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Edinburgh University Exmoor Pony Trekking

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Edinburgh University Exmoor Pony Trekking We are a student run non-profit organisation that promotes the Exmoor breed through our treks. Come trekking!! We own 11 ponies at present.

We run treks every Saturday and Sunday during the term time and we can try and arrange treks during the week. Visit our website www.exmoorponytrekking.co.uk

Email us: [email protected]

Call/Text us (summer time only) : 07582834171

The University of Edinburgh Exmoor Pony Trekking is a student-run non-profit making organisation (all the money we make goes back into caring for the pon

ies, trek leaders are not paid). We cater for all levels of rider - whether you've never sat on a horse or whether you have ridden all your life, we guarantee you will have a fun time! The ponies are currently at Swanston farm, South Edinburgh. You can either drive or take the 15/4 midlothian bus from the city center. Find out more on how to get to us on our website. We offer 3 different types of treks:

Morning: 2-3 hour advanced/intermediate £35
Afternoon: 1-2 hour beginner/novice £25
Pootle: 30-45 minutes lead rein £15

If you would like to come out trekking more frequently we can offer you a membership costing £15, and this gives you £5 discount off every trek. Trek leaders are University of Edinburgh students who have taken a 1 year course to learn the ropes. They get taught first aid, pony first aid and how to take out a safe and enjoyable trek. If you are a student at the University of Edinburgh and would be interested in doing our Trek Leader Course please send us a message. Fill out our BOOKING FORM http://www.exmoorponytrekking.co.uk/book-a-trek.html

22/04/2025

Happy Earth Day 🌎🐴💕 Did you know Exmoor ponies can support biodiversity just by being their strong, hardy, and sweet selves? Swipe to learn more!

24/03/2025

✨🐴We’ve been trekking with Exmoor ponies for over 75 years now! If you’ve ever wondered why Exmoors, where they came from, and what makes them so special, take a look🐴✨

12/03/2025

Spring is slowly arriving and here are some snapshots that one of our trek leaders took of the ponies this weekend - doing what they normally do (eating or just chilling) 🐎

05/03/2025

We had a lovely time visiting the Nucleus building at King’s Campus yesterday! Annie and Immy had a lovely time meeting some of the kings students (and the grass there as well !) and definitely brought some smiles to people’s faces! It was also great to chat to people about the society and what we do 🐴🐎

23/02/2025

If you’re up in the hills anytime soon you may notice that some of our ponies have now been ‘clipped’ on their chests. We regularly weigh tape and body condition score the whole herd, and as Exmoors are so adapted at being energy efficient a few of ours in lighter work this winter have stayed a little rounder than we’d like!
We’re trialling clipping the larger ponies underneath (whilst keeping longer coats for protection from the weather on their backs) which should help them hopefully lose a little bit of weight in advance of all the lush spring grass coming through in the next few months and preventing health problems.
They were all very well behaved when they were being given their new looks ❤️

18/02/2025

Some ponies in the snow yesterday ❄️☃️

16/02/2025

Some lovely ponies coming over to say hi to our trekkers on one of our recent treks !

20/01/2025

Sunset ponies 🌅

15/01/2025

Thanks to everyone who came and met the ponies today it was lovely to see you all!
Also a big thank you to Nutmeg Equine Transport who took us today and were a great help 🐴

13/01/2025

Students!! Come and meet several of our lovely herd members at pleasance on Wednesday from 10am-2pm!! It would be lovely to see as many of you as possible and the ponies would be excited to meet lots of new people - our trek leaders will also be on hand to help with any questions about the ponies and the society as a whole - looking forward to seeing you all soon !! 🐎🐎

03/01/2025

Welcome back students!!!
We are running refreshers treks next week!! Please book in to come and see what our society is about and get some outdoorsy and pony time before semester starts again! We’d love to see we many of you as possible and so do our ponies who have had quite a chill Christmas so far (apart from our Christmas pootles!). We are running treks on 7th, 9th and 10th January (next week). See you there ! 🐴🐴

23/12/2024

Come and meet some of our trek leaders and ponies today at the Morrisons at Hunter’s Tryst who are doing a bit of Christmas Fundraising!
They will be there until 3pm today 🎄
Here are some pictures of Bjaesk and Fern have just arrived 🛒

17/12/2024

Some information about our Christmas pootles running during the holidays !!

10/12/2024

Some recent snapshots of our gorgeous ponies !! Our Christmas treks are up on our website for anybody wanting to see them before Christmas !! 🎅🎄

03/12/2024

Some pony noses !! It’s getting a little bit chilling up in the pentlands so all of our ponies are super fluffy! Can you recognise any of the ponies just from their nose??

26/11/2024

The ponies had the farrier come up today to do their feet! They get a routine trim and front shoes put on every 6-8 weeks to make sure they are maintained properly. We also sometimes give them licks to distract them in case they get a bit impatient sometimes (like Win in this photo). As we have so many ponies, we usually split the herd into 2 separate days where trek leaders will come up and hold them for the farrier 🧲🐎🎠

23/11/2024

Some snowy ponies today !! It’s feeling like proper winter up in the pentlands ❄️☃️

16/11/2024

Some gorgeous recent photos of our ponies taken by one of our lovely trek leaders. Although they are super photogenic they can be very nosy about the camera as well! 🐴

Address

Glendevon House Drive
Glendevon
FK147JY

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+447564335203

Website

http://www.exmoorponytrekking.co.uk/

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