how much do you pay for riding lessons?

[mysterymoniker]

I don't know exactly how much ours are since recent price increases but it's somewhere between £20 and £25 for half an hour - I know the shinier riding schools round here can be a good £10 more per session

just wondering

£11 per half hour for DS - can be shared or not depending who else is booked in - Worcestershire. I think adult lessons are about £25.

Frighteningly, £44 for a private half hour, £34 for semi-private or £32 (plus £8 for pony club tuitiion - leading to tests etc) for a group lesson which can vary from three in class to a ludicrous eight, although that rarely happens. It is in Surrey and the most expensive around, but also the best - fourth I've tried.
On own horse at yard about £25 an hour.

am in Suffolk

hopes for someone else in my neck of the woods to come up with £11 an hour lessons so can switch yards

oh yes am on own horse, it is more to use one of theirs

£17 for 45 minutes semi private.

where are you seeker?

£36 for a 30min semi private for both DD and I.

Worcestershire

Rural Kent.

Maybe I should start travelling. Surrey is ridiculously expensive.

big variations so far!

£14 for a child's group lesson.

is anyone paying an annual membership fee as well?

No - didn't know riding schools did them!

I pay £18 for a group lesson. However, it is half an hour lesson followed by half an hour ride out.

we don't at mine but other places do

am not sure mine is so cheap after all, after some of these examples - how can riding schools afford to do it for so little?

What is semi private?

Here max class size is 4, and £17.50 per half hour. But in reality is much longer than that as they encourage the children to help tack/untack, feed after ets, so we are there for a good hour.

My DB pays around £15 for a half hour group lesson for my neice.

I wondered if semi-private is the same as shared private (as in a couple of friends sharing a lesson as opposed to a group lesson)?

Semi-private at my stables is a pair of friends having a joint private lesson, in my case DD and I.

Classes are £19 for an hour of tuition. I think there are up to 7 in a class.

Mysterymoniker, I have private 30 mins in Suffolk for £21 (Swifts Manor near Lavenham) and I don't have my own horse! They do paired private 30 mins for adults for £19 each, I think an hour's hack (in group) is also £19.

apart from the own horse thing those prices sound similar, an hour's hack is £20 (or was before price increase)

Paid £16.50 for half an hour child's group lesson a couple of weeks ago. In commuterbelt Herts.

We pay £15 for a private lesson of about an hour. We are schooling a youngster so sometimes we finish a bit early if we need to end on a good note, or our instructor will carry on longer if something needs sorting out, so it balances out over time.

pixel, is that someone who comes to you - a sort of mobile/freelance instructor or someone based at your yard?

Mysterymoniker - you're paying about right. We actually pay more for dressage lessons on our own horse and if you use a top names such as Sharon Hunt far more.

There are some people who will charge less but if you factor in costs such as hiring an indoor school it works out quite dear.

In the end you probably get what you pay for.