Horse holidays across the UK and around the world.
Where to ride in every corner of the UK, where your own horse can stay and which rides are worth the journey abroad.
Your horse or ours, here or abroad.
Ride in the UK, ride abroad or bring your own horse. Every ride is graded on the same four levels, so you know before you go.
Ride in the UK
County by county, from Cornwall to the Highlands. Where to ride, what the access rules say and the best months to go.
Open the county map 02Ride abroad
Iceland to the Okavango, by breed and by season. We know horses, and we point you to the people who run the rides.
Spin the globe 03Bring your own horse
Stables, turnout and lorry access, checked before we list a stay. Starting with our own two cottages in west Cornwall.
Find a stablePick the ground, we will show you where.
Moor, forest and mountain at home, ranch and safari further afield. Choose one and the map lights up every county and country that suits it.
Beach gallops
Firm sand at low tide, on the beaches where horses are allowed.
Where: Cornwall, Norfolk, Northumberland, Gwynedd and 9 more
Open moorland
Heather, granite and big skies, with open access across the commons.
Where: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Derbyshire and 5 more
Forest tracks
Gravel rides and quiet woodland, with good going in every season.
Where: Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, West Sussex and 5 more
Mountains and trekking
Fell tracks, glens and high passes, at home and far away.
Where: Cumbria, Gwynedd, Powys, Ceredigion and 10 more
Ranch and western
Cattle work, western saddles and long days with the people who run the herds.
Where: Italy, USA, Argentina
Horseback safari
Plains game at a walk and a canter. Strong, balanced riders only.
Where: South Africa, Botswana, Kenya
Read the full guides: beach riding · horse trekking in the UK · ranch holidays in the USA · horse riding safaris
Gwel an Derowen. Your horse comes too.
Our cottage on a working smallholding in west Cornwall, with stabling for two, grazing, a private hot tub and our own horses, goats and birds of prey across the yard.
- Stabling for two horses
- Grazing on site
- Sleeps five
- Private hot tub
- Ten minutes to Hayle Towans
- Taffy and Jasmine next door
Common questions, answered by the people who keep the horses.
Both of our cottages are on the same working smallholding in west Cornwall, so everything below is what we have on the yard rather than what somebody told us.
Can I bring my own horse on holiday?
Yes. Your horse can come to either of our two cottages in west Cornwall, and because the stabling, the grazing and the lorry access are ours, you are not taking a listing on trust. At Gwel an Derowen you get stabling for two and grazing on site. At Noonvares House, the farmhouse on the same land, the same stable block is a few strides from your door.
Where can my horse stay in Cornwall?
With us, at Noonvares Farm near Hayle. Your horse goes into the stable block beside your cottage and out into the grazing, and you will have our own three, Taffy, Jasmine and Polly, on the same yard. You are about ten minutes from Hayle Towans.
What is at Gwel an Derowen?
A cottage that sleeps five, with stabling for two horses, grazing on site and a private hot tub. You are on a working smallholding, so you will have the horses, the pygmy goats and the birds of prey across the yard rather than somewhere else entirely.
Is Noonvares House the same as Gwel an Derowen?
No. Noonvares House is a 16th century Cornish farmhouse on the same land, with a private sauna where the cottage has a hot tub. Your horse is as welcome at one as at the other, and you use the same stables either way.
Do we get the farm to ourselves?
No, and it is worth saying plainly before you book rather than after. Whichever place you take, the other is usually occupied, and we live and work here. You get the yard, the grazing and the run of the place. You do not get it empty.
How do I book?
Send us the dates you want and we will check them against what we already hold, confirm what works for you and invoice you directly. Coming to us costs you less than the booking platforms, because there is no commission in it.
Ride the breed, where it was born.
Every riding country has its horse. Pick the horse and we will tell you where it lives, when to go and what to ask before you book.
Icelandic
IcelandUp to five gaits, including the smooth, fast tölt.
37.3°N 5.4°WAndalusian
SpainThe Pura Raza Española, bred for balance and presence.
39.1°N 8.6°WLusitano
PortugalPortugal’s classical horse, brave and light in the hand.
34.0°S 69.2°WCriollo
ArgentinaThe gaucho’s horse, famous for stamina in the Andes.
26.5°N 73.5°EMarwari
IndiaRajasthan’s horse, known by its inward-curving ears.
47.5°N 104.0°EMongolian
MongoliaSmall, tough and half-wild, the horse of the steppe.
We check it before we write it.
The method behind our sister site Dogs Invited, pointed at horses. If we cannot cite the rule, the page does not go live.
We read the rule.
Where you can ride is set by rights of way, access law, byelaws and landowners. We find the document, quote it and date it.
We ask the owner.
Where the rule is silent, the landowner decides. We ask, and we say who told us and when.
We ride it, or we say we have not.
Where we can, we go ourselves. Where we cannot, we say so plainly, and we never claim a visit we did not make.
One scale for every ride
Rider levels 1 to 41 · Novice
Walk and trot, and happy to be looked after.
2 · Confident
Canters in open country and hacks out alone.
3 · Experienced
Long days, fast work and mixed terrain.
4 · Expert
Expeditions, young horses and six hours in the saddle.
Every county, every country.
25 county guides are live and the rest are on the way, along with all 21 countries on the map. Names with a dot are ready to read.
Tell me when my county is ready.
We are writing up the UK one county at a time. Leave your email and we will write when yours goes live, or when a stable near you passes the check. Nothing else.