Shire and Carriage Horses has been based at Middle Farm and Cottages, Betchcott, in the northern foothills of the Long Mynd, since 2013. We provide Shire Horse Experience Days and Carriage Rides at the farm.

Shire and Carriage Horses was established by Steve Ledsham to provide the services of a  traditional Jobmaster, who, historically would have owned horses, vehicles and harness and hired them out to individuals and companies.

Steve has been involved with working horses since the early 1970’s and has the expertise to train and work horses in the various disciplines associated with the working horses.

In 1999 Shire and Carriage Horses took on the contract to provide the horse interpretation at The Ironbridge Gorge Museum’s Victorian Town at Blists Hill, a contract that we still hold today.

Shire and Carriage Horses have provided horses for film and television work including Victorian Farm, Bargain Hunt, The Great Ship, Antiques Roadshow, Guy Martin-How Britain Worked and  period drama, Belgravia.

Our corporate and promotional work has included work for Higson’s Brewery, Hanby Ales, and  Ironbridge Brewery and for the Liverpool Blue Coat School.

Steve is a member of the Council for The Shire Horse Society and in that role regularly supports  the Society’s promotional events. He was awarded a 40 years Long Service Medal in 2023.

As a judge on the Panels of The Shire, Suffolk, and Percheron Societies, Steve is regularly invited  to judge at shows at home and overseas.