7 Days Children's Residential Horse Riding Camp in Cirencester, UK

Facilities

The Talland School of Equitation runs residential holiday courses for children throughout the year, but mainly in the Easter holiday and from the end of June to the end of August. The packages include accommodation on site with 24-hour supervision inclusive of meals, together with some evening entertainments and a weekend excursion for those staying longer than a week. Talland knows all of their staff well, and they are all trained in first aid and hold the necessary safeguarding qualifications.

The children will ride in a group of up to six children with others of similar ability. Talland assesses all riders in the first lesson on Monday or Sunday afternoon if there was time, so, they are suitably matched for the rest of the week. The children also take a stable management lecture each day. The subject is dependent on the current level. Talland's standard course can be seen below, or they can tailor something specific for more advanced riders, or those requiring individual tuition. An additional private lesson each day is very common.

Sunday to Friday schedule

• 07:30 All on the yard - muck out, hay, catch horses from the field and sweep the yard, quarter horses and check over (put hoof oil on, clean stable stains, remove shavings, clean eyes, dock and brush tails), as well as put away rugs and tidy the yard
• 08:30 Breakfast
• 09:00 English lesson or stable management session / riding lesson
• 10:00 English lesson or stable management session / riding lesson
• 11:00 Break
• 11:15 Grooming the horses, cleaning the tack, etc.
• 12:15 Lunch
• 13:15 Finishing lunch then tack up for lessons
• 13:30 Stable management lecture
• 15:00 Second lesson or hacking on the farm
• 16:00 Afternoon stables - skip out, hay, turn out, sweep and feed, brush off, clean remaining tack, tidy the yard and tack room
• 17:30 Finish
• 18:30 Dinner (unless there are evening activities, dinner maybe earlier)

This horse riding holiday will take place at The Talland School of Equitation. It is situated just outside the Gloucestershire village of Barnsley within easy reach of Cirencester, the local market town, and close to all amenities. It is also within easy reach of Swindon and Bath and only an hour and a half drive from central London.

• 1 extra private lesson per day (from 35 GBP per lesson depending on the level of the instructor)
• Private tuition (15 GBP per hour)
• Riding on Saturday morning prior to departure (60 GBP)

• 5 standard days of tuition (2 group lessons and lecture)
• 24-hour supervision from well-trained instructors
• 6 nights’ accommodation
• Meals

• 1 extra private lesson per day
• Riding on Saturday morning prior to departure
• Transfers

• A reservation requires a deposit of 25% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.