Sites where you can learn more about:

Fells and their uses, their abilities, their history and their modern day breeders and enthusiasts.

All these links leave the Museum site. Use the Back button to return.

http://www.fellponysociety.org/ - The home of the Fell Pony Society's web site. First place to look for breed standards, breeders in Britain, Europe and America, Fell pony Sales list, merchandise including Stud Books, show results and assorted contact addresses.

http://www.raresteeds.com/breeds/fell_pony.htm - Fell pony breed resources (NB, the gap in the URL is an underscore_not_a space).

http://www.bhs.org.uk/ - British Horse Society.

http://www.nationalponysociety.org.uk/about/ab_fr.htm - National Pony Society (British).

http://www.rbst.org.uk/ - Rare Breeds Survival Trust (British). Equine breeds at risk are listed.

http://www.lownthwaitefellponies.co.uk/index.html - Lownthwaite Stud's fascinating history of a Cumbrian farming family and its Fell ponies.

http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/fell.html - International Museum of the Horse, at the Kentucky Horse Park (USA): Fell Pony page.

The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) was invited by the Horse Park to put on a three-day live exhibition of British rare equine breeds to complement "All the Queen's Horses", which explored the rich equestrian heritage of Britain.

http://www.tulliehouse.co.uk/ - Tullie House Museum, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK; site shows reconstructed version of Hadrian's wall; actual museum has much data on Northern Cumbrian history.

http://www.thenativepony.com - magazine devoted to British Native Ponies.

http://www.lakelandmuseum.org.uk/ - Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry, Kendal, Cumbria UK

http://www.kendalmuseum.org.uk/ - Kendal Museum, Kendal, Cumbria UK

http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/cumbeng.html and http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/durhameng.html#west1 - the Philological Museum's pages from "Brittannia" written in 1607 by William Camden, about Cumberland and Westmorland; a noble attempt to summarise the area, from the relatively limited sources of his time.

For kids: http://www.equukid.co.uk/index_about_equukid.aspx "Equukid, where you and your pony have loads of fun" "Equu and Kid are dedicated to young people who love their pony and riding". Online fun and learning for children who want to continue their enjoyment when they aren't riding. BHS and many other links.

Note: the sites listed above are bona fide and can be trusted to give accurate information without commercial bias. Once you move out from these sites, you will find there are many others, some accurate and some whose information you should take with a pinch of salt. Use your own judgement as to which category these fall into.

Organisations and groups from which you can obtain direct information:

Fell Pony Society. The office of the Fell Pony Society of Great Britain. Secretary: Contact Mrs Elizabeth Parkin, Ion House, Great Asby, Appleby, Cumbria CA16 6HD, England. +44 (0) 1768 353100.

To join the FPS, send your name, address etc to the Fell Pony Society with appropriate fee: for 2004/05 the fees are: Full, £25; Overseas, £30 (to cover extra costs of posting newsletters), Associate (non-owners), £15; Junior (under 18 years), £15; Family (2 adults and children all living at one address) £50.

All enquiries relating to the Society's Newsletter should be directed to: John Slater or Trevor Good.

All enquiries relating to the Society's Shows should be directed to: Christine Robinson.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FellPony/ - An online discussion group of Fell enthusiasts, owners, breeders and "groupies", a friendly forum for exchange of knowledge about this breed. Can also be accessed in digest form to read offline. Needs more forthcoming British contributors as it's dominated by our wonderful chatty American cousins! There are also some owners and breeders communicating from Europe.

For information on Sales of Fell ponies see the FPS web site Sales List.

Some basic information about feeding and maintenance, and Fell Pony Foal Syndrome, is available on the FAQ pages of the Fell Pony Conservancy site. For detailed information about the Fell Pony Foal Syndrome, use that phrase to search on www.scholar.google.com for academic papers published by the research teams. The latest information about the Syndrome from the FPS is available from their web site.

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