Merleydown Stables, Askerswell, Dorset

29/05/2026

Price dependant on number of horses/ponies
Up to 7 animals £950 + metered water

19/05/2026

19/05/2026

Our fields from the driveway above 🩵

16/05/2026

The Land & Location
• 7.3 acres of well-drained, rolling pasture with secure boundaries throughout.
• Quiet village location near Eggardon Hill, offering privacy without isolation
• Extensive bridleway network just a 5 minute ride through very quiet lanes — explore miles of off-road riding across open hilltops and sheltered lanes. No main roads to cross and bridleways on your doorstep
• Horsebox parking on site with easy access for deliveries and vets

Facilities
• 3 large loose boxes
• Purpose-built barn with space for 3–4 ponies or other small livestock — adaptable for stabling, or storage
• Separate hay barn
• Dedicated feed room for secure storage
• Water to yard and fields
• Secure site giving you peace of mind whether you’re keeping horses, ponies, alpacas, or smallholders’ stock

🐴 All GREEN LINES ARE BRIDLEWAYS🐴

14/05/2026

British Horse Society is excited to invite you to join us for the very first Abbotsbury Pleasure Ride 🌳

There will be routes on the Ridgeway Hills which give you stunning views over the Jurassic coast above Chesil beach on the southern edge of Dorset 🦖

✅Well marked route with friendly marshals
✅5/6 mile route and 10 mile route.
✅Under 16s are welcome if accompanied
✅Walkers are welcome - please keep dogs on a lead
✅There will be a photographer to capture you and your horse in action
✅Refreshments to buy when you've finished your ride.

To book as a rider or a walker and to see all T&C's visit the link below:
https://bookwhen.com/bhssouthwest/e/ev-snznr-20260614093000

13/05/2026

Extensive bridleway network
The closes is just 5 min hack from our gate along very quiet lanes

13/05/2026

The fields in the late autumn sun

12/05/2026

Exceptional hacking.
Can also access the beach from here by crossing UNDER the a35.

📍Located Askerswell
Bridport: 8 mins
Dorchester: 18 mins
Weymouth: 25 mins
Lyme Regis: 24 mins

🦄 AVAILABLE as:
- PER horse / pony from £200
OR
- WHOLE place - £950 a month plus metered water.

🦄 3x 12x12’ stables suitable for horses or ponies.
🦄 2-3 short height (pony stables) in a 25’x 16’ barn. Ie it’s much bigger than it looks in the photo!
This could be used as a small barn to house ponies together as more communal living.
🧰Tack room/Feedroom & Separate Barn
Hardcore and concrete yard with a hardcore and concrete driveway.
🌱7+ acres
🐴 miles and miles of bridleways. Plus country lanes and pubs!
🚚 Lorry Parking
📝 References, contract, deposit and your own liability insurance will be required and monthly payments upfront

23/09/2024

Mainly off road circular route direct from the gate (guesstimate 75%+ bridleway/common)

20/09/2024

Sold
Deadline for tender - 6 days - 26 Sept -
Land with stables for sale EX24 6JF
Exceptional off road riding direct from the gate (see map)
Guide price: £95,000
Details here
https://www.facebook.com/share/3zhQC6R8Sx9NVBeT/?

RAKEWAY HEAD STABLE YARD FOR SALE

Seaton Road Southleigh Colyton Devon EX24 6JF
An extremely attractive stableyard comprising of four well maintained loose boxes and yard/parking area, set in 3.76 acres of level pasture with an area of mixed woodland. Direct access to the highway and bridleways with miles of excellent outriding. For sale by Informal Tender with tenders closing at 12 noon on Thursday 26th September 2024.
Guide Price £95,000

Freehold
Axminster Agricultural
01297 33122 [email protected]

THE PROPERTY
Set in an accessible rural location close to Seaton, Sidmouth or Honiton is Rakeway Head Stableyard. It comprises an extremely attractive level pasture paddock extending to about 3.76 acres (1.52 ha) with a belt of mixed native woodland forming the western boundary. The stables are set at the southern end of the land and have a hardcored parking/storage yard in front of them.

The stables has planning granted/were erected in 2019 (planning ref:19/0639/FUL) and comprise two x two loose box stables (7.2m x 3.8m) each, of timber construction under a box profile roof set on concrete bases.
The land benefits from long road frontage and good access onto Seaton Road, the boundaries comprise established hedges to the south and east, with the woodland offering lots of natural shelter for livestock and protection for the buildings.

The land has two gateways, giving direct access to the highway and onto a large network of bridleways ‐ giving the property exceptional off road riding,
unrivalled in the locality. See photo of bridleway network straight from the gate.

The stableyard is a short and fast drive from Seaton, Honiton, Ottery St Mary or Sidmouth making it very convenient for lots of buyers.

DIRECTIONS
From Sidmouth proceed east on the A3052 coast road towards Seaton and Lyme Regis. At Branscombe Cross (just after Kingsdown Tail Caravan Park) turn left towards Honiton. Follow Beech Tree Lane until the T junction and then turn left onto Seaton Road (signposted (Farway & Honiton). The Land will be found on the left just after the bridge and opposite the turning to Southleigh & Blackberry Castle. Our sale boards will be posted.
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10 mins from Seaton
10 mins from Beer
12 mins from Honiton
13 mins from Ottery
15 mins from Sidmouth
20 mins from Lyme Regis
22 mins from Axminster
30 mins from Chard

3.76 acres

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Please contact Symonds & Sampson Axminster for details. 01297 33122 [email protected]
Link to listing:
https://www.symondsandsampson.co.uk/property/33316110/ex24/colyton/seaton-road/land