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Information about the welfare of horses on farms and livery yards and how to dispose of waste and fallen stock.

• Looking after horses

  Horses on farms or in stables and livery yards are protected by the Animal…

• Dealing with waste

  You may need an environmental permit to store or spread animal waste. When…

• Stables and livery yards

  At a livery yard, horses are housed and cared for in return for payment,…

• Transporting horses

  You should not transport a horse in a way that may cause it harm or…

• Death and disease

  If a horse dies or has to be put down on your property, you will have to…

How to apply for a licence to hire out horses, and the conditions you'll need to meet.

• Updated: 4 November 2020

Find out where the public access rules have been relaxed so that you can ride a horse or cycle on an NNR in England.

• Updated: 2 December 2016

Vets can use this form to test horses for the Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) organism for export and breeding purposes.

Current rules for exporting horses and other equines (including ponies and donkeys) from the UK.

• Updated: 22 July 2024

How to meet expected welfare, health and safety standards in the horse industry if keeping horses for commercial purposes in the UK.

• Updated: 7 February 2023

Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export equines to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) issue the VO6034 form to assess the rateable value of all non-domestic property.

Find out if you have to pay, when and how to register, the rates, how to fill in returns and make payments.

• Updated: 29 April 2024

Horses, ponies, asses, donkeys and zebras must have a horse passport and it must be with the animal at all times