Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
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.
Caron Roberts Equestrian is a professional livery, coaching and training yard at Lanes Farm near Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire. It offers basic, basic plus and full livery, plus backing, rehab and training. Caron Roberts runs a busy coaching diary and the yard trains apprentices. Facilities are available for hire.
Wapley Stables is a five-star licensed riding school and livery yard near Westerleigh, Bristol. It teaches riders from four years old, from beginners to experienced. Livery options include full, part, DIY, working and schooling livery. Facilities include two floodlit menages, show jumps and a cross country track, and it runs courses, pony days and saddle clubs.
Barton End Stables is a riding centre near Nailsworth in the Cotswolds, approved by the British Horse Society. It offers lessons for all ages and abilities, from tiny tots to adults, with BHS-qualified instructors. It has more than 20 horses and offers hacking, RDA sessions, livery and events.
Brynglas Equine is an equestrian trainer near Aberystwyth. It resolves behavioural, handling and loading problems and starts and schools young horses using force-free methods. It also offers ridden coaching for riders with confidence issues.
SH Dressage is the dressage coaching business of Shelly Harriss, a British Dressage accredited and UKCC level 3 coach. She trains and produces horses and riders and runs dressage and flatwork clinics across Wales. She also offers training courses and creates dressage music.
The Elisabeth Curtis Centre is a purpose-built Riding for the Disabled centre in Bromham, Bedfordshire, running since 1975. It offers riding and other horse activities, including carriage driving, for children and adults with disabilities. It is run by volunteers.
