Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Accrington Riding Centre is a riding school in Accrington, Lancashire, established in 1987. It offers riding, learning and horse care lessons for all ages, taught by BHS qualified staff. Lessons range from lead rein beginner groups to private sessions. The site has over 10 acres with bridle paths for western hacking and trail riding.
I-Pegasus CIC is a not-for-profit based at Grove House Stables in Misterton that uses horses and the rural environment to support young people. It runs the BHS Changing Lives Through Horses programme in group and one-to-one sessions for organisations and their learners. It is also a British Horse Society, Pony Club and Riding for the Disabled centre offering disabled riding. Holiday programmes and pony sponsorship are available.
Hannah Esberger is an international dressage rider and UKCC Level 3 dressage coach based at Todwick, Sheffield. She provides dressage and riding tuition on an individual or group basis, from novice to Grand Prix. Her yard takes horses and ponies to train, compete or sell on behalf of clients. Facilities include an indoor barn, an international floodlit arena, a jumping arena and a horse walker.
J F Polo Academy has taught polo in Cheshire since 2006. It offers private and group polo lessons from age six, clinics, chukkas and experience days. It also provides polo pony hire and sales, livery and schooling, and exhibition matches for private events. Play is pay-as-you-go with no membership required.
Sandy Lane Equestrian is a family-run riding centre near Weaverham, Northwich, opened in 2003 and linked with Riding for the Disabled. It specialises in teaching entry-level riders and offers lessons for all ages and abilities, plus pony days, parties and hacks. It has a covered arena and a floodlit outdoor arena. Full and working livery are available.
Burrows Lane Farm Equestrian Centre is a BHS-approved riding school in Eccleston, Prescot, run by proprietor Leanne Ryan. It offers private and group lessons, Pony Club centre sessions and Own a Pony days. The centre also has a livery yard, runs an apprenticeship and BHS exam scheme and holds show days.
Croft End Equestrian Centre is a BHS-accredited riding and training centre set up in 1998. It has stabling for over 60 horses, indoor and outdoor arenas, a mechanical horse simulator and classroom facilities. It runs a riding school with school holiday courses and offers full, working and DIY livery. Private lessons and clinics are also available, and there is an on-site cafe.
High Legh Riding Centre is a small family-run riding centre at Mill Farm, High Legh, near Knutsford. It offers riding lessons for beginners to advanced riders with qualified instructors, plus livery. Trekking and pony-themed birthday parties are also available.
Spring Paddock is a family-owned riding school in Charlesworth, established in 1970. It offers riding lessons for children and adults of all standards, including jumping. Lessons take place on a large all-weather arena.
Julie Judge is an equestrian trainer and producer based in Castleton. She offers a training and producing service for show horses and ponies, including advice on buying, training for pony and rider and show campaign planning. She schools horses and ponies, teaches riders and occasionally takes horses for breaking. She also runs clinics and offers horse, pony and rider appraisals.
NA Equestrian is a small family-run licensed riding school in Bacup. It offers riding lessons and treks for all ages and abilities, including taster, private, semi-private and group lessons. Stable management sessions and holiday Pony Club sessions are available. It also holds gymkhanas, own a pony days and clear round evenings.
Merseyside Equestrian Centre is a family-run private livery yard in Cronton. It has indoor and outdoor brick stables, a 60x70 all-weather menage, a horse walker, a lunge pen and fenced grazing paddocks. Flat and jumping lessons are available. Haylage, hay and bedding can be supplied.
Pony Patch is a family business at Wimberry Hill above Glossop in the High Peak offering pony experiences for young children. It runs lead rein pony rides and walk-outs, which can be combined with grooming the ponies. There are weekly Ride & Play sessions, a Pony Club for older children, birthday parties and mobile visits. The business is licensed by High Peak Borough Council.
Glen Jakes Riding School is a riding school in Offerton, Stockport. It offers group lessons for all ages from complete beginners to advanced riders, in half-hour to hour-long sessions. Private lessons can be arranged to assess a rider's level. Riders progress through the school's own level 1 to 5 certificates, and hats can be hired or bought.
Margaret Haes Riding Centre is a charity riding centre providing horse riding opportunities for disabled people. It offers group, semi-private and private lessons in indoor and outdoor schools for all abilities. Lessons are taught by BHS accredited coaches, and riders can use their own horse or one of the centre's. Anyone from four years old can ride, and volunteers are welcome from age 13.
Dart Polo is a polo club in Lincolnshire, established in 2020 on a country estate. It runs a polo academy offering lessons and provides polo ponies. Its livery offers schooling, working, turnout and stable rental for horses. It also aims to breed and produce polo horses.
Carriage Driving For our Community is a community interest company offering inclusive carriage driving lessons. It works with people with disabilities, non-visible conditions, neurodiversity and health challenges. Members learn with qualified tuition and experienced horses and can progress to competitive Carriage Driving Trials. It also offers leisure carriage journeys through the local area.
Croft Cottage Stables is a family-run, 5-star licensed riding school at Fitling near Hull. It offers small-group and private lessons, hacks, pony clubs and birthday parties. It also runs SEN sessions and corporate wellbeing days.
Follifoot Park Riding Centre is a riding school near Harrogate, founded in 1986. It offers riding lessons for adults and children, teenage rider sessions and summer holiday riding camps. It also has mechanical horse simulators and runs Changing Lives Through Horses sessions.
Howden Community Stables is a not-for-profit community interest company at Howden Equestrian Centre near Goole, affiliated with Riding for the Disabled. It offers riding lessons, non-ridden horse sessions, equine facilitated learning and mechanical horse sessions for disabled and neurodivergent riders. It also runs holiday pony days and BHS award training.
Lacys Cottage Riding School is a BHS-approved riding school and Pony Club Centre at Scrayingham, near Stamford Bridge. It offers private, semi-private and class lessons from age 4, holiday fun days and a summer camp. It also provides full, semi-full, DIY and point-to-point livery with two floodlit arenas.
Tong Lane End Equestrian Centre is a family-run riding school in Bradford, established for over 30 years and approved by the ABRS and the Pony Club. It offers group, semi-private and private lessons and hacks for beginners to advanced riders. It also has an on-site equestrian shop and hosts university equestrian teams.
Cliffhollins Riding School is a family-run riding school and Pony Club centre established in 2004. It is a 5-star Kirklees Council licensed riding school offering lessons for children and adults of all abilities from age four. It also runs riding activities, events and RDA sessions.
Longfield Equestrian Centre is a BHS-approved riding school in Todmorden, established in 1979. It offers group and private lessons for riders of all ages, including lessons on your own horse, with indoor and outdoor schools. Its livery yard offers full, working and DIY livery.
