Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Debbie Sykes is a BHS Accredited Professional Coach based in Dobcross, Saddleworth. She coaches riders and horses from leisure to dressage, showjumping and eventing, through clinics at venues across the North West and sessions at clients' yards. She also helps candidates prepare for BHS exams.
Nest Farm Riding Centre is a small family-run riding centre and livery yard near Scammonden Reservoir, West Yorkshire. It offers private and semi-private lessons and hacks for riders aged 4 and up, stable club days, holiday pony camps and birthday parties. It also hosts dressage and show jumping competitions.
Dial Wood Carriage Driving for the Disabled is an RDA group at Flockton, between Huddersfield and Wakefield, founded in 1998. Disabled participants can learn carriage driving and horse care, receive riding therapy, or be taken for carriage drives. It also runs pony therapy and education sessions.
Crosby RDA is a Riding for the Disabled group at Crosby Hall Home Farm, Little Crosby, Liverpool, founded in 1974. It provides therapeutic horse riding for people with disabilities of all ages. The charity is run by volunteers and funded by donations and fundraising.
Farrell & Greenwood Equestrian is a sales and training yard based at Warren Farm Equestrian Centre in Formby. It offers sales, schooling, training, competition and breaking livery for ponies and horses. Lessons are available at all levels in flatwork and jumping. The team has over 25 years of experience sourcing, selling and producing horses and ponies.
White Rose Polo Club is an HPA polo club at Townend Farm, North Cliffe, near York, founded in 2007. It offers polo lessons six days a week for riders and non-riders, with horses provided. Club chukkas are played every weekend, and the club hosts tournaments including the Yorkshire Open Polo Championships.
Snainton Riding Centre is a family-run equestrian centre in North Yorkshire, established in 1970. It offers private, joint and group lessons including dressage, jumping and pole work clinics. The centre also offers livery, day camps and competitions. Its indoor school and outdoor arena are available for hire.
Snydale RDA is a Riding for the Disabled charity near Wakefield that has run since 2014. It owns six horses and ponies and runs weekly group sessions combining riding, stable management and classroom activities. It also offers carriage driving for those unable to ride, plus vaulting, showjumping and competitions.
Shay Lane Stables is a family-run riding school in Halifax, West Yorkshire, with over 50 years of experience. It offers group and private lessons for beginners up to competition riders in an indoor school. It also provides livery services and schools horses for sale, with a background in showing.
Haworth RDA is a Riding for the Disabled charity at Vale Mill Lane Stables near Keighley, founded in 2001. It offers people with physical and learning disabilities riding and stable management lessons, led by qualified RDA instructors. It has specially trained horses and offers group, semi-private and private lessons.
Peers Clough Packhorses is a small family-run riding business at Peers Clough Farm in the Rossendale Valley, East Lancashire. It offers off-road rides for all abilities on locally bred Fell ponies, led by its own ride leaders. It also runs Pony Pals days and the BHS Changing Lives through Horses programme.
ileyfoals is a pony club for children aged 3 to 13 near Preston, Lancashire. It runs group riding lessons at Ribble View Farm in Longridge for beginners to advanced riders. Members also attend themed club days, and the club hosts pony parties and sells rider clothing.
Helen Bell Equestrian is the base of Helen Bell, a British Eventing accredited riding coach and Centre10 advanced coach, at Breckenbrough. It offers eventing training, camps and clinics, and runs horse trials and British Eventing events. Horses for sale are listed on its website.
Phils Farm near Armagh runs a Riding for the Disabled approved horse riding school and pony trekking centre. It also operates a mobile petting farm with falabella pony and cart rides for schools, parties and events across Ireland. Group visits to the farm are offered.
Broadmeadow Equestrian Centre is an equestrian centre in Ashbourne, Co. Meath, started by Brian Duff in 1987. It offers riding lessons from age five, livery in 70 stables and runs shows. It also breeds and produces show jumpers, and Brian Duff trains riders one-to-one. Facilities include a 70m x 30m indoor arena and two outdoor arenas.
Royal Meath Equestrian Centre is a family-run equestrian centre between Dunshaughlin and Navan, Co. Meath. It offers small-group riding lessons for beginners to advanced riders, and pony camps in the school holidays. Facilities include a 60x60m sand arena and an indoor arena. It also runs an English language centre with student accommodation.
The Moy Riding Centre is a family-run, AIRE-approved riding school in Summerhill, Co. Meath, established in 1990. It runs Saturday group lessons for children from age five, where they also learn grooming and horse care. Private adult lessons run on weekday evenings and some mornings.
Cherry Orchard Equine Centre is a registered youth charity in Dublin 10 that operates an equestrian centre. It helps young people develop their interest in horses and gain recognised qualifications, including through a BHS working student programme. It also provides youth and family support services.
Lough Key Equestrian is a riding school at Kilbryan near Boyle, Co. Roscommon. It offers private, semi-private and group lessons for children and adults, including beginner lead-rein lessons. Riders can also bring their own pony or horse to group lessons.
Kilnsey Trekking and Riding Centre is a family-run BHS approved riding school and Pony Club centre in Wharfedale near Skipton. It offers pony trekking, trail rides, riding lessons and riding holidays for riders aged four and up. It also runs pony camps, birthday parties and an adopt-a-pony scheme.
Team Hayler Dressage is a dressage yard in Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees, run by international Grand Prix riders Paul and Bobby Hayler. It trains young horses through to Grand Prix. Riders of all levels can book private lessons, half-day sessions, one-day clinics and three-day residential clinics.
EJM Horseback Archery is a freelance horseback archery coaching business in the North of England and Scottish Borders, founded by Emily in 2019. It offers private and group lessons, clinics, camps, demonstrations and competition coaching. It also runs online sessions and courses covering the British Horseback Archery Association qualification modules.
Grenaby Estates is an equestrian estate in the south of the Isle of Man. Its equestrian centre runs riding programmes for all levels including disabled riders, and the indoor and outdoor arenas can be hired. The estate also offers five-star holiday cottages, weddings and conference facilities.
The Tiny Pony Parlour is a boutique pony experience based at a family-run stables in the Lune Valley. It offers pony pamper parties, mobile pony parties and educational visits. It also gives private lead-rein riding lessons and pony care lessons for children aged about 4 to 9.
