Fort Widley Equestrian Centre (Peter Ashley Activity Centre)

Wonderful use of an old 'Palmerston Follie'. Plenty of off road parking. Safe environment and wonderful views of the harbour and beyond. Keep local businesses going and support ventures such as this. The community is so much better for their being.

I watched my daughter's riding lesson recently with her University group and I was very impressed with this riding school. The location was amazing and unique. All staff were really helpful and friendly. The horses looked very well looked after. Tack was in great condition. Very secure and safe. Professional. I used to have horses and ridden all my life, so seeing a place like this with horses so cared was a pleasure.

Fantastic stables with excellent instructors and lovely ponies. Our daughter has some processing difficulties so they conducted an assessment on a mechanical horse with us initially which my daughter thought was very funny. Since then she has had regular lessons with them and joined pony club - they've been very welcoming to her and understanding of her challenges. I'd love it if you could see more of the inside of the stables but I understand that isn't possible right now because of covid. I...

Had a ghost hunt here with Paranormal Pastimes and it was absolutely incredible! My first ever ghost investigation and there was so much activity!!!

*EDITED SINCE COVID AND STAFF CHANGE... RERURNED after Covid to find staff change and daughter needing to b reassessed which was reasonable although procedure was totally different from first time. Upon arrival there was no hand wash or sanitisation station. Before Covid my daughter and myself rode here for a year with no issues. At the new assessment she was asked to get on a mechanical 'horse' in a building with lights going out and myself having to rush to turn them back on. This was an aw...