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Swinhoe Farm Cottages
Swinhoe Farm Riding Centre: -
- Small family run business situated on a 770 acre farm in the picturesque countryside of north Northumberland.
- Spectacular views to both the cheviots and the coast overlooking Holy Island.
- Established in 2005 by Claire Nixon (Registered) BHS AI & BHS Riding & Road Safety trainer.
- All lessons are taught by a fully qualified Instructor, & all group lessons are taught in small sizes, so you can learn in a safe environment.
- We caterfor adults and children 4 years and over, from all different levels of abilities.
- All horses are well mannered & professionally schooled.
- We have miles of off road hacking.
- Clients travel from as far as Newcastle every week!
- All hacks are all off Road including hacks to St.Cuthbert’s Cave.
“Our aim is to ensure that every rider improves, learns and also becomes a more knowledgeable horse owner or rider”
The Lessons:
All of our lessons are taught by Claire Nixon BHS AI, who is a BHS Registered instructor
(www.bhs.org.uk). She has been
professionally trained to provide safe instruction. Claire also has a Higher National
Diploma in Equine Management.
- Lessons are available for all levels of abilities from the age of 4 and upward.
- Training towards BHS Stages 1 & 2.
- Pony Club tests training is provided, including Riding & Road Safety, last year in 2006, I had 28 members of the Percy Hunt Pony Club pass their Pony Club Riding & Road Safety Test.
- BHS Horse owner Certificates Levels 1 to 4.
- I take students for Trident work experience places here at Swinhoe Farm Riding Centre.
Prices:
1/2 Hours lessons in Arena for a child £10
Hacks to St. Cuthbert's Cave £35
Woodland Ride £18
Hat Hire £1
For Own pony & Adult prices contact Claire on 07762773559.
Booking in advance is recommended to avoid disappointment.
Hacks:
We also take hacks out around the farm to St.Cuthberts cave which includes several breath
taking views of the Cheviots and holy Island and shorter woodland rides were you may even see
a Red Squirrel if you’re lucky, Hacks are for a maximum of four people per group, so that you
learn to ride in open spaces, ride up and down hills and jump cross country fences if you want.
Courses:
- During the holidays there are day courses and Pony days where children can own a pony for the day.Training towards BHS stages 1 & 2Pony club test training including riding & road safety.
- B.H.S. Certificate in Owner Care.
Livery:
We can cater for your individual requirements from D.I.Y to Full livery, all year turnout available phone for
more details. Livery owners get a discount on lesson prices.
Our Facilities
We have excellent facilities which are available to help you enjoy your riding. We have a 20m x 40m floodlit
arena (which has a rubber surface, not dusty), where there is plenty of room to do flat work and some really
good jumping exercises. We also have a range of jumps and also in the summer there are a few cross country
jumps which we use to train over. We have 15 Stables in an American barn style, wash bay, and a horse walker
which helps keep all of our horses and ponies fit.
Disclaimer
Horse riding is a high risk sport which you take part in voluntarily.
Although we will take every precaution to ensure your safety, we must stress that horses are unpredictable.
We make sure that every care is taken to match the horse with the rider and all our instructors are trained to teach to the level appropriate to the client.
We cannot accept any responsibility arising from an accident and would strongly recommend that all of our clients are advised to take out a personal accident insurance policy as you would with a skiing holiday.
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Please browse this site and we hope we will see you soon, if you have any questions please contact me Claire Nixon. |
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