North Lancashire Bridleways Society

News and Diary

Meetings

All meetings are held at Hest Bank Memorial Hall, Slyne-with-Hest, LA2 6JB near Lancaster on the 2nd Tuesday of each alternate month and begin at 7.30 pm.  Do come along and join us!

Meeting dates 2026:

13th January,  10th March, 12th May (AGM),  14th July,  8th September, 10th November

We meet in the small Hall at Hest Bank Memorial Hall.  The meetings start at 7.30 pm.

Guest speakers attend each meeting.  Do come along and bring a friend for an interesting talk, plenty of horsey chit chat and the chance to make new friends!

Hope to see you there!

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NLBS Charity Ride 2026 - Sunday 19th April

The ride will take place (weather permitting) on Sunday 19th April 2026.

Location:

Our venue is again J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria LA7 7FP by kind permission of North West Auctions.

What3words location: ///woodstove.clays.inhaler

Charity:

The ride is supporting The Bay Information Hub helping people with dementia.

Routes:

The routes are different to our 2025 ride and are(approx):

1 - Lead Rein (2m/3km)   (a more interesting route this year around nearby farmland)

2 - 8m/13km

3 – 15m/25km

Start times:

10-11am for routes 2 &3

11am for all lead reins, who will depart as a whole group led by a ride steward.

Rosettes to all!

Please note:

All rides involve crossing a motorway bridge and rides 2 and 3 have a water crossing. Unless there is heavy rain, it’s a shallow wide ford with gentle slopes, normally about foot deep at the most with a gravel riverbed base.

Entry form:

Please fill out this online form (1 per rider) to enter- feel free to pass the information on to other riders!

Entry fees:

£15 juniors (under 18s) and lead rein,

£20 NLBS members,

£25 non-members (2026 NLBS membership included in your entry)

- see bank details below

Entries close Monday 6th April

Catering provided by Three Little Pigs

Ride distances to count forLancashire EGBandCumbria EGBmileage cards.

Payment by bank transfer:

*PLEASE SELECT ‘BUSINESS ACCOUNT’ & INSERT YOURFULL NAME AS THE REFERENCE

Account Name: North Lancashire Bridleways Society

Sort Code: 09 01 56

Account Number: 32471182

If paying by cheque, make payable to “North Lancashire Bridleways Society” and please contact the treasurer for address details to post.

If you are not riding, but able to volunteer to help out on the day we would very much appreciate it!  Please contact access@nlbs.org.uk to volunteer.

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BHS dedicated accident/incident reporting website

www.bhs.org.uk/safety-and-accidents/horse-accidents  is the BHS dedicated accident/incident reporting website.   It is hoped that everyone who is involved in any equestrian related incident will go directly to the website and report their issues. Hard statistical evidence is needed to lobby those in a position to make changes.