Scottish Borders Equine and Nature Experience: Half a Day with a Rescue Herd

Twenty-four acres above the Berwickshire coast, and none of it was here ten years ago. This was a landfill site. Ninety local volunteers and two and a half thousand hours later, it is wildlife ponds, a thousand native trees, a sensory garden and a herd of horses, running entirely on solar.

The horses came from somewhere too. Ours are rescues, rehabilitated, and none of them are made to work in a way that does not suit them. That shapes the whole three hours. You will not be handed a horse and pointed at a gate. You will meet the herd first, learn a little about how they read you, and take your time getting your horse ready before you ride out over the land with the North Sea in front of you.

Complete beginners are genuinely welcome. So are nervous riders, returning riders, and experienced horse people who want something slower than a trekking centre. Danielle, who founded the place in 2017 and is BHS Stage 4 qualified, will usually be the one meeting you at the gate.

We are ten minutes from Berwick-upon-Tweed on the east coast main line, and we can arrange pick up and drop off from the station if you tell us your train.

Eat Sleep Ride is a registered Scottish charity. What you pay here funds free places for people across the Borders, East Lothian, Edinburgh and Northumberland who could not otherwise get to a place like this. That is the whole reason the gate is open.