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My young niece used to take riding lessons at Lodge Farm and really enjoyed them, so I enrolled my daughter here for some beginner lessons. Whilst the instructors do an excellent job teaching younger children, my daughter who is a teenager, has not had a very good experience. After observing a few lessons and talking to her, she found the experience to be overwhelming. The instructors do not seem to consider her comfort/confidence levels, and escalated the lessons very quickly (e.g., moving onto cantering despite her not being fully confident with trotting yet.) The instructors also often used specialist words without explaining the meanings, which made things more difficult. There also appeared to be no course or lesson structure, as the instructor often did not remember what my daughter had learned in her previous lessons - for example, she was taught seated trot, but in the next lesson, the instructor requested her to do the rising trot on command, forgetting that she had not yet been taught this. This has led to us deciding to look elsewhere for lessons. The staff are overall very nice and the facilities are good, but our personal experience has not been what was expected.

This place offers such a positive activity that every kid deserves to experience. They have many ponies and the staff is good. The lady in the shop is so kind and gives all her attention when you go there. Highly recommended.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I can’t recommend this livery yard enough! The care and attention they give to my horse is outstanding – I always have peace of mind knowing he’s happy, healthy, and well looked after. The whole team are so friendly, approachable, and genuinely helpful, nothing is ever too much trouble. It’s such a lovely, welcoming atmosphere here, both for the horses and the owners. I feel very lucky to have found such a supportive and caring yard – it really is like a second home for us.

My wife had a fantastic lesson ! Shes been riding for over 50 years and loved it ! She will be booking again soon well done Lodge staff you were great .

I have recently come back to lodge farm to have private lessons after a long time off from riding. The staff have been so welcoming and I have definitely got my confidence back. I’m always being taught something new and how to improve on my bad habits in such a friendly way. They have ponies and horses to fit all different abilities who I feel more than safe on. The only bad thing I can say is that the shop has so many nice things in it that I keep buying more stuff 😂