About
The Rocking Horse Works

We began making rocking horses in 1985 whilst travelling the English canal system in Heather Bell, a converted seventy-two foot narrow boat. When the business began to flourish, with orders from across Europe, North and South America, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong, we abandoned our romantic, nomadic lifestyle and gave our rocking horses a secure footing on land.

Set in the heart of the Shropshire countryside, on a quiet rural arm of the British Waterways canal system, our workshop has not strayed far from its watery beginnings. We are determined to produce only the most exquisite wood sculpture. England has always been renowned for its carving tradition and we are very proud of the timeless skills of our small team of artist-craftsmen.

While the tradition of a rocking horse is no lost art, it is a sad fact that beauty, grace and friendliness are lacking in many present-day reproductions. As you will see from our website, our rocking horses combine all these qualities. In particular they exude a friendly warmth which is very much commented on by our customers. This beauty and elegance is achieved in part by our artist, who insists on hand-painting every horse. Real horse hair is used for both mane and tail, and such beautiful horses deserve the best tack, so we employ a master saddler from Walsall, the UK town famous for its saddlery.