Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Maryculter Carriage Driving Centre is on a livestock farm near Aberdeen and has operated for 30 years. It offers carriage driving tuition, pleasure drives and carriage hire with its own horses, ponies and carriages. It also offers driving for disabled people.
Foxhills Riding Centre near Barr Beacon, Walsall, has been a riding school and livery yard for over 50 years. It offers riding and stable management lessons, a Pony Club, and DIY and full livery. It is a member of the Association of British Riding Schools.
Strathorn Farm Stables near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, is a BHS certified riding school run by the Skinner family, who have worked with horses there since 1939. It teaches riding, driving, horse care and stable management. It also breeds a few Clydesdale foals each year.
Hollingwells Equestrian is a small family-run equestrian centre in the Scottish Highlands. It offers riding lessons from age 2, trekking, Pony Club, pony parties and wellbeing sessions. Most lessons are taught by a BHS intermediate instructor.
Barleyfields Equestrian Centre in Etwall, Derbyshire, is a family-owned riding school and livery yard set in over 50 acres. It offers private, shared and group lessons, hacking and livery with over 50 stables. It is also a registered competition centre with a riding club.
Lodge Farm Equestrian Centre in Wetley Rocks has a riding school with tuition from beginners to advanced competition riders. It runs show jumping, showing and dressage events, a Pony Club and pony parties. It also has a saddlery shop and an arena café.
Beaver Hall Equestrian Centre in Bradnop near Leek is a competition venue with livery and a riding school. It hosts affiliated and non-affiliated competitions, clinics and a Pony Club branch, and its schools can be hired. Webster's Show Team, a showing production yard, is based there.
Thurleigh Equestrian Centre offers riding lessons and clinics on its school horses, livery and facilities hire. It also runs Progressive Strides, an alternative education provision.
Centre Equestre Les Altanes is a riding centre in Belgium. It offers livery, riding lessons and courses, and runs non-profit activities.
Partridge Farm Equestrian Centre in Whittlesey near Peterborough is a DIY livery yard with access to bridleways. It also has a riding school and tack shop.
Putley Riding School near Ledbury, Herefordshire, offers group and private lessons from qualified trainers. It also offers livery, loaning, pony parties and a pony club. The proprietor is Mrs Sharon Pudge.
Sychdyn Riding Centre in Clwyd offers hourly group lessons for all ages and abilities and private lessons. It also hosts pony parties and has horses for sale.
VDP Sport Horse in Victot-en-Auge has 15 years of experience with horses. It offers sport horse livery, training livery, private lessons and competition support. It also breeds horses and focuses on dressage.
Equ'Inaae is a training venue for horse owners founded by Margot Escudier. It offers guides, practical workshops and short or long-term support for new owners, focused on horse welfare and health. Margot also gives riding lessons on her own horses at her home yard.
Écuries du Vert-Bois is an equestrian centre in Beclers near Tournai, Belgium, with room for up to 80 horses. It offers riding lessons, holiday courses, rides and competitions. It also offers half, two-thirds and full livery.
IP Sport is a private stable in Racour, Belgium. It offers full or custom box livery, lessons for all levels, competition and exam preparation, and breaking and schooling of young horses. Facilities include indoor jumping and dressage arenas and an outdoor arena.
Complete Horse Services is a freelance horse and rider trainer covering the West Midlands. Training covers biomechanics, horsemanship, groundwork, confidence building and dressage. The trainer is an accredited Enlightened Equitation teacher with over 30 years of experience.
The Point Pony Trekking and Horse Riding Centre is in Ballyconneely, Co. Galway, beside the Atlantic Ocean. It offers accompanied beach rides and treks. It is open seasonally.
Bourne Vale Stables is a family-run riding school in Aldridge, Walsall, teaching children and adults since 1962. It is BHS approved, ABRS+ approved and a Pony Club Centre. It offers adult and children's lessons, Tiny Tots for ages 3 to 5, BHS training, clinics and corporate team building days with horses.
Lings Lane Riding Stables in Keyworth, Nottingham is a BHS approved riding school established over 40 years ago. It offers lessons and escorted hacks for children and adults, pony days and parties. It also hosts Riding for the Disabled groups.
Sandwell Valley Riding Centre in West Bromwich is a family-run, ABRS registered riding school. It offers lessons from age 3, pony and group hacking, home schooling groups, pony days and lessons for children with some SEN. It also provides livery services and day camps.
Penycoed Riding Stables near Pant, Shropshire is a family-run riding school established in the early 1970s. It offers group and private lessons, hacking for all levels and Saturday pony days. It is Pony Club linked and hosts RDA groups. Self-catering log cabins and a café are next door.
West Wind Stables in Oak Bluff, Manitoba offers individual and group riding lessons for riders aged 8 to adult, taught by Equestrian Canada certified coaches. It also offers camps, boarding, leasing and a Horse Sense program. Owner and head coach Chris Dolinski has trained horses and riders since 1988.
