BHS approved

DIY, Part, Full, Holiday livery · Burnhope, County Durham

Holmside Hall Equestrian

BHS approved yard in Burnhope, County Durham, with part and full livery, a DIY mews block, indoor and outdoor arenas and on-site competitions.

  • DIY livery
  • Part livery
  • Full livery
  • Holiday livery

Livery and prices

DIY livery “Mews DIY livery”

£68 a week ≈ £295 a month

£294 a month. Outdoor stables in the Mews block, with top quality barley or wheat straw (discounted for shavings) and superior meadow haylage included. Other services are bought in separately.

  • Turn out £2 each time
  • Serve feed £1 each time
  • Muck out, hay and feed £8 each time

Part livery “Part livery”

£92 a week ≈ £399 a month

£399 a month. Top quality barley or wheat straw (discounted for shavings), superior meadow haylage, breakfast and tea served, daily turnout and bring in, rug change, and help with vet, blacksmith and physio. Mucking out and other services are bought in separately.

  • Muck out, hay and feed £8 each time
  • Serve feed £1 each time

Full livery “Full livery”

£132 a week ≈ £572 a month

£572 a month. The owner does the riding and grooming. Bedded on barley or wheat straw (discounted for shavings), superior meadow haylage, hard feed to suit the horse, daily turnout and bring in, and help with vet, blacksmith and physio. Other services such as tack cleaning or exercise can be bought in.

Holiday livery “Schooling or holiday livery”

Price on request

Tailored to the horse's needs. The yard asks owners to get in touch for a price.

Prices shown are per week, with the monthly figure the yard gives in brackets.

Prices as published by the yard on holmsidehallequestrian.co.uk. Monthly figures are worked out from weekly prices × 52 ÷ 12.

What's included

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Rugging–Included––
Mucking out–Not includedIncluded–
Exercise––Not included–

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What it would cost you

About the yard

Holmside Hall Equestrian is a family-run yard in Burnhope, County Durham. It offers livery, competitions and coaching, and the livery, competition and DIY parts are run by separate businesses on the same site.

Full livery covers daily mucking out, bedding, haylage, hard feed, turnout and bring in, and the owner does the riding and grooming. Part livery covers bedding, haylage, turnout, bring in and rug changes, and extra jobs such as mucking out are charged separately. The Mews is an outdoor DIY block with its own storage and muck heap, and there are schooling and holiday livery options.

The yard has an indoor arena and two outdoor arenas, one of them 65 by 25 metres, plus a grass paddock for cross-country schooling. Off-road riding is available on the local bridleways. A compulsory worming programme and a strict bio-security policy apply.

Turnout

Generous grazing in adjacent fields, with a grass paddock used for cross-country schooling.

Arena and facilities

  • Indoor school 65×25m, wax fibre blend with silica sand
  • Outdoor arena 65×25m, wax fibre blend with silica sand
  • Outdoor arena 47×32m, silica sand, mixed fibre and rubber chips
  • Toilet
  • Tea room
  • Trailer and lorry parking
  • Cross-country fences
  • Show jumps

Indoor school has a viewing gallery, toilets with a disabled toilet, a classroom, a coffee area, a PA system and a scoreboard, and training mirrors. Purpose-built indoor Pegasus stables with sliding doors and automatic water. Separate isolation block for new arrivals. Lorry parking £25 a month and trailer parking £18 a month. The Mews is an outdoor block of stables for DIY livery only, with its own storage, muck heap and straw shed.

Services: Lessons, Clipping, Schooling, Exercising, Holiday livery.

Hacking

Off-road hacking from the yard.

Many bridleways are available to ride on from the yard.

Rules and terms

Worming
Yard programme

A compulsory worming programme designed by the yard's vet applies, and a strict bio-security policy.

Lunging and schooling must be booked 48 hours in advance.

Where this comes from

Checked 21 October 2026 from:

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