Equestrian & Livery
Equestrian properties hold a lot of value in exposed places. These include tack and saddlery, trailers and horseboxes, and the horses themselves. Tack theft is a persistent, targeted problem. Stable blocks, tack rooms and paddock gates usually sit at the edge of the property, away from the house and the mains. They are the hardest places to secure conventionally and the easiest to reach unseen.
Wiring cameras, lights and alarms across a yard is disruptive and costly. As a result, many yards leave their most valuable and most remote points unprotected.
Solar cameras cover tack rooms, stable blocks, gateways and horsebox parking with no cabling across the yard. Solar floodlighting lights the yard and walkways for free. A battery-backed alarm protects the tack room specifically, because it is the number-one target. Everything alerts your phone day and night.
The same cameras also work as a welfare check on the yard when you cannot be there. This cover reaches the parts of an equestrian property that matter most, exactly where mains security struggles to go.
In practice
Rural crime affects stables as much as farms. Our rural crime guide for farmers and smallholders sets out what thieves target. Our solar security lighting buying guide helps you choose lights for the yard.
Police advice backs this approach. West Yorkshire Police's Horsewatch leaflet suggests dusk-to-dawn lighting and a professionally installed CCTV system. The British Horse Society also advises a hitch lock or wheel clamp for trailers. Our guide to solar CCTV for stables and livery yards puts it together.
We cover yards nationwide. For example, see solar CCTV installation in Chelmsford, solar CCTV installation in Guildford and solar CCTV installation in London. A tack room is best protected with an off-grid alarm.
Why equestrian & livery choose solar
- Cover tack rooms and stables with no cabling
- Light yards and walkways at no running cost
- Instant alerts on gate and tack-room activity
- Keeps working when the power is out
- Welfare-check camera views of the yard
Equestrian & Livery security — common questions
Can you protect a tack room away from the house?
Yes. Tack rooms are a top target and often sit far from the mains, which is where solar security excels. A solar camera and a battery-backed alarm protect the room with no cable run. Your phone gets an alert the moment the door opens.
Can the cameras help me keep an eye on the horses?
They can. The same solar cameras that secure the yard give you a live view of stables and gateways from your phone. They therefore double as a welfare check when you cannot be on site, day or night.
Will lighting and cameras work across the whole yard?
Yes. Each unit runs on solar power, so we can light and cover the yard, walkways, gateways and horsebox parking without wiring anything across the site. That includes the far corners a mains system would never reach.