Cheston Clubhouse, Café & Shop
The Cheston Clubhouse, Café & Shop opened in late 2016. Join us and relax with a coffee and cake whilst watching riders in the indoor school.
DetailsWelcome to Cheston! We are proud to be a Local Authority 5 star licensed and BHS Highly Commended Centre with a reputation of delivering excellence in everything we do! Our home page will give you a summary of everything we offer and individual pages will give you more detail. We believe we are one of the best centres in the South West with superb facilities and something for almost everyone to enjoy.
Please note: All fee based riding, lessons, hire and loan must, by law, hold a licence as well as correct business permissions. Our Local Authority Licence No is : MAU007063. Using a law abiding approved and inspected Centre gives you peace of mind as everything we do is ‘proper’ from how we manage our horses to how we look after our staff and clients.
Everyone is welcome to ride at Cheston. We can offer something to suit just about every equine enthusiast from Holiday Activity Days for children, beginner and intermediate lessons to dressage or jump coaching for advanced riders! We really enjoy progressing riders from scratch to expert; whether a ‘Rusty Returner’ adult rider or beginner child, and we love to take experienced riders on Dartmoor. Please do check our latest weight limits as this may change with our horses.
We have an excellent and varied team of riding school horses from steady cobs to sport horses and we welcome many riders who bring their own horse to train with us. Our facilities are super and our riding out on Dartmoor is exceptional for the capable canter rider looking for varied faster hacking.
Note: We are an equitation teaching centre, plus take canter riders on to Dartmoor. Riding outside of arena’s is not available for inexperienced riders
Summer: Holiday Kids Clubs, 1:1 privates, Dartmoor canter hacks or shared riding for established riders.
Term-time: We have more rider vacancies at off-peak times Mon-Fri for adult or home schooled children between 10-4.
NEW RIDERS: To enquire please provide the following ideally by email:
Instruction is available for adults and children from 5, beginner to advanced riders including BHS exam and college students.
We are popular with committed riders: children and especially teen and adults looking for confidence building one to one or small groups as well as more technical coaching in dressage and jumping.
You don’t need your own pony and we are open to non-members too. A very social experience with all the fun and none of the cost and stress of actually owning a pony! With 12 ponies and 12 horses to chose from, you will learn so much more about all the equine team.
Small groups, quality learning, adult qualified and experienced staff.
We encourage all levels of rider to take part in our clinics and competitions with your horse or ours. Our friendly welcoming atmosphere will inspire you to train and compete!
Our current clinics programme consists of regular CFEC instructors, visiting instructors and resident instructor Sophie Osborne BHSII. We also have other excellent well known trainers visiting this year on an ad hoc basis for training and Demonstration nights
We encourage all levels of rider to take part in our clinics and competitions including riding school clients. A friendly welcoming atmosphere awaits to inspire you to train and compete!
For ages 14+, we offer the weekend ‘Cheston Careers Club’. If you have grown out of ‘Saturday Clubs’ then we offer you a next step up for horse mad young people wanting to get serious about horses whether for fun or for your future career.
We also work in partnership with colleges, training agencies and schools to deliver careers training to 14-16 year olds on day release as well as post 16 learners.
For age 16+ , the CFEC Apprenticeship with pay, training and BHS exams is a great alternative to college. In a real commercial environment, you’ll get pay and responsibilities, with opportunities to ride every day.
We offer packages including accommodation to adults or teens from across the world, from training/hacking holidays to college placements. Ride our horses or bring your own to enjoy our fab facilities, Dartmoor or local beaches.
The 50 by 30 metre indoor arena, 62x22m and 40×20 metre outdoor arena are available for hire to individuals, clubs and societies outside of peak hours.
The Cheston Clubhouse, Café & Shop opened in late 2016. Join us and relax with a coffee and cake whilst watching riders in the indoor school.
DetailsThe new Cheston Farm Equestrian Centre newsletter with a variety of information is now available here for viewing and printing.
DetailsOur location and facilities are superb! We’re situated just 4minutes off the Wrangaton Cross Junction of the A38 (directions below and don’t trust Sat Nav!)
Our huge indoor arena and outdoor arenas make riding a pleasure whatever the weather! With our close proximity to Dartmoor, you can enjoy the freedom of exploring miles of unspoilt remote riding! Do explore our information to see what suits you.
If you are planning to visit South Devon, the Centre offers special horsey experiences for non-horsey families and holiday makers to suit your ability and give you a fun safe taste of riding. Horse mad kids, teens and adults will have lots to choose from. Take a look round our information and give us a call.