Best place to buy field shelter?

Snowy Celandine

Snowy Celandine

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Right, so now I've decided to bring the girl home I need to make my next big decision - what sort of field shelter to buy and where to get it from? I've never had to buy one before so I'd like to avoid making a mistake so any advice/words of wisdom would be very welcome please. I think I'd like something with a partition in as I am going to have two horses. Any ideas where to start looking? I'm in Lincolnshire if that helps?
 
Can thoroughly recommend National stables . I have had mine for 7 yrs and they are still great . They put mine up for me and were very professional . I will be using them again soon for more field shelters
 
You'll almost certainly need planning permission, so bear that in mind.

There are all sorts of designs of field shelters out there. For two neds, I'd thoroughly recommend something along the lines of this one, by Withington Hill Stables.



It's 20' by 12', and for more than one ned I'd always have either twin entrances of a min 6' width each, as mine, or a wide single entrance, so that nothing can get trapped in a corner if they squabble. It's also very sturdily built, with full height kick boards and a lined roof, which additionally helps with thermal insulation. It's bolted onto a concrete pad, and has rubber matting inside. In front, I wheelbarrowed loads of crushed hardcore which has set hard and gives a very good footing.

Got the PP easily for it, Withington Hill supplied the drawings, and my local planning dept were perfectly happy with them. Ideally, you could add a stable on one side so that you have always got somewhere to put a sick or injured horse. Mains lighting is great if you can put it in easily, otherwise modern solar charged set ups are pretty decent.
 
Pleased with our Redmire mobile field shelter. Mobile shelters have the advantage thet they do not need planning permission.
 
Be careful of the planning rules re mobile shelters. Folk have got caught out before by them. As soon as you put any sort of hardcore down in or around a mobile shelter(which is strongly recommended), they are considered non mobile and normal PP is needed.

SC, I think that it's important for you to have everything set up for ease of use? You don't want to be struggling over poached ground in winter, so a more permanent set up with easy access all year is worth looking at. I've recently enlarged the hardstanding area around my stables and shelters and it has made life vastly easier in the winter :).
 
I would use Hodgsons .
I would defiantly put a fenced hard standing in front of it it will make your life so much easier .
It's also best to have a storage area by the shelter even if just for want you need for the day .
You will also need to plan where you are going to put the muck.
Shelters need carefully siteing or the horse simply won't use them .
South facing or south west facing is usually what you need .
You will of course need storage for hay and bedding and all that stuff with enough space for finger .
A fortnights storage is really the minimum you can get away with before it becomes a complete pain .
 
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