Price for off road riding permit?

[Kat1e]

Do you offer/pay for an off road riding permit? How much is it (per month or year?) and what does it entitle you to do (how many miles of tracks/how much area of land)? Also where in the country is that?

If you don't have anything like this near you, how much would you pay for off road riding and what would you expect to get for your money?

Thanks for any input.

 

[tasteofchristmaschaos]

I use a TROT tollride.
I pay £135 for a years membership.
It is an 8 mile track, and includes a xc course.
I'm in Kent.

 

[SecretSquirrell379]

I use EAFR, we can go for miles and we have access to gallops. I pay £13 a month by d/d

 

[Kat1e]

Thank you both. What does EAFR stand for?

 

[HollyB66]

EAFR = EAST ANGLIAN FARM RIDES http://www.farmrides.com/

the routes look great.

We have TROT here in Kent, I know there are lots of different routes, but they don't divulge the routes/maps until you are a member. But until I buy a horse it is a bit expensive to sign up.

Holly B

 

[Peacelily]

wow - EAFR looks really good - I hope they branch out in my direction soon!

 

[monkeybum13]

Dyrham Park (National Trust) is £160 (or someone around) for one year per horse/rider. If my mum was to ride my boy we would have to have 2 permits. Same if I wanted to ride 2 different horses I would need 2 permits. Its a bit pricey IMO

 

[snaffle]

I use public bridleways, free of charge.

 

[Ashgrove]

We don't have anything like this, I wish we did, there are a few privately owned woods nearby.

I would pay up to £150 per year to use the woodlands.

Something like a day permit would be a good idea for friends who come up once in a blue moon. As monkeybum13 said, gets expensive other wise.

I'm in north Cumbria.

 

[Rowreach]

We pay £70 a year which entitles us to ride in 5 forest parks within about a 20 mile radius, but I am very close to the best of them so tend to ride there only. I use it several times a week and reckon it works out at pence each time I go, and it is a beautiful place to ride (forest, mountains, river, ford, pine martens and red squirrels

)

added to which it is safe, off road riding with well-maintained tracks.

We hardly have any bridleways in NI

 

[Kat1e]

Thank you all.
Wheelbarrow- there aren't many good bridlepaths near here, unfortunately.
Rowreach, that sounds fantastic.

 

[SpruceRI]

I pay £92 a year to ride on the Ashdown Forest. I bought 2 permits this year so friends can ride with me on my 2 - won't be able to afford that next year!!

It takes about 20 mins to box over there.

Also pay £47 a year to ride in some local woodland. It's not very big an area at all. But very well maintained. No footpaths in it so never get chased by dogs, and can have a good gallop! It's also in hacking distance from my farm which is a bonus, as the hacking is rubbish round there.

 

[Kat1e]

Thanks, sounds like there's a few good options near you madhossy.

Thank you all, very useful info!