The Boarshurst Centre is ideally located for group holidays and weekend breaks. Close to the Saddleworth Moors and Villages and only being a 25minute train journey into central Manchester!
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Explore the North Pennines AONB by day and the skies overhead by night
The North Pennines AONB and UNESCO Geo Park and Northumberland offer you an opportunity to escape the crowds and queues by exploring this remote wilderness area.
Family breakfast time
St Johns in the Vale Camping Barn, ticked away in the Lake District, offers warm, dry accommodation for families at affordable prices.
Accessible ground floor bunkhouse
All the bunkhouse accommodation at Chapel Gallery Bunkhouse is on the ground floor. There’s an accessible WC and wet room.
An incredible, exclusive use wedding party venue with accommodation on site
Corris Hostel in Machynlleth, Powys offers a special atmosphere that is a world away from everyday life for your after-wedding celebrations. This award-winning hostel is renowned as a spiritual haven with its caring, easygoing atmosphere and friendly staff. Outdoors the terraced landscaped gardens provide a serene, inspirational environment with a stunning view of the valley below as a backdrop for your photos.
Much Ado About Nothing – Open Air Shakespeare – Friday 19 August 2022
The Pantaloons return for the second of their Summer shows, with their hilarious version of William Shakespeare’s play. Comedy for all the family, a brilliant evening of comedy theatre.
Live music in The Old School Hostel in Robin’s Hood Bay
On Sun 2nd October, Jake Morley, one of the UK’s most original songwriters & performers will be entertaining a small group of people in the intimate setting of The Old School House Hostel. Book a night or two at this popular hostel and have the luxury of having your evening’s entertainment come to you!
Isaacs’ Tea Trail is a circular long-distance walk, with Carrshield Camping Barn inside the route. An ideal base from which to explore the area.
The route, which is annotated on Ordnance Survey maps, is approximately 36 miles long and split into four easy stages. Those more energetic have run the course, whilst others have done it more leisurely over several visits to the area. The options are yours. Whichever way you plan your adventure you will see the best that the North Pennines AONB has to offer.
Paths to Cader Idris and the Mawddach Trail on the doorstep.
Kings Hostel, in Dollegau is perfectly located for a real Snowdonia adventure for groups of up to 42. For walkers, runners and cyclists the Mawddach Trail passes the grounds. Kings hostel has a great bike shed or you can hire bikes locally. For those that need a bit more altitude, you can access both the Pony and Fox’s paths up to Cader Idris straight from the front door! Coed y Brenin, with its world famous bike trails, is 10 minutes away by car. For some sea air and sandy beaches Fairbourne is just a 15 min drive away.
Purpose built bunkhouse with great accessible features
This architect-designed luxury bunkhouse at the foothills of the Angus Glens ticks all the right boxes for its accessibility. The bunkhouse is on two floors, there’s a wheelchair-accessible lift and accessible toilets on both floors.
Excellent home cooked meals delivered to Barrington Bunkhouse.
The Rookhope Inn is closed but there is plenty of home cooked scrumptous options to tuck into after your day out on the North Pennines.
Underground or overground there is always something to see and enjoy
Combine a walk over the moors with a visit to a local mine museum, including a guided tour into one of the mine adits. Scenery across the North Pennines and Northumberland, followed by this informative talk, combined with tea/coffee and cake. What more could you ask for?
This cycling centre in Swaledale, now showing it’s IHUK sign.
Dales Bike Centre is situated in the tiny village of Fremington in Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales. It is surrounded by the best biking in Yorkshire in a stunning landscape, crisscrossed by ancient lanes, moorland tracks, and roads. This is the perfect venue for cycling, mountain biking, trail running, and walking. The Bike Centre offers accommodation, café, bike shop, hire, workshop, secure storage, bike wash, drying room, and a wealth of knowledge about the Dales.
Mount Cook adds rock climbing and abseiling!
After being awarded the AALA Licence, climbing category, Mount Cook has added some exciting new activities for our guests.
Night 4 Lon Las Cymru Accommodation
5 miles from the route, Kings Hostel has bedding provided, secure bike storage facilities, and evening meals are available locally.
The Long Barn in Tefi Valley is sustainibly heated
The Long barn in Tefi Valley in South Wales is heated with wood grown on the farm.
On site coffee and cake at Ashbourne
Ashbourne Gateway Centre is delighted to introduce the new on-site coffee house, complete with terrace area. Come for a group stay and enjoy the great outdoors of Derbyshire and the Peak District.
Well behaved dogs welcome
We welcome well-behaved dogs with responsible owners (or vice versa!!)” which always raises a smile! If you think you can behave it’s well worth the trip to Dumfries! At Marthrown of Mabie you, your canine, and human friends can sleep totally surrounded by the Mabie Forest, without a whisper of the noise of modern life.
Knoydart Bunkhouse near By Mallaig is as green as can be!
Knoydart Bunkhouse is not only green, but community-owned and working to a responsible tourism policy.
A Cleikum Mill is a destination to savour all year around.The Scottish Borders are not as far away as you think!
Having a holiday in Scotland is not as unachievable as you may think. Ceikum Mill Lodge in Tweed Valley in the Scottish Borders is only 6 hours away from London, 2 hours from Newcastle and 4 hours from Inverness.
Cleikum Mill Lodge is surrounded by a huge selection of walks, flat riverside trails, woodland rambles or longer walks above town into the Border Hills. This area is also nicknamed “Bike Valley” for the sheer variety of bike riding in the area is your passion road cycling, mountain biking or gravel riding?
Explore our backyard in the stunning Scottish Borders.
