The seventeenth century Old School at Yealand includes a Quaker Meeting house from the early days of Quaker history and a large hall with dance floor. There is plenty of room to socialise including a kitchen and dining area and 3 bedrooms. Group sizes can be expanded to up to 25 people with ease, using stacking beds and sleeping matts.
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Derbyshire accommodation with a large Hall for activities
The Glenorchy Centre, run by a local church, includes a hall within the accommodation. The Hall is ideal for conferences or activities, it has a large stage, plenty of chairs, TV with DVD and table tennis and snooker tables. The fully heated accommodation has two dormitories and two smaller bedrooms, all with showers and toilets. There is a fitted kitchen and a dinning room. Available to self-catering groups.
Perfect Duke of Edinburgh Award campsite and bunkhouse in the Lake District
Garrigill Village Hall in the Lake District is ideal for DofE Groups. There is bunkhouse style accommodation above the village hall and a simple campsite with showers and toilets in the grounds. There is even Wifi. All this and a discounted camping rate for DofE Groups. It couldn’t be better.
New to Independent Hostels: A fabulous hostel beneath Ben Nevis
A big welcome to Chase the Wild Goose. A superb, friendly & popular hostel just outside Fort William. Perfect for walkers, it’s on the Great Glen Way and at the start/finish of the West Highland. The area has so much to offer for all ages, including a ride on the steam train, known as Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter films
Glenfinnan Sleeping Car
…the old-world glamour of the age of steam…
Just 1.5 miles from Isaac’s Tea Trail
Allenheads Lodge makes for the perfect stopover on the Isaac’s Tea Trail. Bed linen is provided and facilities include a drying room and laundry facilities. If you don’t feel like self catering, you can book breakfast at the Lodge and evening meals are available locally. Please note this hostel is only for groups.
Budget accommodation for walkers on the Isaac’s Tea Trail
Garrigill Village Hall is around 2.5 miles from Isaac’s Tea Trail and offers basic overnight accommodation for walkers. There’s an 8 bed bunk room with bedding available to hire, or for larger groups the hall itself can be hired with up to 12 camp-beds available but no bedding provided.
Self- contained 4 bed Crofter’s cottages in Mabie Forest Dumfries
Over lockdown we made the decision to make 2 of our bunkhouses into self-contained units to appeal to families and small “bubbles”
The last wilderness in England
The North Pennines AONB believe that this area is truly England’s last wilderness, we agree. Come and explore this beautiful and remote area.
Diving on Orkney
Just 8 miles from the Churchill Barrier shore diving site and 15 miles from Scapa Flow, one of the most famous dive sites in the world, Orcades Hostel provides ideal accommodation for divers on mainland Orkney. There is plenty of off-street parking and storage and the hostel is well placed for local amenities, pubs and restaurants in Kirkwall. For guided diving contact Kracken Diving.
Seahouses, idyllic, calm and certainly retreat worthy
Seahouses Hostel wonderfully located in a rather special part Northumberland. Right by the sea, teeming with natural beauty and historic landmarks.
HyB Bunkhouse has re-opened as private rooms with self catering
This quirky listed building has original features such as oak floors, beams and panelling. It now consists of four rooms (three twin, one dble) sleeping 8 in total. Each room has a mini-kitchen for basic self-catering with fridge, hob, toaster and kettle and some have a microwave.
New micro hostel just opened in Rydal in the Lake District
Perfect for couples looking for simple, budget, self-catering accommodation in stunning surroundings. Part of historic Rydal Lodge Country House B&B with extensive riverside grounds, you can enjoy country house facilities at hostel prices! All this just down the road from from where Wordsworth used to live. What more could you ask for?
Luxury Yurts in SW Scotland
Brand new for 2021 we have our 4 person Deluxe Yurt and our 6 bedded Large Family Yurt with magnificent views over the Solway Firth to the Lake District Fells
A brand new trend-setting hostel opening soon in the centre of Swansea.
Cwtsh Hostel plans to open this autumn. It promises to be an exciting, state-of-the-art and uniquely welsh hostel where you can book pod-bunks or private rooms. Sleeping 54, it’s perfect for backpackers, explorers, families, party-goers, schools and freelancers.
Seahouses Hostel is officially “Good to Go”!
We were delighted to finally reopen this week and have a number of measures in place to ensure all our guests enjoy a much-needed break in beautiful north Northumberland.
Disabled Accessible Features of Jessie Mac’s
If you’re a traveller with mobility issues, it’s very important to make sure your accommodation suits your needs. To make the choosing process as easy as possible, we’ve gathered some information on the accessible features of Jessie Mac’s to help you make your decision.
Pindale Farm: An absolute dream for D of E Groups.
At Pindale Farm we love D of E groups. So much so that we are converting our Powder House into a D of E leaders hut, complete with great WiFi. In addition to our barn accommodation, we have dedicated camping areas for D of E groups away from the public camping grounds, with no vehicles in the field. We provide an indoor area for D of E groups to cook in, in wet weather, and D of E campers get a discount.
Five Sunnyside Micro Hostel in Bideford, North Devon is Open!
The refurbishment of Five Sunnyside has now been completed just in time to welcome our first guests a family of keen cyclists keen to explore the Tarka Trail and the stunning North Devon coastline!
Carrshield Camping Barn in the North Pennines looking lovely with their new Independent Hostels sign
Surrounded by heather clad fells Carrshield Camping Barn offers simple accommodation in 3 rooms, each with a wood-burner and a wooden sleeping platform. Perfectly located it’s on the Isaac’s Tea Trail, C2C cycle route and close to a number of mountain bike routes.

















