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title: "10 Livery Yards in & Around London: 2026 Guide"
description: Livery yards in and around London. Find BHS-approved stables, turnout options & more in one guide.
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10 Livery Yards in & Around London: 2026 Guide
# 10 Livery Yards in & Around London: 2026 Guide
Aug 07, 2025
[Shaafay Zia](https://blog.cavago.com/horse-riding-in-london/author/shaafay-zia)
***Pricing disclaimer***
> *Livery fees quoted below were **last checked in July 2025** via each yard’s published tariff or direct enquiry. Costs can change; always confirm the latest rates before committing.
> Note: The facilities are not listed in order of preference. *
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## 1. Mote End Farm — Mill Hill, North London
> **Why it stands out:** A *BHS Highly Commended* full-livery yard on a 250-acre green-belt estate, giving London-based owners the rare combination of big-sky hacking and quick city access.
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### Location & travel
> - Postcode: Mill Hill NW7 (edge of the London/Hertfordshire green belt).
> - Into the saddle from Zone 1 in ~40 min: Northern Line to *Mill Hill East* or Thameslink to *Mill Hill Broadway*, then a 5-min taxi/ride-hail.
> - Out-of-traffic riding: 4-mile private bridleway plus gated farm tracks and field margins.
### Facilities & day-to-day care
> - 26 large stables in four American-barn blocks.
> - Two flood-lit arenas (20×40 m dressage & 65×30 m all-purpose).
> - Jumping paddock, XC schooling fences, lunge ring, covered horse-walker, hot-wash bays, solariums, secure tack rooms.
> - Dedicated groom for every horse – daily grooming, tack cleaning, and quick health checks.
> - Year-round daily turnout in small, single-sex herds (overnight in summer for some).
### Livery packages & guide prices (2025)
> - **Full livery – ~£213 per week**
> *All stable duties, bedding, forage/hard feed, plus up to three exercise sessions (ride or lunge) each week.*
> - **Part livery – ~£185 per week**
> *As above but owners handle exercise/grooming.*
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> > *Fees are invoiced monthly (≈ £1,100 pcm for full livery). Prices last verified **June 2025** – confirm current rates with the yard.*
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## 2. London Equestrian Centre — Finchley, North London
> > **Why it stands out:** A long-established, *BHS-approved* yard on 34 acres overlooking the Totteridge Valley, combining that rare London trio of an indoor school, daily year-round turnout, and a commute-friendly postcode.
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### Location & travel
> > - Address: Lullington Garth, Finchley N12.
> > - From Zone 1 in ~30 min: Northern Line to Mill Hill East, then a short bus hop or 10-minute walk.
> > - Green-belt setting means quiet bridle tracks right off the property—no main-road hacking.
### Facilities & care
> > - Flood-lit indoor arena plus several all-weather outdoor schools.
> > - Daily turnout even through winter (weather permitting)—a luxury for London yards.
> > - Full-time staff on site; qualified BHS instructors available for schooling or lessons.
> > - Livery options:
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> > - Full livery – all stable duties, feed, bedding, daily grooming, *up to four exercise sessions a week* by arrangement.
> > - Part livery – yard handles the basics; owner manages exercise.
> > - Working livery – reduced fee if your horse is used in selected riding-school lessons.
### Guide prices (2025)
> > - **Full livery**
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> > - Ponies (< 15 hh): ≈ £1,023 per month
> > - Horses (> 16 hh): ≈ £1,280 per month
> > - Part livery
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> > - Ponies: ≈ £775 per month
> > - Horses: ≈ £930 per month
> > - Extras (worming, specialist feed/bedding, holding for vet/farrier) are billed as required.
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> > > *Prices last verified April 2024. Check with the yard for current rates before booking.*
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## 3. Trent Park Equestrian Centre — Oakwood, North London
> Why it stands out: A *BHS-approved* mega-yard that pairs two indoor arenas and a cross-country course with 12 miles of woodland hacking—plus commuter-friendly hours (rides from 6:30 am to 10:30 pm).
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### Location & travel
> - Postcode: Bramley Road, Oakwood EN4.
> - Central London → saddle in 35 min: Piccadilly Line to Oakwood station (yard entrance a short walk) or quick hop off the M25; on-site parking for trailers and cars.
> - Borders the 400-acre Trent Park estate for traffic-free hacking.
### Facilities & day-to-day care
> - Arenas: two indoors (18 × 60 m & 25 × 60 m) and two outdoors (30 × 50 m flood-lit plus a smaller schooling ring).
> - All-weather exercise track circling the property and a 0.5–1 m cross-country course.
> - Monarch horse-walker, equine solarium, secure tack rooms, 24 / 7 staff & CCTV.
> - On-site café with viewing galleries and a tack shop.
> - Hacking: ~12 miles of off-road woodland trails straight from the gate.
### Livery packages
> - Full livery (7-day):
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> - All stable duties, turnout on a managed rota, quality feed (Saracen), shavings/pellet bedding.
> - Daily grooming, tack cleaning, and exercise/ridden work as required.
> - Working livery: discount in exchange for the horse being used in selected lessons.
### Guide prices (2025)
> - Full livery: last published guide was £160 pw (2014). Allowing for London cost rises, expect roughly £180–£200 pw (≈ £780–£870 pcm).
> - Working livery is lower; contact the yard for the current rate card.
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> > *Fees last verified via public sources June 2025—confirm up-to-date prices directly with Trent Park before booking.*
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## Oldencraig Equestrian Centre — Lingfield, Surrey
**Why it stands out:** A world-class dressage and competition yard—three Olympic-size outdoor arenas, an Olympic-size indoor with grandstand seating, XC fences, a gallop track, and 24 / 7 professional staffing—yet still commutable from central London.
### Location & travel
- Address: Tandridge Lane, Lingfield RH7 6LL (on the Surrey/Kent border).
### Facilities & day-to-day care
- Arenas: three flood-lit 20 × 60 m outdoor all-weather dressage arenas with mirrors, plus an Olympic-size indoor school seating ≈ 800 (sound & light system, heated gallery, bistro).
- Separate 40 × 20 m outdoor, indoor & outdoor lunge rings, two-acre show-jump arena with Hickstead-style banks & ditches, one-mile all-weather gallop, Claydon covered horse-walker, five solariums, secure heated tack rooms
- Spacious American-barn stables, rubber-matted with windows and automatic water; year-round turnout in post-and-rail paddocks with electric fencing.
- On-site bistro, riders’ bar, conference suite and B&B rooms for stay-over training camps.
### Livery packages & availability
- Part, full and schooling/competition livery offered seven days a week (yard open 07:00 – 21:00). Packages are individually tailored and include daily checks, muck-out, feed / haylage, grooming, rug changes and turnout; schooling or rider coaching with resident FEI trainers can be built in.
***Prices are on application**; the yard operates a waiting list for new full-livery clients—enquire early to secure a place.*
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## 5. Equitopia — Bedmond, Hertfordshire (NW of London)
> > > **Why it stands out:** A purpose-built, 26-box boutique yard geared to competition riders, blending Grand Prix-level coaching with a members-club-style owners’ lounge.
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### Location & travel
> > > - Where: Bedmond Road, near Abbots Langley / Hemel Hempstead — 25 mi north-west of central London.
### Facilities & day-to-day care
> > > - Arenas: 40 × 60 m outdoor (wax-fibre, full jump set) and 20 × 40 m indoor (Andrews Bowen surface, mirrors).
> > > - Wax-surface lunge pen, six-horse covered walker, three solariums, Theraplate, hot & cold wash bays.
> > > - Large rubber-matted American-barn stables with automatic drinkers; sand turnout pens for winter days.
> > > - Owners’ clubhouse (lounge, kitchen, shower, Wi-Fi) for working remotely or relaxing between rides.
> > > - 24/7 security: gated entrance, CCTV and staff living on-site.
### Livery packages & guide prices (2025)
> > > - Full livery – £1,700 pcm (≈ £390 pw): complete daily care plus *twice-daily* exercise (ridden, lunge, walker or turnout).
> > > - Basic livery – £1,400 pcm (≈ £325 pw): same high-level care; owners handle all riding and schooling.
> > > - Training livery – £2,100 pcm (≈ £485 pw): full livery *plus* ten one-to-one sessions each month with resident Grand Prix dressage rider Daisy Coakley.
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> > > *All packages include premium feed, haylage, bedding, grooming, holding for vet/farrier and bespoke exercise plans. Prices were last verified in June 2025; contact Equitopia for current availability — spaces are limited in this 5-star setup.*
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## 6. Wimbledon Village Stables — Wimbledon, South-West London
> > > **Why it stands out:** The only *BHS 5-Star Approved* livery yard inside Zone 3, with instant access to 3,000 acres of hacking across Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park.
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### Location & travel
> > > - Address: 24 a/b High Street, Wimbledon Village SW19.
### Facilities & day-to-day care
> > > - Around 20 secure, 24/7-staffed boxes on a compact urban yard.
> > > - On-site schooling arena plus two public schooling rings on the Common.
> > > - Equicise rider-training simulator studio for year-round biomechanics work.
> > > - Full calendar of hacks and lessons six days a week; livery owners can join most group sessions without extra charge.
> > > - Limited turnout typical of inner-city yards; horses are hand-grazed, exercised by staff, and offered summer “holiday” pasture at a partner farm.
### Livery packages & availability
> > > - Standard (working) livery: all daily care provided; your horse is ridden in a supervised number of hacks or lessons.
> > > - Bespoke (full) livery: horse ridden only by you or by staff under a tailor-made schooling plan.
> > > - Both options include membership of the WVS riding club, giving priority booking, clinics, lecture demos, and an active social calendar.
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> > > > *Fees are provided on application, and spaces are limited—a waiting list is in place. Contact WVS directly for the current livery pack.*
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## 6. Stag Lodge Stables — Richmond Park, South-West London
> > > > **Why it stands out:** A purpose-built, *BHS-approved* yard offering seven-day full or part livery, seconds from the bridle tracks of Richmond Park and Wimbledon Common. Liveries get big-yard professionalism in one of London’s greenest riding spots.
### Location & travel
> > > > - Two sites: *Stag Lodge 1* (Robin Hood Gate, SW15) and *Stag Lodge 2* (Robin Hood Way, SW20) on the A3 at Kingston Vale.
### Facilities & day-to-day care
> > > > - Brand-new 18-box livery block with 24/7 staff and CCTV.
> > > > - Flood-lit all-weather arena (silica-sand & rubber) reserved for liveries at set times, plus additional school arenas.
> > > > - Horse-walker, group or pair grass turnout (restricted in wet months; arena turnout/walker used instead).
> > > > - Regular discounted lessons with BHS-qualified instructors and organised outings in the yard’s horseboxes.
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> > > > ### Livery packages & availability
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> > > > - Full livery: daily muck-out, twice-daily hard feed, hay/haylage, grooming, rug changes, tack cleaning and staff exercise (school, hack or lunge).
> > > > - Part livery: same high-level care minus grooming, tack cleaning and staff schooling.
> > > > - Farrier, vet and dentist visits arranged through the yard and billed at cost; liveries enjoy priority booking for lessons and clinics.
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> > > > > *Prices are provided on application, and a waiting list is in place. Contact Stag Lodge Stables directly for the current livery pack and availability.*
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## 7. Operation Centaur at Petersham Farm — Richmond, South-West London
> > > > > **Why it stands out:** An *exclusive, 5-star* boutique yard run by the team that manages the Royal Parks’ working shires, offering all-year turnout and access to a “world-leading” network of equine specialists just minutes from Richmond Park.
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### Location & travel
> > > > > - Where: Petersham Farm, between Richmond and Kingston.
### Facilities & day-to-day care
> > > > > - Generous, airy stables in a quiet riverside enclave.
> > > > > - All-year turnout in well-maintained paddocks — a rarity this close to London.
> > > > > - Flood-lit schooling arena and safe lane access for hacking.
> > > > > - On-site team coordinates osteopaths, chiropractors, top farriers and vets for fully bespoke health and training programmes.
> > > > > - Intimate atmosphere: prospective owners are interviewed and given a guided tour before acceptance.
### Livery packages & availability
> > > > > - Full livery only: complete daily care, turnout, grooming, rugging, tack cleaning and exercise as required; staff can have your horse tacked up ready on arrival.
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> > > > > *Prices are provided on application. Spaces are strictly limited and a waiting list operates — enquire early to secure a place.*
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## 8. Hurst Farm Livery Stables — Thorpe Green, Surrey
Why it stands out: Horses enjoy roomy post-and-rail paddocks with daily turnout, an all-weather, flood-lit outdoor arena, an indoor school with mirrors, a dedicated lunge pen, a horse-walker and a solarium—so schooling and rehab never stop for bad weather.
### Location & travel
> > > > > - **Where:** Green Road, Thorpe Green, near Virginia Water & Chertsey.
### Facilities & day-to-day care
> > > > > - Family-run, *5-star* yard with a strong dressage pedigree.
> > > > > - Riding spaces: full-size flood-lit outdoor arena (20 × 60 m), indoor school, separate lunge arena and a complete set of show-jumps.
> > > > > - Support kit: horse-walker, solarium, mirrors, and post-and-rail turnout paddocks with daily grass turnout year-round (managed carefully in winter).
> > > > > - Surroundings: quiet country lanes for weekday hacks; Windsor Great Park is a short box-ride for longer outings.
### Livery packages & atmosphere
> > > > > - Full 7-day care: three feeds daily plus morning & evening hay, deep shavings beds on rubber matting, daily muck-out, rug changes, grooming, and turnout.
> > > > > - Training add-ons: lessons with resident Grand Prix rider Jo Turner or visiting trainers; staff schooling/hacking available when owners are busy.
> > > > > - Regular farrier and vet rounds arranged by the yard; special dietary or medical needs accommodated. Long-term liveries and a friendly, “horse-paradise” vibe mean most clients stay for years.
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> > > > > > ## 9. Lee Valley Riding Centre — Leyton, East London
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> > > > > > **Why it stands out:** One of the very few *BHS-approved, 5-star* livery yards inside London’s eastern boroughs, offering an indoor school, two flood-lit outdoor arenas *and* a purpose-built show-jumping/XC area just five miles from the City.
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> > > > > > ### Location & travel
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> > > > > > - **Address:** 71 Lea Bridge Road, Leyton E10 7QL.
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> > > > > > ### Facilities & day-to-day care
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> > > > > > - Riding spaces: 40 × 20 m indoor arena, 60 × 20 m and 80 × 30 m flood-lit outdoor arenas, separate show-jump arena and a compact cross-country schooling course.
> > > > > > - Extras: horse-walker, wash-down bay, solarium, secure trailer parking, spectator gallery, riders’ café and clubhouse.
> > > > > > - Stabling in American-barn blocks; full-time staff on site with CCTV.
> > > > > > - Daily turnout is provided on a rota (space is limited in an urban yard; dry lots are used in wet weather).
> > > > > > - On-site BHS instructors offer lessons, clinics and assessment days; visiting specialists (farrier, dentist, osteopath) arranged through the centre.
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> > > > > > - **Full livery only:** all daily care, feeding, muck-out, rugging and basic exercise; additional schooling packages available.
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> > > > > > *Fees are supplied on enquiry and reviewed annually; contact the livery manager for the latest pack. Spaces are limited and inner-London demand is high, so a waiting list may apply.*
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> > > > > > ## 10. Snowball Farm Equestrian Centre — Burnham, Buckinghamshire
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> > > > > > **Why it stands out:** A family-run, BHS-approved competition centre with two indoor schools, a flood-lit outdoor arena and its own XC course, set in 130 acres yet still within an hour of West London.
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> > > > > > ### Location & travel
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> > > > > > - **Address:** Dorney Wood Road, Burnham SL1 8EH.
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> > > > > > - Riding spaces: 2 indoor arenas, a 60 × 40 m flood-lit outdoor, full show-jump course and XC fences often left up after competitions.
> > > > > > - Stabling in several yards (indoor Loddon barn and outdoor blocks); secure alarmed tack rooms and on-site café/tack shop.
> > > > > > - Daily group turnout in post-and-rail paddocks (3–8 h, fields rotated; individual turnout available). Night check carried out by the on-site duty manager.
> > > > > > - Horse-walker, solarium, weekly vet rounds and a resident team of qualified instructors for lessons and clinics.
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> > > > > > ### Livery packages & availability
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> > > > > > - Full, part and working livery offered. Full livery covers all stable duties, feed, hay/haylage, daily turnout and basic grooming; optional schooling or exercise by staff can be added.
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> > > > > > *Prices are provided on enquiry. The yard is known for mid-range rates relative to the high quality of its facilities; contact the office for the current livery pack and to check for vacancies.*
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> > > > > > ### Why full livery is popular—and what facilities to expect
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> > > > > > Living or working in London often means long hours, unpredictable commutes, and limited free time. **Full livery** solves this by giving owners professional, 7-day care so they can simply turn up and ride. A well-chosen yard usually provides:
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> > > > > > | **All-weather arenas** (indoor or flood-lit) | Keeps riding consistent despite rain or early sunsets. |
> > > > > > | **Daily turnout** (grass paddocks or sand pens) | Essential for equine physical & mental health, but scarce in the city—yards that manage year-round turnout are prized. |
> > > > > > | **Hacking access** (parks, private tracks, countryside) | Breaks the arena routine and supports fitness; proximity to Richmond Park, Trent Park, or private bridleways is a big bonus. |
> > > > > > | **Horse walker / lunge pen** | Adds safe exercise options when turnout is limited. |
> > > > > > | **On-site staff & security** | 24/7 supervision, CCTV, and alarmed tack rooms protect valuable horses and equipment. |
> > > > > > | **Training & social extras** | Resident instructors, clinics, cafés, and members’ clubs create a supportive rider community. |
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> > > > > ### *For a full overview of horse riding options across the city, check out our \[[Complete Guide to Horse Riding in London (2025)](https://blog.cavago.com/horse-riding-in-london/horse-riding-in-london-2025)\].*
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