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The hostels ideal for family holidays are ones with family rooms and large shared areas. A family room can have a combination of bunks and beds and sleep between 3 and 8 people. It provides a place of security at night-time and yet the kids have all the fun of shared gardens and playrooms in the day.

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Family Holidays

Isle of Purbeck Reunion of Old Friends

We started our walk, straight from the David Donaldson Field Studies Base out along the coast path of the Isle of Purbeck. As soon as we reached the sea at Deadmans Bay we got held up by the hundreds of fossils set in the mud stone. The weather was so hot that the children swam and everyone waded out into the water to see the fossils set in the seabed.

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Lake District Camping Barns

The Lake District has been a popular holiday destination for over 100 years and as a National Park is protected from over-development. However you can still stay in some of the most isolate and protected locations by using the Lake District camping barns.

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Lake district camping barns view

Fun in the Lincolnshire Wolds

There is a riding school on site and we arrange a horse ride through the local, very beautiful, countryside of the Lincolnshire Wolds. We also spend a day on the beach which is just a 20 mins drive away.

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Bird Watching breaks

Independent Hostels, Bunk Houses and Camping Barns are useful resources for bird watching breaks – not only do they offer great value, but are also in many of the quieter remote areas and they particularly welcome bird watchers.

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Bird Watching breaks