Hylands park riding?

[twiggy2]

well today we had a fabulous ride out, we crossed the A414 (I think) opposite the main gates in to hylands park and we went for a wander, they are setting up for the polo this weekend (is anyone going saturday afternoon? we could maybe meet up?), we were ambling along when a crew cab came alongside us and a very nice lady asked if she could stop as she did not want to spook the horses, she stopped came over patted my horse and said
'I am really sorry I have been voted to come and tell you you cannot ride on Hylands park, but finish your lovely ride as it is a nice place to come but for future reference you cannot ride here'

we looked on the web site and it says you can ride with a permit (not sure if it is an old page/site) so I phoned and asked and they don't know if horses are allowed or not so I am waiting for phone call back.

it is a beautiful place to ride and we just ambled will be a shame if she is right but I fear she maybe.

on a plus my little mare was so well behaved she has only been hacking out regularly for 3.5 months and was only backed this yr, and obviously traffic on the road was big/heavy and fast, the other horse had a bit of a wobbly in hylands but mine just ignored the other

 

[JFTDWS]

There are no bridleways running through it, so I'm unsure why you thought you would be allowed to ride on it? I also can't see why you'd want to - it's tripping with dog walkers and child-handlers, most of whom seem to have limited control over their charges at the best of times!

 

[olop]

Agree with JFTD a friend of mine used to ride over there and would regulary be chased by dogs - not my idea of relaxing! I used to be stabled behind it and I would rather ride on the roads than go in there!
The permit is £110 a year (that's what friend paid!) But felt she wasted her money!

 

[twiggy2]

Agree with JFTD a friend of mine used to ride over there and would regulary be chased by dogs - not my idea of relaxing! I used to be stabled behind it and I would rather ride on the roads than go in there!
The permit is £110 a year (that's what friend paid!) But felt she wasted her money!

we went to have a look and see if you could ride round there, but you cant anymore, no permits nothing.

have to say it was lovely stayed away from the main dog walking areas and house and went where they have cut for hay, i did not realise how big the estate was.
we only planned to walk mainly due to dogs and walkers and had no trouble at all, in fact it was very quiet.
i plan to expose my young lady to everything never seen the point in getting to the stage where you start avoiding stuff,

 

[twiggy2]

There are no bridleways running through it, so I'm unsure why you thought you would be allowed to ride on it? I also can't see why you'd want to - it's tripping with dog walkers and child-handlers, most of whom seem to have limited control over their charges at the best of times!

cos i know you used to be able to