HISTORY & LOCATION

In the late 1990s, Netherwylde’s owner, Howard Guard, was shooting an advertisement that took him to Château de Chantilly, where he filmed a Grand Prix dressage rider in the 18th-century Great Stables “palace for horses”.  Howard and Sheila had been looking for how best to use the Netherwylde estate, and they decided to build a Dressage Yard.  Groundwork started in 2000 with extensive tree planting and drainage, and the Yard opened in 2005.       

Netherwylde sits in a gentle valley of water meadows between the River Colne and the River Ver and offers an unusually quiet and tranquil setting. We are remarkably accessible to London, five minutes away from M1 Junction 5 and M25 Junction 21A. Hampstead is 20 minutes away and Notting Hill 40 minutes. 

The training and hacking circuits at Netherwylde rise from the Colne valley towards the top of a steep hill, with views towards St Albans Cathedral in the background.