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DESIGN AND BUILD OF INDOOR HORSE ARENAS

Bespoke Indoor Horse Arenas Built for Year-Round Use

Total Equestrian Construction builds high-quality indoor horse arenas for both private and commercial clients, including full builds and conversions of existing structures.

We guide you through every step, from planning permission and drainage to access, landscaping, and structural design. Our experienced in-house team uses proven methods to ensure a durable, weather-proof arena.

During the consultation, we'll advise on ideal dimensions, structural materials, and the best surface for your needs, from silica sand and fibre to rubber and waxed options. We also offer extras such as lighting, mirrors, sound systems, and viewing galleries.

Indoor arenas offer year-round training, privacy for horses and riders, and potential for added income when hired out. Our goal is to deliver a bright, modern space tailored to your riding and training.

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WHY CHOOSE US FOR YOUR INDOOR ARENA?

Indoor arena with curved laminated timber roof beams, white wall panels and a sand surface

Engineered for Year-Round Riding in Any Weather

An indoor arena means no more lost sessions to rain, frost or early winter darkness. We design each building around how you ride, with a weather-proof structure, a properly drained base and a surface that stays consistent through every season. Whether it's a full new build or a conversion of an existing building, you get a reliable space to train every day of the year.

Horse and rider jumping a course of show jumps inside a large, well-lit indoor arena

Tailored Layouts for Dressage, Jumping and More

We'll advise on the right dimensions for your discipline, whether that's room for a full dressage test or space to set a course of jumps. Surfaces are matched to how you ride, from silica sand and fibre to rubber and waxed options, and we can add mirrors and sound systems to complete your training space. If you plan to hire the arena out, we'll design it with that extra use in mind.

Steel-framed indoor arena with rows of roof light panels above timber kickboards

Precision Ventilation and Natural Light Design

A good indoor arena should feel bright and airy, not dark and dusty. We plan roof light panels to flood the arena with natural light and design the building to keep fresh air moving, helping keep dust down and conditions comfortable for both horse and rider. Where you need it, we add artificial lighting so you can ride well into the evening.

View through a large window into a bright indoor arena with white kickboards and roof lights

Optional Viewing Galleries, Lighting and Kickboards

Make your arena work for trainers, owners and spectators with a viewing gallery overlooking the riding area. We fit sloping kickboards to protect horse and rider and keep the surface in place, plus lighting suited to training and events. Every extra is planned in from the start, so it's built into the structure rather than added as an afterthought.

Indoor arena with a steel frame, grey sloping kickboards and a gated entrance opening

Durable Structures Built to Withstand All the Elements

We build in steel, timber and a choice of cladding and roof materials, chosen to suit your site, your budget and your planning requirements. Every structure sits on groundworks prepared by our own team, so the building is level, stable and properly drained from day one. The result is an arena designed to perform for decades with minimal upkeep.

Total Equestrian Construction branded van parked beside an arena

Dedicated In-House Team with Horse-Friendly Equipment

All of our staff are directly employed and come from equestrian or agricultural backgrounds. We own all of our plant, machinery and transport, so once we start on site we work continuously through to completion. Our team understands horses too, and will pause machinery whenever needed so we never spook the horses on your yard.

WHERE DO WE OPERATE?

Areas We Cover

We build outdoor arenas and equestrian facilities across the South and South West.

Berkshire

Equestrian facilities crafted for Berkshire’s racing heritage and rural estates.

  • Ascot
  • Bracknell
  • Hungerford
  • Maidenhead
  • Newbury
  • Reading
  • Windsor
  • Wokingham

Bristol

From city outskirts all the way to countryside paths, equestrian builds across Bristol.

  • Bristol
  • Emersons Green
  • Frenchay
  • Henbury
  • Long Ashton
  • Stoke Bishop
  • Westbury-on-Trym
  • Whitchurch

Buckinghamshire

Serving Buckinghamshire’s riders across villages, farmland and countryside estates.

  • Amersham
  • Aylesbury
  • Beaconsfield
  • Buckingham
  • Chesham
  • High Wycombe
  • Marlow
  • Milton Keynes

Cornwall

From the rugged moors to the Cornish coast, trusted equestrian builds across Cornwall.

  • Bodmin
  • Falmouth
  • Helston
  • Launceston
  • Newquay
  • Penzance
  • St Austell
  • Truro

Devon

Trusted equestrian facilities from Exmoor’s edges to South Devon’s coastline.

  • Barnstaple
  • Exeter
  • Exmouth
  • Newton Abbot
  • Okehampton
  • Plymouth
  • Tiverton
  • Torquay

Dorset

From Dorset’s chalk downs to the Jurassic Coast, trusted and dependable equestrian builds.

  • Blandford Forum
  • Bournemouth
  • Dorchester
  • Poole
  • Shaftesbury
  • Sherborne
  • Swanage
  • Weymouth

East Sussex

From historic towns to open farmland, equestrian facilities in East Sussex that you can depend on.

  • Brighton
  • Crowborough
  • Eastbourne
  • Hailsham
  • Hastings
  • Heathfield
  • Lewes
  • Rye

Gloucestershire

Reliable equestrian facilities crafted for the green heart of the Cotswolds and beyond.

  • Cheltenham
  • Cirencester
  • Dursley
  • Gloucester
  • Moreton-in-Marsh
  • Stroud
  • Stow-on-the-Wold
  • Tewkesbury

Hampshire

From the South Downs to the Solent coast, trusted equestrian builds across Hampshire.

  • Andover
  • Basingstoke
  • New Milton
  • Petersfield
  • Portsmouth
  • Ringwood
  • Southampton
  • Winchester

Herefordshire

Trusted equestrian construction from the Golden Valley all the way to Ross-on-Wye.

  • Bromyard
  • Hereford
  • Kington
  • Ledbury
  • Leominster
  • Pembridge
  • Ross-on-Wye
  • Weobley

Hertfordshire

From historic towns to open commons, dependable equestrian builds in Hertfordshire.

  • Berkhamstead
  • Harpenden
  • Hemel Hempstead
  • Hertford
  • Hitchin
  • St Albans
  • Stevenage
  • Watford

Kent

Crafting equestrian buildings across Kent’s fields, woodlands and historic villages.

  • Ashford
  • Cranbrook
  • Faversham
  • Maidstone
  • Sevenoaks
  • Tonbridge
  • Tunbridge Wells
  • Westerham

London

Building equestrian stables and arenas in London’s green corners and heritage commons.

  • Barnet
  • Bromley
  • Croydon
  • Enfield
  • Havering
  • Hillingdon
  • Kingston Upon Thames
  • Richmond Upon Thames

Oxfordshire

Crafting equestrian spaces in Oxfordshire’s market towns and rolling farmland.

  • Abingdon
  • Banbury
  • Bicester
  • Chipping Norton
  • Didcot
  • Henley-on-Thames
  • Oxford
  • Witney

Somerset

Serving riders across Somerset from Glastonbury’s fields to Bath’s green fringes.

  • Bath
  • Bridgwater
  • Frome
  • Glastonbury
  • Shepton Mallet
  • Taunton
  • Wells
  • Yeovil

Surrey

Trusted equestrian construction across Surrey’s farms, villages and historic landscapes.

  • Dorking
  • Epsom
  • Farnham
  • Godalming
  • Guildford
  • Haslemere
  • Reigate
  • Woking

West Sussex

Serving equestrian riders across West Sussex’s historic towns and rural green heartlands.

  • Arundel
  • Bognor Regis
  • Chichester
  • Crawley
  • Horsham
  • Midhurst
  • Steyning
  • Worthing

Wiltshire

Equestrian spaces carefully crafted for Wiltshire’s historic landscapes and open countryside.

  • Calne
  • Chippenham
  • Devizes
  • Marlborough
  • Salisbury
  • Swindon
  • Trowbridge
  • Warminster
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Many equestrian facilities require certain permissions, depending on where you're building. Planning permission is usually required for indoor arenas when:

  • You're making changes to land of a significant scale, which indoor arenas usually constitute 
  • The arena is considered 'operational development' under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
  • Arenas are built on agricultural land
  • Your local planning authority has regulations regarding the building of invasive structures

For an indoor horse arena, angular and hard sand is usually the best option for groundwork. Sand is versatile and can be used in most settings for indoor arenas.

Most typical indoor horse arenas are 80x120 ft for those that want enough space for jumping. Riding lessons and professionals showings often demand 200x250 ft. This is different to a horse walker build, which although is generally built as an indoor exercise tool, is significantly smaller than an arena.