A very warm welcome to Witham Villa, Leicestershire’s Premier Equestrian Centre.

All of our bookings are now taken online, so please follow these instructions:-

Step 1 - Follow this link https://witham-villa-riding-centre.ecpro.co.uk/

Step 2 - Click “Register/log in then select “are you new here”

Step 3 - Enter rider name, email, address, phone number and create a password

Step 4 - Verify your email

Step 5 - Log into your ECpro account and fill in the rider registration form

Step 6 - Once you have registered, we will assign a grading and then you will be able to book your future lessons, dates and times. You can’t book prior to being graded.

Step 7 - If you then want a regular weekly lesson slot this can be assigned to you depending on availability. Please email us on withamvillarc@gmail.com for this to be arranged.

The viewing gallery and the cafe are open and we are pleased to announce that we now have the facility for card payments in the cafe. We are pleased to announce that the cafe will be running under new management from the 1st October and will return to normal hours of opening. We hope you will all support Ruth in her new venture.

Our Premier Equestrian Centre is situated in the heart of the Leicestershire countryside but close to all main road networks and has provided excellent horse riding lessons and services to all our customers since 1992 and we endeavor to improve continuously. As a busy riding school we teach progressive horse riding lessons to all our clients. 

We are British Horse Society & Local Authority Approved 5* Riding Establishment and a BHS Where to Train Approved Centre to BHS CCH, and a BHS exam centre to Stage 2.  In our where to Train Inspection Report the general comments were:  "All the horses were in very good condition, the centre is very neat and tidy which helps give a very good impression of the high level of horse care and teaching"  In addition, the inspector commented that he felt the centre would make a very good stage Four training centre due to the high quality horses and training available. 

Animal Activity License Holder: Verity Saul Licence No AW003 . Witham Villa is proud to have achieved the highest rating possible of 5* from the local authority inspection.

We are a Pony Club Centre, enabling non horse or pony owning riders to become part of this national organisation and work to improve their skills. We run Pony Club Badge sessions on a Monday evening which are bookable via ECPro. Please note these sessions are all unmounted with no riding involved.

We welcome riders of all ages (minimum age 4 years) and abilities to our stables and look forward to seeing you at Witham Villa joining in one of our riding lessons. The maximum rider weight limit at Witham Villa is 14 stone fully dressed for riding - please note that there are a very limited number of horses that are suitable for the top weight limit. Each horse is allocated it’s own individual rider weight limit depending on it’s own capacity to ensure horse and rider wellbeing.

No dogs are allowed on the premises. Dogs must not be left in cars. We have our own dogs, Mia and Ebby here on the premises.

Horse riding is a fun and enjoyable sport - come along and have a go.  

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