School and youth group activity centre offering pony trekking, caving and canoeing courses in mid Wales. 2 night to full week activity holidays including accommodation in heated bunkhouses and pony trekking. Caving and canoeing as optional extras.
Cadarn Trail Riders, Velindre, Three Cocks, Brecon, Powys LD3 0SP
Tel: 01497 847351
Website: www.tregoydriding.co.uk
Email: info@cadarnriding.co.uk
Pony trekking, horse riding, trail riding, holiday, vacation, wales, uk, europe.
650 hectare forest with bridleways and carriage-driving roads between Wrexham and Ruthin. Bridleway crosses forest, but cannot be accessed from Visitor Centre car park - access available via bridleway at old car park off A525.
Postcode: LL11 3AA
Email: info@coedllandegla.com
Website: www.coedllandegla.com
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Horse riding, carriage driving, bridleway, bridle route, horse route, off-road horse riding, access for horse and rider, trail riding, forest rides, Wales, UK, Europe.
This is the largest indoor climbing and horse riding centre in Wales, offering horse riding to suit your ability along many miles of private tracks, farmland conservation areas and open hills with fabulous views over the Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains. Based close to Llangorse Lake, the largest natural lake in South Wales, these rides offer fantastic, peaceful scenery.
There are a selection of well-cared for horses and ponies suitable for both novice and experienced riders, both individuals and groups.
Llangorse Riding Centre offers pony rides for 4-7 years, 1 or 2 hour treks for novice riders, 1 hour, 2 hour or full day rides including cantering for the more experienced rider, and hacking (2 hour or full day) at a faster pace for the experienced rider only. Riding holidays can be tailor made to suit your needs.
This is also a well-regarded multi-activity centre - activities available include skytrek, climbing, outside challenge course and dingle scramble.
Accommodation is available locally (contact us for details), or group accommodation is available on site.
Gilfach Farm, Llangorse, Brecon, Powys LD3 7UH.Tel. 01874 658 272
Website: www.activityuk.com
Email: info@activityuk.com
Horse riding holidays, pony trekking, trail riding, hacks, treks, hacking, guided rides, children's riding holidays, horseback vacations, family riding holidays, multi-activity holidays, multi-activity centre, ponies, Brecon Beacons, wales, UK, Europe.
Llanrtyd Wells offers the Man v Horse festival, plus eleven other (non-horse) events annually.
This is one of THE most unique events in the equestrian - and running - calendar - a fantastic spectacle.
www.man-v-horse.org.uk
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Horse riding, equestrian events, horse shows and equestrian events, horseback vacations, man v horse festival, wales, UK, Europe.
Website for modern active outdoor activities set against the breathtaking backdrop of mountains, lakes, rivers, woodlands, towering sea cliffs and sandy beaches. Includes information on rock climbing, scrambling and hill walking, mountain bike trails, watersports and pony trekking.
www.snowdonia-active.com
Seven hundred and fifty miles of coastland await you, a National Park that is almost entirely surrounded by the sea, and as a bonus there is fantastic beach riding available as well. You can ride on the North Wales coastline in designated areas, on Anglesey, around Cardiganshire, Pembrokeshire and on Gower. There are specialist centres that offer beach riding, and there is nothing to awaken the spirits like a surf and ride experience on the Welsh coastline.
Over 40 Blue Flag beaches abound in Wales, and often a small signpost on a main road will take you to a small and little known beach –a haven of tranquillity. It will be safe and clean, but always take heed of signs warning you of dangers. This is particularly true of the Pembrokeshire coastline and the Lleyn peninsular.
It is also a coastline of history -wrecks, pirates and devious deeds of the past. The maritime history of Wales owes much to the atrocious roads of the land, many of them now old tracks and used as bridleways. Farming was poor, forcing many to leave the land and work at sea, and transportation of any goods was from the small ports dotted on the Welsh coast. The ports and their small ships would later on carry slate, coal, lead and copper to what seemed to be distant places, and foreign vessels soon discovered that the coastline was friend and foe. Shelter was offered from the storms, but danger awaited on the rocks. Little wonder that the sea bed around Wales is littered with old vessels.
The small fishing ports in later times were ill equipped to handle the larger cargoes of the industrial age, and though herring and mackerel fishing has still survived, you are now more likely to come across a marina than a lifting crane. Gone are the days when a 30 ton ship could carry 100 horses to market at an extremely economical rate!
Yet many of these small ports are within distance of riding centres and well worth a visit. The newly opened Waterfront Museum in Swansea is a marvellous journey into the past, but there is so much to learn by visiting the old ports of New Quay, Aberaeron, Tenby, Nefyn, Moelfre, Beaumaris and Porthmadog.
Water sports: It would not surprise you to hear that Wales offers the very best and most varied watersport destination in the UK. With three-quarters of the country surrounded by sea, what would you expect? Surfers, windsurfers, divers and snorkellers head down the motorways to the winding roads of North, West and South. It would be a welcome break from horse riding on the mountain tops, to come down to the coast.
From Llangennith on Gower, to Newgale in Pembrokeshire and the sailing armadas of Anglesey, there are probably too many distractions for the energetic horse enthusiast. But water activity is here in abundance, you can dive around the nature reserves of Pembrokeshire, canoe on the rivers…and of course, do some beach riding as well.For selection of activities visit:www.adventure-wales.co.uk www.blueflag.org www.activitywales.com www.adventure.visitwales.com www.cycling.visitwales.com www.walking.visitwales.com www.fishing.visitwales.com www.holidays-in-wales.com www.waleswatersports.com www.golfasitshouldbe.com www.seasideawards.org.uk Coastal Tourism Areas:Glamorgan: www.valeofglamorgan.gov.ukGower: www.visitswanseabay.com Carmarthenshire: www.visitcarmarthenshire.co.uk Pembrokeshire: www.visitpembrokeshire.comCeredigion: www.tourism.ceredigion.gov.ukNorth Wales Borders: www.borderlands.co.uk Snowdonia: www.visitsnowdonia.info Anglesey: www.islandofchoice.comWater Front Museum and other Museums: www.museumwales.ac.uk