2024  AVAILABILITY FOR ADULT & CHILDRENS HOLIDAYS

 

THE CASTLES TRAIL 2024

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Based in Lanark, Scotland, Scottish Equestrian Hotel is the UK’s largest horse riding holiday centre

We are Scotland’s only 5* VisitScotland Equestrian Centre with its own Visitscotland  4* Bed and Breakfast accommodation… celebrating 38 years in Lanark and we’re still loving it!  You’ll love our riding horses and accommodation too.

We are  just a 10 minute stroll from the market town of Lanark,  famed town of William Wallace,  and  UNESCO New Lanark World Heritage Village.  

Scottish Equestrian Hotel is situated in one of the most beautiful and accessible areas of Scotland, just 40 minutes from Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports.   We’re surrounded by Fabulous Walks,  Great Golf Courses, Mountain  Biking  Tracks  and Amazing History.    We are a BHS Training & Exam Centre,  TRSS multi – function centre providing almost anything you can think of – whatever you want to do with horses, riding holidays and leisure you’re sure to find it here. 

We offer  HOLIDAYS, PONY CAMPS, SCHOOL VISITS, LESSONS,  LIVERY,  EXPERIENCE DAYS,  BIRTHDAY PARTIES,  WOODLAND TRAILS  –   all delivered by a team of British Horse Society Instructors, all dedicated and experienced to guarantee a great experience

 

THE CASTLES TRAIL   – THE MOST LUXURIOUS TRAIL RIDE IN THE COUNTRY

 Our most popular  CASTLES TRAIL RIDE  is open for booking  for  2024.    BOOK NOW 

Take a 6 day journey on horseback  through some of the best scenery in Scotland and revel in the history of the famous SCOTTISH BORDERS.  You  will follow the old Drove Roads and Tracks used for hundreds of years.    You will ford rivers and gallop over the heather.  Pause to admire the amazing landscape and lunch amid the amphitheatre of rugged beauty.  At the end of each day’s riding you will toast the day with your companions with our traditional  GLAYVA  and then be  chauffered   to a castle or luxury hotel to eat a sumptious dinner, and relax in the pool or spa. Your desdtination is the historic Border town of Selkirk where   you will ride through the grounds of BOWHILL CASTLE   (home of the Duke of Buccleugh). Throughout this amazing ride you will  see an abundance of wildlife only seen from the back of a horse.  This is truly an epic horseriding adventure.   

For full details see our TRAIL RIDING  page.

Availability for 2024

May                 5-11          19-25

June               2-8           16-22

July                7-13          21-27              

August         4-10          18-24

Septem        8-14          22-28

October        6-12

We’re a great VisitScotland 4 ****   B &B  too – even if you don’t want to ride a horse!    SCOTTISH EQUI B&B    See us on Booking.com

 

 

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