Initially operating under the YHA Enterprise scheme, it became fully independent in 1990. The Old Red Lion joined the Independent Hostel network in 1993 and was one of the hostels featured in the 1st edition (1993) of The Independent Hostel Guide.
Find out more about Old Red LionThis former pub opened as a hostel in 1986
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