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Outdoor Education Centres are the perfect place to take your school class, sports team, scout and guide group or youth group for an adventure-packed residential! Read more

Adventure Outdoors At These Residential Centres This Academic Year!

Would you like to operate the amazing MalhamTarn House as a hostel?

Returned to the National Trust after 75 years as a field centre, Malham Tarn House is now looking for a new lease of life that will provide public benefit and operate as a viable business, and the Trust says "We would definitely consider it for Hostel use" Read more

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Clun Mill Youth Hostel and Dalby Forest Youth Hostel get a new lease of life

Following purchase from the YHA by the owner of Youlgreave Youth Hostel. these two hostels are now looking for friendly wardens to allow them to be opened up to individual hostellers once more. Read more

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Tha Last Clarion House

On the side of Pendle Hill,  in the heart of Pendle Witch country, lies a historic remainder of the roots of socialism.   What's more if you happen to be passing by on a Sunday afternoon they will serve you with a cup of tea. Read more

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When is a hostel not a Youth Hostel?

When thinking of sleeping in bunks, shared kitchens and the camaraderie of telling travelling tales around a fire, for most people, the word Youth Hostel springs to mind. Read more

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