Who owns youth hostels

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Open user options. Where do you want to go? I don't have specific dates. At the moment it was "business as normal" but there were concerns in the local community, where YHA customers spend money on food and drink. Mark Robinson, director of Carnegie Great Outdoors, brings 1, students from Leeds Metropolitan University to the Lake District youth hostels each autumn as a team-building exercise. He takes a more pragmatic view. Like any business it needs to raise capital to reinvest, so I can understand the logic.

I would rather have 80 high-quality hostels than that are run down. The plans for this year are a major step towards achieving that goal," it said.

A spokesman said Derwentwater, Hawkshead and another Cumbrian hostel earmarked for closure in Helvellyn will remain open "until at least the end of the season and in our experience may remain open for longer. Read more. How it all began. YHA Through the Years. And you can still stay there today. Altena Castle, the first permanent youth hostel. Sign of the Packhorse YHA, For the following 7 years Dolgoch and Tyn Cornel hostels remained affiliated to the YHA as private youth hostels and renovations took place to improve comfort at the hostels whilst maintaining the character and eco credentials of the buildings.

During this period the YHA renamed them as bunkhouses and in they excluded both these private youth hostels from their marketing scheme. Despite many appeals and national publicity these two hostels were forced to rely on their own marketing and the Independent Hostels Network for all their publicity.

The good news is, that in Oct Tyn cornel Hostel topped their over night stays for the calendar year compared to , with 3 months still to run. So it looks like they are going to do well without the YHA. This old Methodist church has been a youth hostel for over 20 years. It is ideal for walkers, cyclists and those who want to tour the Dales and the Lakes. Sold in it immediately started its new life as an independent hostel.

The current owner is committed to providing a warm welcome and comfortable low cost accommodation for outdoor enthusiasts.

This old school was converted to a private youth hostel by a local community trust with the aid of a grant from the Millennium fund. It is situated on a quite river valley in Pembrokshire and is a great location for visiting romantic castles. It ran as a private youth hostel for a few years, but left the YHA in and remains an Independent Hostel. It is still run by the local community trust who also maintain a small village shop.