Horse Riding Holidays UK

When we began Zara’s Planet, we thought our clients needed the most help finding the best riding holidays abroad. Little did we know that once we started our business, we would be inundated with requests about the best riding holidays at home in the UK.

And why not? We have some of the most beautiful riding country in the world!

Wales definitely has some of the most dramatic and remote regions in the west of the UK and the perfect locally bred Welsh cobs to carry you over the hilly terrain. We have at least 5 different trail rides to choose from centred around the beautiful area of the Brecon Beacons National Park, we also have adventures which cross the breadth of Wales from the Welsh/English border to the sea – this is a dramatic ride down the valleys culminating in a fast, explosive gallop along the sand in celebration of your cross country ride achievement. If a week long holiday in that area is too long, there are also a variety of short break options available.

England also has some incredibly beautiful, remote wilderness areas and Dartmoor National Park is one of them. Here we offer a variety of short breaks and week long trail rides in Dartmoor with Phil and Mandi Heard. In addition to their normal trail riding weeks and short breaks, as a working cattle farm they also offer riders the unique opportunity to join in on their working cattle drives throughout the year. They use quarter horses, ride in western style tack and there is just nowhere else like it in the UK. It’s a huge amount of fun and a good alternative to cattle herding here instead of going all the way to America.

Cornwall is an outstanding area of beauty right in the south west of England and here you can choose week long and short break riding holidays in Poldark country. You stay in beautifully renovated cottages, ride across Bodmin moor by day, following old smuggler trails and enjoying scrumptious afternoon Cornish Cream Teas, before heading back to the yard for a quick shower and out for dinner to a nearby inn to sample the best local food and ales.

Please e-mail or call myself or Zara if you want more insight into selecting a horse riding holiday in the UK as we’d love to make sure you pick the perfect one.

If there are any regions we haven’t mentioned but you would like to discover on horseback, please also ask, as we are adding new options to our horse riding holidays in the UK collection all the time.

~ Jill