We are a charity committed to giving
horses a forever home
The Northcote Heavy Horse Centre is a visitors attraction & equestrian sanctuary providing a forever home to horses & animals in need. The Centre hosts several major fundraising events throughout the year including popular Medieval Tournaments and Medieval Banquets. To find out more about visiting the centre and our opening dates & events please see our visiting page.
For over 25 years the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre has been caring for horses of all sizes from all different backgrounds. Our Sanctuary is funded solely by donations, but we need your help to keep carrying on being able to care for them. Please see our help page for ways you can help the horses and animals. Find out more ways to help here or meet the Northcote Horses!
About the Horse Centre
The Northcote Heavy Horse Centre is an equine rescue centre (registered charity no 1137340) and a visitor’s attraction offering truly hands on experiences unlike anywhere else. We have been operating for over 25 years helping horses of all sizes from various backgrounds. The Centre runs entirely on donations from the general public and cannot operate without your help. Browse our website to find out more information about us. Help - Donate - Blog
Meet all the Northcote Horses
The Northcote Heavy Horse Centre is home to horses of all sizes, from heavy horses, shire horses, percheron's, Belgian draft horses, shetland ponies and even a Suffolk Punch! You can meet all the horses (big and small) on our horses page. Each horse has lots of pictures and some brief information on their breed, history and life. Visit the horses page now!
Medieval Tournament Sunday 17th August 2014
Since holding our first Medieval Tournament over 10 years ago we've got bigger & better than ever, with fun from birds of prey, archery, a bouncy castle, licensed bar, food and of course the Medieval Skill at Arms! Check out our Medieval Page for lots of pictures and information. (17th August '14)
Also our Medieval Banquet Evening is set to return in July along with our annual Summer Fete fun day and our Masked Ball!
Check our events page for more dates and information!
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Help & Shop with EasyFundRaising
Do you shop online on sites like Amazon, eBay etc? Well, the folks at Easyfundraising offer a completely free service where you create an account with them, then select Northcote Heavy Horse Centre as your charity and each time you visit the shopping site (like Amazon) you go to Easyfundraising first and click 'Go Shopping' and just shop like you normally do. Each site will then give a donation (based on a percentage) and then we will get 100% of that donation! Find out more on their site!
Heavy Horse Experience Days
We're now holding special 'Heavy Horse Experience Days'. You can get to come and spend some hands on time with the Northcote Heavy Horses, you'll also get a chance to learn many valuable skills including plaiting, grooming & bathing horses. See our new' Heavy Horse Experience Days' page for more information!
Adopt a Horse
We're very pleased to announce that the three newest horses here at the centre are now available for adoption. By adopting a Northcote Horse you get the chance to support your favorite horse throughout the year and help keep them here in their forever home. Find out more on our adoption page. Also meet Rosie, Moose & Charity on their very special own horse pages.
Email Newsletters
Would you please considering signing up to our email newsletters? We don't send too many out and it just gives us a chance to let everybody know what is happening here at the centre! Please sign up in the box above or visit this link 'Subscribe to our newsletter'
Also don't forget to check out our blog at our news page!
Follow us on Twitter @northcotehorses
Fun family animal visitors attraction and day out. Northcote Heavy Horse Centre.
Registered Charity Number 1137340
Near Skegness, Boston, Louth, Spilsby, Horncastle, Lincoln, Coast, Great Steeping.
Tickets are now on sale for our second and final Medieval Banquet evening of the year.
Saturday Evening 26th July 2014 will see our second Medieval Banquet evening return with a full feature-set including our fantastic Birds of Prey by Derek Tindall, Medieval Joust and Riding Skills and of course a full hog roast with pudding. There'll also be other fun and games to keep you entertained! We will have a licensed bar also.
Tickets cost £20 for adults and £15 for children and can be purchased online or by phone. (07899 815960)
Take a look at our Medieval Banquet page for more information and lots of past event pictures!
So now our 2014 Summer Fete has ended and we've had a mammoth task of clearing everything up! We would just like to thank everybody who came and attended our show this year. This includes all the stall holders who had fantastic displays (many of which are coming back to the Medieval Tournament in August!) and also to Derek Tindall & his Birds of Prey who always put on a fantastic show. This year we also had a friend called Dan bring his Clydesdale to the show, so thank you to him. Also to all our volunteers who always put so much time and effort into making our shows a success, there are lots of volunteers behind the scenes who spend hours bathing horses, strimming the weeds and advertising for us. Thank you to everybody! If you're interested in becoming a volunteer then please see our volunteers page for more information or call 07899 815960.
Today (Friday 20th June 2014) we took Steve our Canadian Percheron to the Hildred's Centre in Skegness. We took Steve to help promote our upcoming Summer Fete event (Sunday 22nd June).
Steve, as usual was very well behaved and a crowd pleaser! Whilst it wasn't the busiest Friday in Skegness we still had lots of interest and lots of people tell us they'd come and visit.
Steve is a 17hh Canadian Percheron and is a firm Northcote favourite well known for his nickname 'Speedy Steve' in our popular Medieval Tournaments! He is also sometimes used within our vaulting team. You can find out more about Steve here.
Tickets are now on sale for our second and final Medieval Banquet evening of the year.
Saturday Evening 26th July 2014 will see our second Medieval Banquet evening return with a full feature-set including our fantastic Birds of Prey by Derek Tindall, Medieval Joust and Riding Skills and of course a full hog roast with pudding. There'll also be other fun and games to keep you entertained! We will have a licensed bar also.
Tickets cost £20 for adults and £15 for children and can be purchased online or by phone. (07899 815960)
Take a look at our Medieval Banquet page for more information and lots of past event pictures!