Run Leominster Hostel – Opportunity in a Historic Market Town

Leominster youth hostel exterrior view

Leominster Town Council is looking for an individual or organisation to operate this former YHA in an historic setting in Herefordshire.

Background

Operated by the YHA until Spring 2026, Leominster Hostel is peacefully set beside a historic priory church, on the site of a former Benedictine priory.

Medieval Priory adjoining Leominster Youth Hostel
Medieval Priory adjoining Leominster Youth Hostel

The hostel accommodates up to 30 guests across 10 bedrooms and features a guest kitchen, two communal lounges, a utility/laundry room, parking and separate caretaker’s accommodation.

Leominster Youth Hostel
Leominster Youth Hostel ajoining the Old Priory in Leominster

Layout

Ground floor:

  • Reception area
  • communal lounge/dining room,
  • kitchen,
  • laundry room,
  • onewheelchair-accessible bedroom,
  • separate accessible bathroom.
Kitchen at Leominster Youth Hostel
Kitchen

First floor:First floor:

  • Nine bedrooms (bunk beds) with sinks,
  • four individual shower rooms
  • four separate toilets
  • communal lounge.
Lounge at Leominster Youth Hostel
Lounge

Second floor: Caretakers accommodation:

  • one bedroom,
  • one receptionroom,
  • family bathroom,
  • separate kitchen.

accessible bathroom at Leominster Youth Hostel

Ideal Candidate:

This is an ideal opportunity for an enterprising individual to run a hostel in an historic setting. If you decide it’s the right project for  you, then here at Independent Hostels, we can provide marketing support, guidance from experienced hostel operators, and an online booking system.

Exterior of the Old Priory in leominster
Exterior of the Old Priory in Leominster

Contact:

For details about this opportunity: [email protected]
For details about support: [email protected]

This is an opportunity to lease the building from Leominster Town Council and operate it as a commercial business; it is not a job vacancy.