Burley Villa School of Riding
Wild ponies grazing beside the track, a stream rushing round your horse's legs, and a western saddle that makes the whole forest feel easy. This is trail riding in the New Forest.
- 90 minsOr two hours on the forest trail
- Age 4+Cowboy Adventures for children
- L4WES Professional leads the western
The forest, the western way
Burley Villa sits on the southern edge of the New Forest National Park, a family-run, BHS approved riding centre near New Milton with around thirty horses. Its western trails start in the arena, where you settle into the saddle, then head out among the wild New Forest ponies, splash through the stream at Brownhills and drop down into Yew Tree Bottom.
Most riders on these trails have never ridden western before, and that is the point. Western is a relaxed, gentle way to ride, and with the forest opening up around you it is hard to think of a better place to find that out.
Four ways into the forest
Coached by a champion
The western riding is led by Tammy Greaves: European Western Champion, former Team GBR bronze medallist, AQHA Professional Horsewoman and a WES Professional Level 4. Clinics and lessons with her are a rare chance to learn from the very top.
Photo: Western Equestrian SocietyMeet TammyForest trail rides
Ninety minutes or two hours in a western saddle through spring and summer, on selected Thursdays and Sundays and other dates by arrangement.
For the young ones
Cowboy Adventures from the age of four, and pony trails through the fields and woodland with a chance of spotting the local deer.
Whatever the weather
An indoor school for lessons in English or western tack, outdoor schooling, and holiday hacks.
Ride the New Forest in a western saddle
Trails, lessons and clinics all book direct with Burley Villa.
Where this comes from: Burley Villa's own website (burleyvilla.co.uk), New Forest Online, the centre's listing on Yard and Groom, and WES's own records of its Professionals. Facts read on 6 November 2026; photos are credited on each. Something out of date? Tell us.
Ride at Burley Villa School of Riding
Get in touch with the venue direct: they take their own bookings.
Bashley Common Road, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 5SH
