Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Culleen Equestrian is an equestrian centre in Ireland with a riding school. Its jumping and dressage arenas can be booked online. It aims to let horses live as natural an existence as possible.
Ecuries de la Seyne is an equestrian farm in Arnèke, Flanders. It offers riding as a leisure activity through its club and year-round programme. The farm also keeps ponies, donkeys and other animals.
Kellystown Riding School in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains opened in 1999. It provides group and private lessons from beginner to advanced, pony camps and children's birthday parties. Instructors are qualified to at least BHS AI level.
Green Glen Farm near Kinburn in the Ottawa Valley is owned by Fiona Henderson. It offers indoor and outdoor board, lessons for all levels in jumping and dressage, and natural horsemanship training. Leases and training and backing of green horses are also available.
Fenland Equestrian Centre offers riding lessons for all ages and levels, progression tests and birthday parties. It provides equine therapy for children with special educational needs. It hosts shows and qualifiers and hires out its facilities.
Lakeside Riding Centre offers off-road hacks on the 5000-acre Worstead Estate near North Walsham, Norfolk. It specialises in hacks for intermediate and experienced riders and also welcomes beginners. The shortest ride is a 1.5 hour hack.
Doyle's Equestrian Centre is an approved facility in Rathvilly on the Carlow/Wicklow border. It offers lessons and pony camps, show jumping, livery and a tack shop.
Weston Equestrian Centre is an equestrian centre and training yard near Norwich run by the Conyers family. It offers a riding school, summer camps, pony parties and a riding club. It also has broodmares, youngstock and horses for sale, and holiday cottages.
MPM Equestrian is a riding centre in Rathvilly, Co. Carlow. It offers lessons and trekking for all ages and levels, holiday pony camps, livery for horses and ponies, and breaking and schooling.
Queenswood Stables is on 50 acres in Navan, east of Ottawa, established in 1978. It offers dressage, jumping and equitation lessons and clinics, training, full service boarding and horses for sale. It runs schooling shows and has a show team.
Riding Success is Louise Edwards, a freelance riding instructor in Kent. She coaches riders of all levels, from competition preparation to overcoming barriers with their horse. She uses practical demonstration as part of her coaching.
Les Écuries des 4 Terres is a stable in Aubers near Lille. It offers livery for horse and pony owners in boxes or open shelters, beginner and advanced lessons in all disciplines, and training and sales livery.
Reen Manor Riding Stables is near Perranporth on the north Cornish coast. It offers rides and treks including a beach ride through the dunes, plus children's activities. It has over 25 horses of various sizes.
Russells Equestrian Centre in Hampshire is run by Carol Boulton and Verity Tidmarsh. It offers individual and group lessons for all ages, including riders with additional needs, plus unmounted clinics. It offers DIY, part and full livery. It is BHS and ABRS+ approved and a Pony Club Centre.
Stockbridge Riding Club in Hampshire started as a riding school in 1967 and became a members-only club in 2020. Members take private lessons and private or group hacks in the Test Valley. It is licensed and ABRS assessed and plans horse therapy sessions for the SEND community.
White Horse Farm Equestrian Centre in Meopham, Kent offers riding lessons, schoolmaster sessions and carriage driving lessons. It hires horse-drawn carriages for weddings, funerals, proms and tours. It also has livery, arena hire, horses for sale, stallions at stud and a display team.
Homestead Equestrian Centre near Ashbourne, Derbyshire is a licensed riding school for adults and children. It offers DIY, part and full livery and individual care plans. It also runs rug washing, parties, horse agility events and a youth development programme.
Domaine de la Javelotière in Chaillac, Indre is a riding school and owners' livery yard. It takes a holistic approach built around dressage and the biomechanics of horse and rider. It offers group and private lessons, courses, horse schooling and livery. Facilities include 53 hectares of organic meadows, an indoor arena, a lit outdoor arena and on-site accommodation for visiting riders.
Hampton Riding Centre in Smithtown near Hampton, New Brunswick is run by Equestrian Canada certified coach Jennifer Hanson. It offers private and group English riding lessons and is home to the Hampton Pony Club. Its 200 acres include indoor and outdoor arenas and a cross-country course, available for clinics and hire. It also runs a consignment store for riding equipment.
Lake Farm Equestrian Centre near Ventnor on the Isle of Wight has indoor and outdoor arenas, 42 stables and a cross country course. It runs a riding school with BHS qualified instructors and Riding for the Disabled. It is an approved British Dressage and British Showjumping venue and offers arena hire and cross country training.
Starlight Riding Centre near Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, offers riding instruction by a BHSAI and side saddle instructor. It has an indoor school and an outdoor arena available for hire, and stabling for 18 horses and ponies.
Pakefield Riding School in Lowestoft, Suffolk, was established in 1946. It offers riding lessons for all ages from two years up, hacking, beach riding and pony parties. It has been a Riding for the Disabled centre for over 50 years.
Écurie Bruno Broucqsault in Phalempin includes a riding centre for all levels. It offers horse and pony livery, lessons, competition coaching and young horse starting. It also breeds horses and holds show jumping events.
