional driver since 2007, also teaches carriage driving lessons from harnessing up to driving on quiet lanes.
Bennington Carriages in Long Bennington, Nottinghamshire, designs, builds and maintains horse-drawn carriages for pleasure and competition driving. Its Carriage Driving Academy offers driving experiences for novice to advanced drivers. It also supplies Zilco harness and a full range of carriage driving accessories, sold online or by phone.
Low Woods Farm in Leicestershire is home to British event rider Emilie Chandler. Emilie is a UKCC Level 3 qualified coach working with riders of all levels, and the yard offers bespoke livery packages for competition horses and livery clients. Residential training stays are available with on-site stabling and accommodation, individually tailored training and off-horse coaching.
MW Horses is a riding stable at Novell Stables in Costock. It offers riding lessons for riders from three years old at beginner, intermediate and advanced level. One-on-one and group lessons are available, along with jumping lessons for those considering competing. The stables also run social events including in-house dressage and jumping competitions.
Scropton Horse Centre is home to Scropton Riding for the Disabled near Derby, an RDA member group and BHS approved riding school. It offers riding, horse care and horse agility for adults and children, with a focus on people with physical, learning, sensory and other additional needs. The centre also runs 'have a go' showjumping sessions and arena hire.
Ingestre Stables is a riding school in a stable yard built in 1886 on the Ingestre estate in Staffordshire. It offers private, shared private and group lessons from complete beginners to advanced riders aged 12 and over. All coaches are qualified, and the team includes Fellows of the BHS; staff and students work towards BHS qualifications.
Tor Fenwick Dressage is the competition yard of international dressage rider Tor Fenwick in Market Drayton, Shropshire. She specialises in developing young horses and offers livery from part livery to full competition livery, private lessons and clinics. Facilities include 20 American barn-style stables, an all-weather gallop, a floodlit manege, an indoor lunge ring and a horse walker.
Smeltings Farm Riding Centre is a family-run BHS and ABRS approved riding school and livery yard on the outskirts of Sheffield, established in 1986. It holds a 5 star riding school licence. Facilities include an indoor arena, an all-weather outdoor arena, a lunge pen and a hacking track. It is also a registered centre for the BHS Changing Lives through Horses scheme.
Cloughfields Equestrian Centre is a BHS approved full, part and DIY livery yard in the north of Sheffield, bordering the Rivelin Valley. It was a BHS Highly Commended yard in 2024. Cloughfields Riding School, alongside the centre, offers riding lessons to riders of all abilities. It also runs Changing Lives Through Horses.
Lily Lodge Riding School is an equestrian centre in High Green, Sheffield, serving riders and horse owners since 2014. It offers riding lessons for learners aged three and up and pony parties for children. Livery options range from DIY to working, part and full seven-day livery. Hacks can also be booked.
CM Sporthorses is an equestrian coaching business based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, founded by Christie, a BHS Accredited Professional Coach. It offers private lessons, group clinics, competitive coaching and rider development. It also provides horse schooling and young horse development. Clinics and lessons are offered across the UK.
Oakwood Stables is a family-run yard in Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland. It offers riding lessons for all ages, residential pony camps and equestrian holidays for riders from across Europe. It also provides full competition and part livery, show support and help sourcing Irish sport horses and ponies. Facilities include an all-weather arena, cross-country fences, stabling and grazing.
Beeston Park Livery is a livery yard on Marple Ridge near Stockport. It has indoor and outdoor arenas and access to local bridleways. Owner Vicki Ardern is a UKCC coach and offers lessons. The yard also runs show jumping competitions.
Lynton Equestrian is run by Helen Bampton, a BHS accredited coach with over 30 years of experience. She teaches flatwork, jumping and rider biomechanics to all levels and ages, travelling to individuals and groups. She delivers BHS Pony Stars, Challenge Awards and Complete Horsemanship training, and coaches for the Pony Club and Retraining of Racehorses.
Leadenham Polo Club in Lincolnshire was established in 2006 by James Reeve. It has a laser-levelled, irrigated full-size polo field, an arena and a string of Argentinian polo ponies. It welcomes beginners through to experienced players, with an academy, club chukkas and tournaments. Members can keep ponies on full polo livery with optional schooling.
Derbyshire Trekking Centre offers off-road horse riding and pony trekking through countryside, woodland and bridleways in Derbyshire. Rides suit complete beginners to experienced riders, from short treks to full-day rides and multi-day riding holidays. It also runs corporate team-building and home-education days with grooming and trekking.
Daisy Nook & Oak Hill Riding School is a BHS approved riding and livery centre in Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester. It offers riding lessons for riders aged four and up, from beginners to advanced riders. Lessons include semi-private options. It also runs care days and pony parties.
Matchmoor Riding & Equestrian Centre is a licensed riding centre that has served the North West for over 35 years. It offers riding lessons, hacks from lead rein to faster countryside rides, and pony and stable care tuition. Riders of all abilities, from complete beginners to experienced riders, are welcome. Birthday parties with pony rides are also available.
Informed Rider Coaching is run by equestrian coach Katie Hancox in Cheshire. She offers private lessons at the client's base or venue, ridden schooling sessions, virtual lessons and video analysis. An online membership provides weekly group masterclasses and seasonal six-week challenges. Katie trained at Talland School of Equitation and holds an MSc in Equine Science.
Lowton Riding Centre is a licensed riding school in Lowton, Warrington, set up in 1987. It teaches riders from age four to adults. Beginner lessons are half-hour small-group sessions at weekends, with intermediate and advanced lessons during the week. Private lessons are offered on weekdays.
Mobberley Miniatures is a licensed riding establishment in Cheshire. It offers pony and unicorn parties, unicorn experiences, riding lessons and confidence sessions. Its ponies also appear at weddings, events and on TV.
