Oaklands Riding School

25/05/2026

With the nice weather we have been having we have been cracking on with the spring cleaning!

The stables and tackroom are all having a clean out and repaint - thank you Tom for your painting skills!

When you have to bring them all out you realise how many saddles we have!l 🫣

19/05/2026

Our thoughts are with the family of long time customer and friend to the stables Paul Cummings who recently passed away.

Paul was one of the original riding school customers as a child when we first opened over 50 years ago. Since then he has ridden for Joyce at shows, brought his own children to learn to ride here and had his own horses stabled with us.

He will be missed by us all here at Oaklands

(A photo from the archives)

13/05/2026

May Half-term is fast approaching!

Don't miss out on a spot on our ever popular Mini Pony days!

We also have our activity afternoon on the Wednesday for more experienced children

There are also regular lesson slots available during the day for those that want to sneak in an extra lesson!

04/05/2026

We are closed this Bank Holiday Monday (4th May)

Open as normal Tuesday

29/04/2026

Congratulations to our Pony Club members 🎉🎉

Monday night saw our members take their Pony Club tests (a mix of D,D+ & C depending on level) and we are pleased to say they all passed!

Instructors Debbie and Jaz both said they were very proud of them all and it made the dark winter nights of lessons all worth it!

The pony club tests are a recognised qualification so the perfect starting point for any young equestrian.

25/04/2026

Saturday shout out to 2 of our riders Milly and Daisy!

In the Easter holidays Milly and Daisy took Amigo and Bo off to camp for a week of pony fun and learning.

All 4 of them had a great time and Milly won the most improved rider award on Amigo!

Well done both, keep up the hard work you are both doing so well!

18/04/2026

On Friday we hosted a BHS South West Ride Safe Train the Trainer day at the stables.
This was training for instructors to keep their knowledge and skills up to date for teaching riding safely on the roads including as part of the BHS challenge awards.

Our very own Debbie, Helen, Elsie and Sarah completed the day with other instructors from the area.

Also a big thank you to our riders Amelia Lidia & Lydia.

05/04/2026

Happy Easter everyone from our very own Easter Bunny... Rabbit!

With that name there was no other choice was there?!?

NOTE: don't forget we are closed tomorrow (Easter Monday)

04/04/2026

Yesterday Rachel and Seren headed out on an organised fun ride and they had a great time covering just over 10 miles of countryside.

It was Rachel's first time taking a horse out to an event but Seren was a star enjoying some canters across fields and even popping a few small jumps

Well done you two!

They were joined by Georgia and her horse Rabbit too - always fun to ride with friends

03/04/2026

It's not something we like to do but due to the rising costs of everything (from wages to hay) we are having to increase our prices

Some key changes are (full price list on our website):

For children 12 and under
🐴1/2 hour group - £26
🐴1 hour group - £41
🐴1/2 shared (2 riders) - £28

Adults (13yrs +)
🐴1 hour private -£60
🐴1 hour shared - £45
🐴1 hour shared (2 riders) - £48

Also our internet is back so normal phone number and card machine is back

02/04/2026

EDIT FRIDAY 3/4/26: The internet is back! So everything is back to normal

We still don't have internet today (Thursday 2nd April)
So please bring cash and if you need to phone call 07796 131280

EDIT FRIDAY 3/4/26: The internet is back! So everything is back to normal

We are having internet issues

Unfortunately this isn't an April fools the tech gremlins really have caused problems

This means we have no phone or card machine - please bring cash (nearest cash point is Sainsbury's) and if you need to phone please call 07796131280