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If you are doing the Traws Eyri with a large group of friends or with your mountain biking club, then put Corris Hostel on your accommodation list. Sleeping groups of 15-40, this award-winning hostel offers an easy going atmosphere with local paintings and art, chill out areas, cosy wood fires and a library. Stay an extra day and visit the Dyfi bike park, just 3 miles down the road.
Bunkorama Bunkhouse occupying a splendid position overlooking Cardigan Bay makes for a perfect 1st night’s stop-over on your Traws Eyri adventure, (if you start your route at Machynlleth). Just 7.5 miles from the route at Pen-y- Bryn (just north of Penmaenpool), the extra few miles are well worth it for the fantastic view and the cosy, great value accommodation. Bunkorama sleeps 8/10 in two dorms.
Toad Hall offers simple private rooms to cyclists on the Traws Eyri route. Centrally heated and double glazed, there’s a small self-catering kitchen. Outside there’s a small flat garden suitable for camping if you prefer, and a small workshop for bike repair/storage.
The Kent Downs National Landscape follows the North Downs from the Surrey border to the sea cliffs at Dover. The chalk downs escarpment gives way to the flat and fertile lands of the Weald, famous for fruit growing and sometimes referred to as the ‘Garden of England’. The fast-disappearing traditional Kentish orchards and hop gardens together with the picturesque half-timbered villages and towns give a unique charm to this area. The North Downs Way and the Pilgrims Way offer routes to explore the landscape and Palace Farm Hostel offers hostel-style accommodation providing good value access to this National Landscape. Palace Farm Hostel is a relaxing, flexible 4* hostel on a family-run farm. Situated in the village of Doddington at the heart of the National Landscape.
Our ground floor is wheelchair friendly with wide doorways and access to all communal facilities including the lounge, dining room and kitchen. In addition, Roddam, a bright, comfortable and spacious dormitory, is also located on the ground floor for easy access; it comes complete with ensuite wet room custom built with grab rails, shower seat and level access and is ideal for any guests with mobility concerns. Brownsman is an adjacent dormitory which could be used by a carer, if required.
Stretching along the Cumbrian shore of the Solway Firth, this is a low, open, AONB with wide views across to the hills of Dumfries and Galloway. A dynamic seascape with a huge intertidal range, it is an overwintering ground for a vast number of birds and is visited by seals, dolphins, and porpoises. The falling tides expose wide stretches of sand and salt marsh giving a sense of remoteness. The area has a rich historical heritage associated with its position on the Scottish border, the frontier of the Roman Empire, and a World Heritage Site. This is enjoyed by walkers and cyclists on the Hadrian’s Cycleway, the England Coast Path and Hadrian’s Wall Path National Trail. Hillside Farm Bunkbarn provides low-cost access to the National Landscape and overnight stays for people on the Trails. A Georgian working farm, with stunning views over the Solway Firth marshes and the Soleway Coast. B&B rooms are available in the farmhouse and the bunkbarn has cooking facilities, hot showers and is heated with a bio mass boiler
The Surrey Hills National Landscape is famous for beauty spots such as Box Hill, Devils Punch Bowl and Newlands Corner. There are many well-used footpaths, bridleways and the long-distance trail North Downs Way National Trail. Impossible perfect villages such as Shere and Abinger are great for exploring local food and art and crafts architecture. Puttenham Barn Bunkhouse, on the North Downs Way, offers simple accommodation for walkers & cyclists in the Surrey Hills. It is a converted historic barn with a volunteer warden to welcome you.
Cornwall National Landscape is unique, it is the only AONB that has 12 separate sections. It includes most of Cornwalls world-renowned coastline, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a host of natural and heritage features. The north sections range from dramatic headlands, to extensive rolling dunes. The south coast is softer with sheltered coves and picturesque fishing villages. Between the two lies the granite intrusions around Land’s End, rocks rich in minerals that have been mined for centuries and the old engine house chimneys still stand sentinel against the sky, emphaisising the wild isolated character of the coastline. Land’s End Hostel is situated in the small hamlet of Trevescan, just 1/2 mile from the coast. Converted from a Mill Barn it provides warm and well equipped private hostel rooms with a shared fully equipped kitchen and a summerhouse to lounge in.
The Forest of Bowland offers some of the most beautiful and remote walking and cycling in the country, from the grandeur and isolation of the moorland hills to the undulating lowlands with their distinctive pattern of settlements, woodland cloughs and river valleys. Downham Camping Barn offers basic accommodation with unrivalled view across to Pendle Hill in the heart of the Trough of Bowland AONB. Run by the local Downham Estate, it offers great value accommodation for many types of events and celebrations, as well as being very popular with walker and cyclists.
On the Isle of Tiree summer days are long and the evenings balmy. The Byre at Millhouse offers great value hostel style accommodation. Book a bed, a private room or the whole place for your group (sleeps 16 in 4 bed rooms).
Wild Valley Bunkhouse offers a rural haven for up to 4 guests. Nestling in the beautiful Tanat Valley in Mid Wales the bunkhouse offers you peace, perfect peace. There’s no noise, no stress, just peace & quiet. Awake to the sound of birdsong. And after your day’s adventures, relax by the fire pit under the star spangled night sky.
The weather is looking good and the surf is up. Head to Newquay for a few days.
Skye Basecamp is our family run hostel based in the south Skye capital of Broadford. It is beautifully located with uninterrupted sea & mountain views looking across Broadford Bay to Applecross. We also run Skye Guides Mountain Guiding specialising in mountain guiding in the Cuillin, Isle of Skye.
Ocean Backpackers is a family-owned independent hostel located in the harbour area of Ilfracombe on the beautiful North Devon coast. The perfect base from which to explore the most magnificent beaches and world-renowned surfing this area has to offer. Read on to find a million other reasons to book a visit.
The Isle of Wight is a rural island with a long history as a seaside family holiday resort. The north of the island retains its traditional pattern of woodlands, fields and hedgerows, which is in contrast with the open grazed chalk downs. The island is also a popular yachting centre, focused on Cowes and Yarmouth. Cowes Base Camp is a watersports centre. It offers catered holidays by the sea with optional activities for families and groups of all sizes. There are seven long-distance trails to walk and the coast path to explore.
Stay at Ilderton Dodds Barns. On an 1,800-acre working hill farm and down a 1.5-mile private farm track you can really escape from the pressures of modern life. Surrounded by stunning scenery, the resident sheep and amazing wildlife you can wonder at mother nature. llderton Dod Barns are ideally located 2 miles from The Pennine Way. The Sandstone Way & NCN 68 together with many other footpaths, bridleways and trails are literally on the doorstep.
We are delighted to announce that Seahouses Hostel will continue the much needed Bursary Fund which is made available to all visiting schools and youth groups.
Bank House Farm hostel is in the heart of the North York Moors National Park. Situated in Glaisdale dale on an organic beef farm with emphasis on caring for wildlife and natural features. A cosy self-catering barn conversion, ideal for cycling and walking straight from the doorstep.
The hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape rise up from the flatlands of Lincolnshire, providing a rich rolling landscape of flower-filled fields and hedgerows. The area has a rich history of rambling, ancient tumuli, and medieval shrunken villages. Situated in the village of Claxby in the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Viking Centre Hostel provides exceptionally good value self-catering accommodation. This accommodation enables walkers, cyclists, scouts, study groups, and extended families to enjoy the Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape on a shoestring.
What’s not to love? The Glenfinnan Sleeping Car is a hostel in vintage train carriage, with ‘bedrooms’ in 4 original compartments, but if that isn’t reason enough to stay with us, here are 3 more…
