Arrow Riding Centre for the Disabled

Arrow Riding Centre for the Disabled The Arrow Riding Centre is for young people and adults with special needs. We are a friendly, volunteer-run charity located in Dartford Kent.

Our team of qualified instructors work with our physiotherapists to develop tailor-made programmes for each of our riders, helping them to unlock their potential on and off the horse.

23/06/2026

It's been a hot one today! We done 2 lessons early this morning walking around our shady woods 🌳 and spent all day making sure the ponies were comfortable with lots of showers 🚿 and fresh water 💧. The big ponies are still waiting to go out for the evening, once it cools down a little more they will go out. Bring on day 2 of the heatwave 💪🏼. Here is what Bertie thinks of having a shower 💙

The ponies are doing Sunday right 😎It's their well earned day off and the big ponies are all having a morning snooze 😴. ...
21/06/2026

The ponies are doing Sunday right 😎
It's their well earned day off and the big ponies are all having a morning snooze 😴. The little ponies and Blue are all in their fields and will come in this afternoon for their nap 💙

Welcome to Arrow Fudge!Fudge has been with us since April on a working livery trial. After two months learning about wha...
18/06/2026

Welcome to Arrow Fudge!
Fudge has been with us since April on a working livery trial. After two months learning about what he has to do in his new, very special job, he is turning out to be a lovely pony and is already becoming a firm favourite for some of our riders! He is the perfect next size up after Wilma and is a slow and steady, very kind pony. Fudge is owned by the lovely Loicia Johnson MSc VetPhys and we are very thankful to have him as part of the team 💙

Meet Tonks our new yard cat 🐈 She's been with us a couple of months but is now getting braver and coming for breakfast a...
16/06/2026

Meet Tonks our new yard cat 🐈
She's been with us a couple of months but is now getting braver and coming for breakfast and dinner every day! You may not see her during the day for a long while but we're working on building her confidence. Isn't she pretty 💙

1-7th June is volunteers week across the country and we couldn't function without our brilliant volunteers here at Arrow...
03/06/2026

1-7th June is volunteers week across the country and we couldn't function without our brilliant volunteers here at Arrow! Not only do they lead and side help on lessons (without which we couldn't do lessons) but they keep Arrow running, help on the yard and cheer you all on! We literally would be stuck without you. So a massive thank you to you all 🤗
Interested in volunteering at Arrow? Check out our website for an application form.

Lydia and Jane Kingsford also entered the arts and crafts competition and they deserve a post all for themselves because...
27/05/2026

Lydia and Jane Kingsford also entered the arts and crafts competition and they deserve a post all for themselves because of how fantastic their art work is! Lydia made a brilliant collage and Jane painted an amazing picture of our lovely Champ. Well done!!

Absolute mega day at the RDA regionals today! We are so proud of each of our riders, they have worked so hard since last...
27/05/2026

Absolute mega day at the RDA regionals today! We are so proud of each of our riders, they have worked so hard since last year for this day and each one of them smashed it 👏🏻. All four riders that we took today have qualified for the national championships in July 🏆.

🥇Khi who has been riding with us since August after moving from another RDA group, won the totally visually impaired dressage with Baline. Proud of you for brilliant riding Khi!

🥇🥈Dougie rode his first ever canter test to take the win with Baline and also 2nd in countryside challenge with Rosa. A little mishap with Rosa before the start of his countryside challenge as she trotted off at speed into the distance down a hill to be nosey 🤦🏼‍♀️. One day that pony might grow up 🤣. Super proud of you Doug for how you handled it and carried on!

🥇Ella rode the Grade 6 walk on Rosa and won. Ella the difference in your mindset and how you took control of a stressful day, you should be so proud of yourself. It's been a pleasure to watch you grow from when you first started competing.

🥇🥈little Lydia at only 8 years old rode her first off lead rein countryside challenge on Baline to take the win and then her first off lead rein dressage to come 2nd again on Baline. It all went a bit messy in her test but it's such difficult test for such a young rider but she persevered and carried on - more than most riders would ever do. Proud of your resilience!

And our lovely ponies, Baline and Rosa are just amazing and we adore them (as well as the other obviously!) They've worked so hard in the heat today, looked after their riders and done such a fantastic job. Complete superstars 🌟

And a massive massive thank you to our volunteers Val, Deidre, Sue.B, Diane.J, Gwen, Jenna, Diane.S and Zoe, as well as Gracie for all of their help and support today. Keeping everything running smoothly, ponies ready on time and cheering our riders on. We couldn't do it without you 🥰. And the staff at home who got ponies ready yesterday and looked after the yard today.

Congratulations team Arrow 💙

Baline and Rosa have been scrubbed, trimmed and tided, and tack is clean, that can only mean one thing...we are off to t...
26/05/2026

Baline and Rosa have been scrubbed, trimmed and tided, and tack is clean, that can only mean one thing...we are off to the regional qualifiers at the Diamond Centre tomorrow! Massive good luck to our riders who have worked extremely hard this year and hope to qualify for the national championships in July. Have the best day Lydia, Dougie, Ella and Khianna, enjoy every minute! Our amazing ponies will do their best 💙

25/05/2026

All sorted, thank you 😮‍💨😅

📣 Help Needed 📣
Do any of our followers have a horse box that we could borrow (or drive for us) please?
We are taking Baline and Rosa to the regional qualifiers on Wednesday at the Diamond Centre in Surrey and one of our boxes is a bit broken! Nat can still use her lorry but can't fit both of the horses in it safely due to the weight limit of it being a 3.5t. We will try the hire companies tomorrow but it may work out very expensive. Obviously will pay for time and diesel 🤞🏼🙏

Address

Darenth Park Avenue
Dartford
DA26LZ

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 7pm
Sunday 9am - 7pm

Telephone

+441322294390

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