Eccles Pike Guided Horse Ride | Buxworth, High Peak | Leading Ladies Equestrian

🏔️ Eccles Pike Guided Horse Ride — Buxworth, High Peak

If you’re looking for a ride with proper hills, stunning ridge line views and beautiful High Peak scenery — Eccles Pike is the one for you! 🏔️🐴

Eccles Pike sits in the heart of the High Peak, Derbyshire — just a short distance from Whaley Bridge, Chapel-en-le-Frith and New Mills. It’s one of those rides that gives you that brilliant feeling of really being out there in the countryside — wide open skies, dramatic ridge line views stretching across the High Peak landscape and the kind of fresh air that makes everything feel better 🌿

We meet at the Navigation Inn in Buxworth — a beautiful historic setting right on the banks of the Bugsworth Canal Basin — and from there Katy leads you out onto the lanes and bridleways that wind up and around the stunning Eccles Pike ridge 🌄

🏔️ About the Ride

This is a varied and beautiful 5-mile ride along quiet country lanes and bridleways around Eccles Pike in the High Peak. The route follows a stunning ridge line with sweeping panoramic views across the surrounding countryside — one of those rides where you genuinely stop and take a breath at the scenery around you 💚

There is a good amount of hill work throughout — this is a proper workout for you and your horse, and all the more rewarding for it! The route also includes a crossing over a bypass, so please ensure your horse is traffic confident. Hi viz is essential throughout 🐴

This ride is perfect for:
✔ Confident riders looking for a varied and scenic hack
✔ Horses who are happy on quiet country lanes and hills
✔ Horses who are traffic confident — bypass crossing on this route
✔ Riders who want proper High Peak scenery and ridge line views
✔ Those looking for a sociable group hack with beautiful views

🐴 Your Ride Leader

Katy is your guide for this ride — experienced, knowledgeable and absolutely passionate about this stunning area. She knows every lane and bridleway and will make sure you have the most incredible morning in the High Peak 💚

⏱️ Ride Details

• Distance: 5 miles
• Duration: Approximately 2 hours
• Pace: Walk and trot — with canter opportunities where ground allows
• Group size: Minimum 4 riders — maximum 4 riders
• Price: £45 per rider
• ⚠️ Hi viz essential on this ride
• ⚠️ Horse must be traffic confident — bypass crossing on route

⏰ Timings

• Meet: 10am
• Onboard: 10.30am

📍 Location & Parking

• The Navigation Inn, Brookside, Buxworth, High Peak SK23 7NE
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• 🅿️ Free parking on site — suitable for trailers
• 🚛 Plenty of space — easy to park
• ⚠️ Please bring your own mounting steps — no mounting block on site
• 🧹 Please bring tools to pick up after your horse
• 📍 Near Whaley Bridge, Chapel-en-le-Frith and New Mills, High Peak, Derbyshire

🐴 What to Expect

• Quiet country lanes and beautiful High Peak bridleways
• Stunning ridge line views across the High Peak countryside
• Lots of hill work — a satisfying and proper workout!
• Walk and trot throughout with canter opportunities
• Bypass crossing — traffic confident horses essential
• Possible encounters with walkers, dogs, cyclists and traffic

⭐ Difficulty: 7/10 🟡

🤍 Why Choose This Ride?

If you’re looking for a beautiful scenic guided hack through the stunning High Peak with ridge line views, satisfying hills and a brilliant sociable group — Eccles Pike is the ride for you 🏔️🐴