LIVERY
DIY livery yard for horse owners – at the foot of the Pentland Hills, Edinburgh.
Livery
Swanston Farm offers DIY Grass Livery only for horse owners. With a variety of tracks around the 700 acre farm and endless hacking up into the 25,000 acres of Pentland Hills Regional Park, Swanston Farm is a great location for horse owners that want their horses to live out all year round. There are regular visiting farriers, vets and qualified instructors who provide services for liveries at Swanston. The Livery follows a Faecal Worm Egg Count (FWEC) programme run by advising equine vets Central Equine Vets. New horses arriving at Swanston Farm must undergo a mandatory Strangles ELISA blood test/Strangles scope and guttural pouch wash with PCR test prior to arrival, followed by a 14-day quarantine procedure and further follow-up tests at the end of the 14 days. This is to keep our Livery yard free from Strangles, EHV and Equine Flu. It is mandatory for all horses at Swanston Farm to be fully vaccinated against Equine Flu and Tetanus, be microchipped and have a passport.
We do not accept Stallions, Shetland ponies or miniatures.
We currently have a long waiting list and are unable to provide a time-line for spaces.
If you are looking for DIY Grass livery for your horse or pony, please complete the enquiry form on this page.
PLEASE NOTE that if you are not a Swanston Farm Livery but wish to ride from Swanston Farm onto the Pentland Hills Regional Park you will need to contact our office for permission and will be directed to a designated parking area. Due to our bio-security policy, non-liveries are not permitted to use the equestrian facilities or ride through the Livery Yard. Thank you for your consideration.
Facilities
Swanston Livery benefits from an indoor arena, a 60m x 30m all-weather outdoor arena and a small number of Loddon stables.
All fields have galvanised steel water troughs and the grazing is rich and varied. Our large fields are kept with small-herd grazing, reducing damage to pasture through over-grazing and allowing Swanston Livery horses the room to live a more natural life. In winter, ad-lib hay and haylage is available for the horses in the fields and during the Spring and Summer months fields are harrowed.
Please note: we are not a riding school and are unable to facilitate trekking or lessons.