Horse riding and pony trekking holidays in Wales

If riding for you is about freedom, then Carmarthenshire is the place to go. With an accredited operator you can go trekking into picture book countryside. Marros Riding Centre offer experienced riders an opportunity to gallop on Pendine Sands - seven miles of stunning empty beach. 

Pembrokeshire has some of the finest coastal trail riding in Wales in Britain’s only coastal National Park. Hacks along spectacular beaches such as Druidstone Haven bring many riders to Pembrokeshire. In fact they’re so acclaimed many people overlook ancient bridleways through the Preseli Hills and oak valleys inland. Explorers, take note. 

A trek in Britain’s first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty packs in the scenery. You might descend from Cefn Bryn’s moorland through a bluebell oakwood to the beach at Three Cliffs Bay, or walk along high cliffs near Port Eynon. Wherever you trek on the Gower Peninsula you are guaranteed beautiful scenery. 

Riding in Eryri (Snowdonia) - always taken at a sedate pace because of rough ground - it is not just an audience with nature, it’s a front-row seat beneath the highest mountains in Wales. Countryside trekking is in Penmachno near Betws-y-Coed and there are coast views too. Either way Welsh riding doesn't come grander.

Lloyd George called it 'a little bit of heaven on Earth' and still the Ceiriog Valley is little known to outsiders. Day treks ascend into pastoral hills near Llangollen. On longer hacks you’ll discover the highest waterfall in Wales - Pistyll Rhaeadr, and the skyscapes of the empty Berwyn hills.

There are probably two reasons why Anglesey is brilliant for riding. One is the Abermenai Sands, a mile-long gallop beside the Menai Straits. Another is the spectacular backdrop of Castell Caernarfon (Caernarfon Castle) and Eryri (Snowdonia) mountains. Or it could just be private bridleways with no cars in sight.

The Powys heartland provides trekking escapism in Mid Wales. Quieter than the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons), Radnorshire – including the Elan Valley lakes and Radnor Forest either side of Llandrindod Wells – has old drovers’ roads across open farmland that’s empty except for buzzards. The Radnor Forest trail takes in 70 gorgeous miles between the Cambrian Mountains and the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park.

The Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) is a national park where Welsh cobs run wild. It offers sensational trail riding: along ridges of the Black Mountains, into lush valleys and across the River Wye for a pub lunch. The real surprise is a world so far from urban hustle is actually so close. Cantref Adventure Farm offer pony rides for children must be 93cm and over and and a variety of pony trekking sessions, with rides ranging from 20 minutes to full day rides. Use our search to find a riding centre in the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons).

South Wales offers great options for pony trekking. Rides can combine coast and country, country parks, the cliffs of the Heritage Coast or stunning views in the Beacon mountains. 

Perfectly situated with instant access to the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, Grange Pony Trekking near Abergavenny, provide full-day, half-day or hour rides taking in the breath-taking scenery of the amazing countryside with an experienced guide.

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