Children's Horse Riding Camp
Own a pony for the duration of your stay for a fun filled friendly holiday in the beautiful English Lake District! We have been running this successful unaccompanied childrens camp for the past 5 years. The children stay onsite to the stables in a converted bunk house where they are involved in supervised activities to fill the day.
Typical Day
Initially, the children will learn how to handle their pony safely including tying-up, leading and grooming. A typical day consists of plenty of riding tuition plus stable care with experienced instruction and adult supervision at all times. Children will ride in small, similar ability groups. Children will be taught stable management and will learn to care for all the needs of their horses and ponies.
7.30 am Wake up call
8.00 am Breakfast
9.00 am Catch in and prepare your ponies for morning lessons
10.00 am First lesson
11.00 am Stable management lecture
12.00 pm Lunch
1.30 pm Prepare you ponies for afternoon riding
2.00 pm Second lesson for beginners
3.00 pm Ride out for more experienced
4.00 pm Tack clean, tidy up and turnout ponies
5.00 pm Dinner
6.30 pm Evening activities start
10.00pm Get ready for bed
10.30pm Lights out (much earlier for our younger guests)
Arrivals and Departures
Arrival between noon and 1 pm on Monday, departures from 12.00 on Friday.
There will be riding and stable care on Monday afternoon and Friday morning.
* If you need to arrive or depart outside of these times, please inform us and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.
Price per child is £795
Easter 2023
03 - 07 April - 12 places left
10 -15 April - 11 places left
Spring 2023
29 May - 02 June - 5 places left
Summer 2023
17 - 21 July 11 places left
24 - 28 July 9 places left
31 July - 04 Aug 12 places left
14 - 18 Aug 7 places left
21 - 25 Aug 7 places left
28 Aug - 01 Sept 12 places left
If the camp you wanted is full please enquire as we can operate a waiting list.
Other dates including June are available at our other unaccompanied kids camp which is run in Scotland
Review by 9 year old!
It was really fun staying up till 9 pm and watching some movies. It was really hard doing the yard jobs - the water is so heavy and there’s a lot of straw but it was great doing all those things for Rosie my pony. It was fun going out before bed. It was brilliant sleeping all together in a room with bunk beds I had so much fun and made new friends. The food was delicious and you got to choose so don’t worry about there being things you don’t like. I definitely want to go again next year.
Brilliant Horse Camp Holiday
My daughter spent a great week here on her own having riding lessons, hacking out, pony games, mucking out and yard cleaning. The staff and other girls are friendly and the food is good - she never got hungry. The sleeping and washing facilities are good and clean. See you next year.
If you would prefer to enjoy a short break away with your child then have a look at the standard riding package that we offer at the same centre in the Lake District.
Other dates including June are available at our other unaccompanied kids camp which is run in Scotland
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We inspect all the horses and ponies on our horse riding holidays on a regular basis to ensure the best quality riding holiday for you. Please remember the instructors decision is final with regards to your level of riding and programmes will be adapted to ensure safety at all times.
We have a great range of horse riding holidays as well as riding breaks in Cheshire offering tuition in all disciplines and hacking out on well trained horses into Delamere Forest. Please have a browse through our full range of equestrian holidays.
For tips regarding your holiday such as what to wear and riding ability, please visit the Travel Tips page.
We work hard to ensure that each customer has a great time on their holiday. Please see some riding holiday reviews here.
We have a large range of holidays to suit a range of riding abilities. Please see here for more information.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.