riding the bridleways
This section of the Website is about bridleways - hints on riding them, their legal status, clothes to take, and so on. Click on the subject you want. You can return to this page by clicking the back to bridleways button on each of them. These pages are all text - print them out if you want.
They contain a whole lot of information which will make your bridle-ride more enjoyable - and safer - especially if you haven't been bridle-riding before. We get lots of letters and feedback forms each year which say "I wish we'd known" or "I wish you'd told us" this or that and in almost every case, the information is on these pages. They are the fruit of a lot of experience of bridle-riding by ourselves and by others, and they're well worth reading. Check out the "hazards" page for the latest information from the MOD and BHS on low flying military aircraft.
A top-quality grassy bridleway on the Cranborne Chase network. Sadly, not all the bridleways on our networks are as good as this, but we do our best to exclude the really bad ones.
hints on riding the bridleways

preparing yourself & your horse

farmers' attitudes
clothes and equipment

the law and bridleways

hazards - including other users
The British Horse Society (BHS) have lots of free leaflets on Access and Rights of Way and, among other things, help to protect riders' rights to use bridleways. Bridle Rides is a trade member of the BHS - but if you'd like to join as an individual, why not e-mail us for a Membership Form?