Bring Your Horse on Holiday
Hacking around the fields
Hill House Farm makes a great base for all things equestrian, and it’s a great place to stay if you’re coming to Cheshire for horse riding or riding holidays.
We have excellent new stable facilities, with rubber mats in all the stables and plenty of space for guest horses. There are turnout paddocks and all-weather arena, and a set of jumps for use in the drier months of the year. The off-road car parking area is large enough for a horse box or trailer to easily manoeuvre and park. Click on Picture Gallery to see the Stable Yard.
Guests can ride in the fields depending on the time of year, and there is an excellent network of bridleways and quiet country lanes close to Hill House Farm. Little Budworth Country Park is only a couple of miles away, and has many bridleways, across heathland and light forest. Delamere Forest Park also has extensive trails for horses.
Kelsall Hill is only 5 miles away and has a super Farm Ride, all weather arenas available for hire, all weather gallops and Cross Country Training Field. They are currently building a large indoor arena so watch out for more exciting news from them!
The Delamere Loop passes the end of the lane leading to Hill House Farm, this is a 22 mile loop ride
running partway along the Whitegate Way round in a circle, taking in Delamere Forest, Primrose Wood and Little Budworth Country Park. Whilst most of the route follows quiet country lanes and off-road trails it is occasionally necessary to cross busy roads. The route comprises some 12 miles of surfaced roads the rest of the route is ‘off-road’. The Delamere Loop can be joined at any point and is marked by blue and white fingerposts and waymark discs.
The Gallops Cross Country Ride at Tilstone is another local Farm Ride that is based on at a nearby farm with a selection of small optional jumps.
Broxton Gallops is a beautiful 8 Furlong all-weather gallop with a gradual incline of 140 feet which is excellent for keeping any horse fit. Training is on a super-safe surface at all times, with a 1 furlong return track which ensures your horse’s heart-rate does not drop too much, enabling fitness-training to be continued to a peak which allows the rider to achieve whatever level he or she requires.
We also have some other local suggestions of routes near to Hill House Farm – Places To Ride Your Horse
Winter Turnout with Haylage in frosty weather
Equestrian Holidays
Horse Riding Holidays for riders who do not have their own horses or can’t bring their horses with them can book a holiday that will be tailor made for them. They can be for riders from beginners to the more experienced riders, it can be a mixture of lessons and hacks all organised at Willington Riding Centre or courses on Natural Horsemanship can also be organised.
For more information on Riding Holidays at Hill House Farm go to Equestrian Escapes.
All weather arena available for Guests and their Horses to use
Equine Events
There are many equine events in Cheshire – here’s a selection:
- Chester Races provide excellent racing on Chester’s famous city centre course on The Roodee, and are a much-loved social event. It makes a marvellous spectacle, even viewed from the city walls. It’s hard to believe The Roodee used to be the harbour in Roman times!
- there are annual point-to-point events at Tabley and Eaton Hall, nr Chester.
- horse trials – the Kelsall Hill Horse Trials and the Bradwell Horse Trials are both firm fixtures in the Cheshire equine calendar.
- Polo – the Cheshire Polo Club lays claim to be the oldest polo club in Britain, through its direct succession from the Manchester, Wirral and Bowdon clubs, which were all formed in the 19th century. It now plays at Little Budworth and Henbury.
New American Barn Stables overlooking the Arena
Equine Equipment and tack shops
Naylors – Botterley Court, Nantwich Road, Wardle, CW6 9GT
Nantwich Saddlery – Nantwich Saddlery Barn Farm, Winsford Road, Cholmondeston CW7 4DR Tel: 07944086189
Edgemere Equestrian Supplies – Hampton Heath Industrial Estate, Malpas, Cheshire SY14 8LU. Tel 01948 820720
Hope Valley Saddlery – Kelsall Hill Equestrain Centre, Organdale Farm, Middlewich Rd, Cheshire, Tarporley, Cheshire, CW6 0SR. Tel: 01829 708300
Chelford Farm Supplies – Knutsford Road, Chelford, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9AS Tel: 01625 861588
Beautiful Winters Frosty Morning
Feed and supplies
Beeston Animal Health Ltd, Beeston Castle, Whitchurch Road, Beeston, Tarporley, Cheshire, CW6 9NJ. Tel: 01829-261361
Naylors – Botterley Court, Nantwich Road, Wardle, CW6 9GT
Kelsall Hill Feeds – Kelsall Hill Equestrain Centre, Organdale Farm, Middlewich Rd, Cheshire, Tarporley, Cheshire, CW6 0SR. Tel: 07734 831417
Nantwich Saddlery – Nantwich Saddlery Barn Farm, Winsford Road, Cholmondeston CW7 4DR Tel: 07944086189
Views from the Broxton Gallops
Equine Vets
Ashbrook Equine Hospital, Middlewich Rd, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 9JQ. Tel: 01565-723030.
Nantwich Veterinary Group, Home Farm Equine Clinic, Reaseheath, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5. Tel: 01270 610349
Brown Moss Equine Clinic (Burgess and Graham Equine Veterinary Surgeons), Brown Moss Farm, Norley Road, Norley, Cheshire WA6 6LJ. Tel: 01928-787500.
We also have an enclosed dog exercise field next door to The Country Lodge. This field has a mown track around the perimeter ideal for short walks to allow dogs to let off steam, to play ‘fetch’ or similar games, perhaps you would like to practice some recall or just allow your dog some free time to play!
