Our trails through the Quantock Hills
Westward Ho! – 2 days riding, 2 nights
A wonderful package for beach lovers! Our Westward Ho! holiday will take you on a two-day trail staying in two gorgeous country hotels, and finishing with a ride on a beach.
Day one will take you from the Quantock hamlet of Farringdon, through forests, farms, hills and parkland to Over Stowey, where we stay in an organic farm with fantastic views and food to match.
Day two sees you ride up the valley and onto the very top of the Quantock Hills. From here we will follow the spine of the Quantocks all the way west to the sea. In the afternoon we will arrive at a private guesthouse with its own access to famous St Audries Bay. The afternoon is spent cantering on the beach and the evening relaxing with a complimentary bottle of champagne!
Westward Ho! Rates*
Our horses: £550 guided
Your own horses: £240 unguided; £390 guided
Quantock Trail – 3 days riding, 2 nights
Day one will take you from the archetypal Quantock hamlet of Farringdon, through forests, farms and hills to the stunning village of West Bagborough, where a most welcoming farmhouse awaits you and your trusty mount.
Day two sees you ride up the valley and onto the very top of the Quantock Hills. From here we will descend to the picturesque village of Holford, rise up to an iron-age fort and then skirt the edge of another hill before descending to Over Stowey for the night.
Day three completes the circle to Farringdon via the southern hills of the Quantocks, some beautiful parkland and a glimpse of the wild horses if you are lucky!
Quantock Trail Rates*
Our horses: £690 guided
Your own horses: £270 unguided; £455 guided
Poets Trail – 5 days riding, 4 nights
Day one will take you from the archetypal Quantock hamlet of Farringdon, through forests, farms and hills to the stunning village of West Bagborough, where a most welcoming farmhouse awaits you and your trusty mount.
Day two from West Bagborough, traverse the Quantocks and the deer park, experiencing the vistas so admired by Wordsworth and Coleridge. In the afternoon you will arrive at a private guesthouse with its own access to famous St Audries Bay. The afternoon is spent galloping on the beach.
Day three take a half day of rest from riding for you and horse – explore the beach for fossils and wildlife, investigate nearby West Qauntoxhead village and enjoy a surfeit of poetry as you relax in beautiful farmhouse surroundings. In the afternoon we will ride across farmland for stunning views of the west Somerset coast, and down onto the beach again for more sea action!
Day four You will hit the trail again, cantering up beautiful valleys to reach the highest peak of the Quantocks, Bicknoller Point. From here you will follow the ridge, and possibly some wild horse herds, via an iron age hill fort and Dead Woman’s Ditch to charming Over Stowey in the east.
Day five your final day’s trail will take you through parkland and past the famous Quantock Lodge, via Cothlestone Hill back to the Travels on Horseback yard in the afternoon. You will arrive back at Farringdon with humans and horses happy and pleasantly tired!
Poets Trail Rates*
Our horses: £1185 guided
Your own horses: £490 unguided; £790 guided
*Rates are per person, assuming two people sharing. For varying options and rates, please visit our Rates Page
Somerset is a wonderful county for riding. Wordsworth walked here, Coleridge wrote here - now you can find tranquility here too, on horseback.
All of our routes explore the wide area of Outstanding Natural Beauty called the Quantock Hills, and we will happily prepare a route to suit you, no matter how long or short. To the left you will find some of our trail riding ideas…
The Quantocks on film
Watch an atmospheric 1960s film of riding in the Quantocks. Click ‘Play Archive Film’ when you enter the BBC site.
View a map of the Quantock Hills
