Valley Farm

Name: Valley Farm
Address: Valley Farm Equestrian Leisure, Wickham Market, IP130ND, GB
Telephone: +441728746916
Price range: $
Rating: 4.6

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https://linktr.ee/valleyfarmequestrian
Riding School, Campsite, Holiday Lodge, Cafe, Visitor Attraction We have something for everyone. After school club. Café.
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Established in 1977 Valley Farm is a unique Equestrian Leisure Centre and Visitor Attraction in a beautiful part of Suffolk, offering holidays and regular group or private riding lessons for adults, teens, children and tots. We are here to help you to improve your riding, whether you are just starting out or an experienced rider want to try a new equestrian sport. Our lovely horses and friendly staff can help you every step of your equestrian journey. In addition to riding and horsecare lessons we offer:
Children's residential holidays,
Activity pony days. Western Riding. Side saddle lessons. Vaulting. Accommodation in our holiday Lodge. Small friendly Camping and caravan site. Farm walks. Dog Agility. Horse Agility. Horse livery. Horse loaning. We have excellent facilities. Indoor school, outdoor all-weather arenas and beautiful hacking. We are an Approved Pony Club centre. Highly commended by the British Horse Society, Approved by the Association of British Riding Schools. OFSTED Registered allowing you to pay for your children's activities using childcare vouchers. Follow this link to find out more about the activities we offer and the history of Valley Farm. https://www.valleyfarm.co.uk/content/about-us

03/11/2026

🐴🐴What's on at Valley Farm this week🐴🐴
After-school private or shared lesson spaces available this Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.
WEDNESDAY
CLTH sessions (BHS Changing lives through horses).
11am Adult social riding group £46.00.
THURSDAY
Throughout the morning: East Suffolk RDA session Please contact us if you are interested in Riding, Care, Vaulting or Carriage driving.
12pm Inhand groundwork group for adults £25.00.
2.30pm Polework patterns riding group for adults £46.00.
FRIDAY
CLTH sessions (BHS Changing lives through horses).
Availability for private lessons/hacks
EVERY DAY 1/2 hour or 1 hour Private or shared private hacks or lesson availability in any of the following.
🐎Focus on your Flatwork
🐎Learn on the Lunge
🐎Practice your Pony-Care
🐎Work on your Western Riding
🐎Have a go at Hacking
🐎Select Side-Saddle
🐎Venture into vaulting
🐎Jump for joy
🐎Exercise on the Equisimulator
🐎Train for a test
🐎Learn to long-rein
🐎Come and try Carriage Driving.
Let us know what you need to work on and we can help take you to the next level. More info about private lesson topics available on our website.
☕Remember The Camargue Cafe is open for hot/cold drinks, breakfast, lunch, plus a selection of homemade goodies to eat in or take away.
🦙Visitor centre open for farm walks, animal visits or alpaca experiences (Booking required for experiences). 🐕Dogs on leads welcome. ⛺Campsite open. 🏠Enquire for Holiday Lodge availability.
*ABRS Rosette awards £5.00 each.

01/11/2026

Results of the August and September side saddle competitions. If you would like to learn more about side saddle lessons for children or adults email [email protected]

01/11/2026

31/10/2026

Batty has been having a brilliant half term. It has been really fun playing games and helping the children learn new things. He is a bit sad that Halloween is nearly over, but would like to remind you that the school holiday fun will continue in the Christmas holidays. You can book online now for Christmas pony days, Pony Club and other activities.

31/10/2026

👻 Happy Halloween! A stunning start to a beautiful day. 🕸️ Sparkling cobwebs covering the ground and ghostly horse shaped shadows emerging from the mist. It really is a treat to see it.
🏕️ Our campsite is open all year round offering different delights during different seasons.

30/10/2026

You can change diagonal in trot by remaining standing for two beats or by sitting for two beats.
What are trot diagonals?
🐎When a horse trots, their legs move together in diagonal pairs. It can be bouncy so riders learn to rise and sit in time with one of the diagonal pairs, allowing them to use their knees and ankles to absorb the bounce, making it more comfortable for the horse and the rider, provided the rider maintains good balance.
🐎Changing diagonal regularly helps to keep the horses muscles and stride evenly balanced.
🐎Rising when the outside shoulder/inside hind leg is moving forward takes your weight off that inside hind leg, which does most of the heavy lifting and pushing around corners, and makes it easier for the horse to turn.
🐎Riders can look at the shoulder to see which diagonal they are rising on, but must take care not to lose balance when if they aren't looking forward. Over time rider learn to feel through their seat, what the back legs are doing and no longer need to look.
🐎 "Rise and fall with the outside wall" is one way people try to remember the diagonal they should be rising on or "sit outside back" do you have a good way to remember? Drop it in the comments.
🐎Test your balance next time you ride by standing for two to change diagonal instead of sitting, or try a rising trot waltz. Sit-rise-rise, sit-rise-rise. Can you complete a whole circuit like this?

30/10/2026

ABRS Rosette awards are structured, practical achievement awards, created by The Association of British Riding Schools for child and adult riders. Each award comes with a different rosette and a certificate to track progress, build confidence and encourage high standards of practical horse care and riding.
They cover lots of different topics so if you want to know more or start your own collection, ask you coach for more details. You can work towards the awards during private lessons and most of our group lessons.

30/10/2026

What has Batty been up to?
Batty has been very busy watching all the action and sometimes getting to join in. He’s been helping with grooming, feeding, riding and vaulting. He’s getting good at polocrosse and riding the simulators. He helped to build the horse agility competition course and was very impressed with how helpful the children were who stayed late to help muck out stables.

29/10/2026

After a beautiful sunny day, the evening mist rolled in like a dry ice machine turning the marshes into a beautiful, hushed dreamworld. More magical than the camera can portray. You need to come and stay on the campsite in the autumn to see it for yourself. Watch in wonder as how in a matter of minutes, a cloak of mist transforms the meadows into a fairytale landscape.

Address

Valley Farm Equestrian Leisure
Wickham Market
IP130ND

Telephone

+441728746916

Website

http://www.valleyfarm.co.uk/, https://valley-farm.ecpro.co.uk/, https://linktr.ee/valleyfarmequestrian

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