Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Gwydyr Stables at Ty Coch Farm, established in 1973, is a riding centre near Betws y Coed in Snowdonia. It offers horse riding, pony trekking and extended day trail rides through National Trust and Forestry Commission land. Individuals and groups are catered for.
Country Treks is a riding establishment on the Shropshire-Worcestershire border near Stottesdon. It offers riding lessons for adults and children, treks, hacks, day rides and riding holidays. It also runs pony camps and riding for the disabled, and has a 70x30 arena and cross-country course.
Springhill Farm is a BHS-approved equestrian centre on the Wales-England border near Oswestry and Llangollen. It offers riding lessons from age 5, treks, hacks and day rides over the Ceiriog Valley. It also runs teenage riding holidays and has bunkhouse and cottage accommodation.
East Lodge Farm is a working family farm in Northamptonshire with an equestrian centre and a farm shop. Its livery yard offers the full range of horse livery services and is BHS approved. Home-grown hay and straw and year-round turnout in electric-fenced paddocks are included in livery costs. The yard has its own outdoor floodlit arena, a secure tack room and a solarium, and riders can register and book lessons at the equestrian centre.
Old Tiger Stables near Soham, Ely, is an ABRS-approved riding school and livery yard established in 1987. It offers riding lessons from beginner to advanced in dressage, show jumping and eventing, plus hacking, with around 35 horses and ponies. Full, working and DIY livery is available, with two floodlit outdoor arenas.
Hill Farm Riding Centre is a riding centre in Hardingham, Norwich. It offers riding lessons for children from 5 years old and for adults, from complete beginners to advanced level, including dressage, showjumping and eventing. The centre keeps around 12 horses and ponies for lessons and also offers livery and hacking. It is approved by the RDA for teaching disabled people to ride.
Snailriver Horse Drawn Carriage Co is a family-run business providing horse-drawn carriages for weddings, funerals, proms and other occasions across East Anglia. It also gives carriage driving lessons to pupils from 8 to over 80 years old. Claire Bourne has driven carriages for over 30 years and is qualified with the British Driving Society.
The Irish Equestrian Academy is based at Oakhill Stud, Kilbride, Co. Wicklow and was founded by Colm Fitzpatrick. It offers livery, coaching in dressage, show jumping and cross country, and breaking and schooling. It also has horses for sale and lease.
Historic Equitation is a 5-star rated riding school in Northamptonshire run by Dominic, who trains predominantly Iberian horses by classical methods. It teaches classical equitation, jousting and mounted combat through lessons, clinics and residentials. It also provides horses for jousts, performances and film work.
Kirtlington Park Polo School, led by Melissa Wadley, teaches polo from beginners to teams. It offers polo lessons and coaching, pony hire, corporate days and polo holidays. It also provides full livery for polo ponies.
The Magpie Centre is the home of West Norfolk Riding for the Disabled at Wallington Hall. It provides riding, carriage driving and equine assisted therapy for people with disabilities. It has an indoor riding school and its own ponies, and is a Pony Club linked centre.
Sovereign Quarter Horses breeds and trains Quarter Horses in the Cambridgeshire Fens. It trains its own and clients' horses, from halter preparation to starting under saddle. It also offers Western riding lessons, experience days, horses for sale and a Western store.
Kimblewick Equestrian Centre is a BHS Approved riding school and livery yard in Norfolk. It gives lessons to riders of all abilities with BHS qualified instructors, including lead rein lessons for young riders. It offers full, working and part livery with a floodlit arena and off-road hacking.
Western Ways Horsemanship & Stud is based near Attleborough, Norfolk. Derek, with over forty years of Western riding experience, teaches Western riding and backs and trains young horses. Two stallions, an American Paint Horse and a Quarter Horse, stand at stud.
BHHK was founded in 2016 by two friends with a passion for the Lusitano horse and Portuguese classical riding. It offers in-person and online riding lessons focused on the rider's seat and biomechanics. Ground-work and combined in-hand and riding sessions are also available. BHHK runs workshops and clinics with Master Victor Baptista.
Charliemill Riding & Livery in Potton, Bedfordshire, has taught riders since 2002. It offers riding tuition for all ages along with pony and yard management, refresher courses for returning riders and hacks in the Bedfordshire countryside. It also runs therapeutic sessions with horses and ponies.
Tinsleys Riding School is a British Horse Society approved riding school near Bedford, run by Neil and Sue Black. It offers graded lessons on its own horses and ponies for novice to advanced riders, with the chance to go on to compete. Lessons run on Saturdays and Sundays.
Bedford Disabled Horse Riding Association is a volunteer-led charity in Willington, Bedfordshire, founded around sixty years ago. It uses its own ponies and indoor and outdoor riding schools to provide riding as therapy for children and adults with physical and mental disabilities. It works mainly with children from special schools in the area.
Glapthorn Manor Equestrian is a purpose-built teaching and livery yard near Glapthorn, Peterborough. It specialises in teaching children to ride and offers lessons in dressage, jumping and stable management, plus hacking. It runs pony days and courses in school holidays, is a Pony Club Centre and offers livery packages.
Mere Lane Riding School in Oadby gives group and private riding lessons from beginner to intermediate level for ages 5 upwards. It has a large indoor riding area and an outdoor floodlit arena. It also runs pony days, children's parties, hacks and Duke of Edinburgh Award expeditions.
Witham Villa Riding Centre is an equestrian centre in Broughton Astley, Leicestershire. It gives riding lessons to riders from age 4 with online booking, and has indoor and outdoor arenas. It runs shows, dressage events, camps and clinics and a junior trainee scheme.
Leisure Ireland in Bedworth, Warwickshire runs a small licensed riding school for riders of all ages and abilities. Its family-run yard offers DIY livery and loan livery, with individual paddocks and a nearby grazing field. It also has an events field with parking and offers photography.
The School of Légèreté UK teaches Philippe Karl's classical approach to riding and schooling horses. It runs a three-year Foundation instructor training course and Advanced training clinics in the UK. Licensed teachers pass the methods on to other riders, and spectators can attend the clinics.
Rugby Polo Club is a polo club at Onley Grounds Farm, Willoughby, near Rugby, first established in 1893 and re-established in 2000. It focuses on grassroots polo with lessons and coaching from four HPA coaches, club chukkas and tournaments. Facilities include three grass pitches, an outdoor polo arena, an indoor arena, 150 stables and on-site vets, and livery is offered.
