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Sustainable Travel Discount : Accommodation

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When thinking about how to reduce our individual carbon footprint, one of the simplest ways is to fly less often. The UK is gorgeous, so exploring it more is a no-brainer.  

There are other ways to make trips more sustainable, including where you stay and how you get there.

Hostel accommodation is super sustainable before your hosts even try to be green.  Sharing a kitchen is not only friendly, giving you a great sense of the community, but is good for the planet too.  

But let’s not leave it there.  Lots of hosts make a huge effort to run their businesses as sustainably as possible, you can see these on our Eco Hostel Page.

Some hostels give you a discount for arriving sustainably too.

The hostels and bunkhouses below will give you a sustainable travel discount for arriving on foot, by bike or on public transport.


Accommodation with Sustainable Travel Discounts for those arriving by Foot, Bike or Public Transport

  • Hawks Barn

    The Old Shippon, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Settle, North Yorkshire. BD24 0JE
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    Hawks Barn offers a 10% Green Discount if you arrive without a vehicle

    Hawks Barn offers luxury accommodation for up to 6 people on the edge of Horton-in-Ribblesdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. With easy access to an astounding number of walking and cycling routes, you can make sustainable travel your challenge by arriving on foot or by bike. Or come on the famous Settle to Carlisle railway, another great form of sustainable travel. Horton-in-Ribblesdale train station is just a 15 min walk away.
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  • Witherslack Cycle Barn

    Beck Head Farm, Witherslack, Grange Over Sands. Cumbria, LA11 6SH

    Discounts for cyclists and cycling groups.

    Cyclist's special price of £25 per night if you arrive by bike. Fully equipped bunk house on NCN routes based in the southern Lake District, perfect for your cycle touring or base camp.  Call to check availability and price options.
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  • Elterwater Hostel

    Elterwater, Ambleside LA22 9HX
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    Sustainable travel is rewarded at Elterwater

    A committed ECO hostel, Elterwater offers a 'No Car Discount'. As part of their commitment to ‘Going Green,’ they offer a 5% discount for individual guests arriving to the area by public transport, on foot or by bike.  The offer is only available to guests booking direct via their website or telephone and evidence will be required on arrival.  Please use Promo Code NOCAR5.
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  • Camp Hillcrest Bunkhouse

    Camp Hillcrest, The Common, St Briavels, Gloucestershire GL15 6SH
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    Sustainable Travel Discount

    Earn yourself a 10% discount if you arrive at Camp Hillcrest Bunkhouse by bike, on foot or by public transport. What better reason do you need to stay at this a quirky bunkhouse in the beautiful Wye Valley?
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  • Deepdale Rooms and Camping

    Deepdale Farm, Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, PE31 8DD
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    Deepdale Rooms offer a 10% Sustainable Travel Discount if arriving on foot, by bike or by public transport.

    Deepdale Farm, are serious about sustainability. They have taken 60% of their land out of production to manage it for wildlife. They are restoring and improving habitats across the farm. They farm alongside nature, growing organic crops while providing food and habitat for birds, invertebrates and other wildlife. They also give a discount to guests who arrive sustainably too.
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  • Dolgoch Hostel

    Tregaron, Ceredigion, SY25 6NR

    Stay at one of the Elenydd Wilderness Trust hostels and earn a Green Voucher

    Eligible to anyone arriving on foot or bike. These vouchers entitle the holder to a half-price stay at either of the hostels at a later date.  Dolgoch and Tyncornel Hostels are in the wild and stunningly beautiful Cambrian Mountains a day's walk apart, ideal for an adventure by bike or one foot. 
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  • Shining Cliff Hostel

    Jackass Lane, Alderwasley, Derbyshire. DE56 2RE
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    Shining Cliff Hostel, deep in the woods, provides a sustainable travel discount.

    Shining Cliff hostel provides a 5% discount for guests arriving solely by foot, bike or public transport. The 10 minute walk through the woods from the nearest car park does not cut the mustard. To earn this discount you need to show true adventure. Luckily Ambergate rail station is only a mile away and the rolling countryside of the Derbyshire Dales makes for excellent walking.
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  • Tyncornel Hostel

    Llanddewi Brefi, Tregaron, Ceredigion, SY25 6PH
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    Get a Green Voucher by arriving at this hostel on foot or by bike

    Exchange your Green Voucher for a half price stay at Dolgoch or Tyncornel Hostel. Dolgoch and Tyncornel Hostels are in the wild and stunningly beautiful Cambrian Mountains a days walk apart, ideal for an adventure by bike or one foot.
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  • Puttenham Barn Bunkhouse

    The Street, Puttenham, Nr Guildford, Surrey, GU3 1AR
    Puttenham EcoCamping Barn

    Sustainable travel discount at Puttenham Barn Bunkhouse

    Puttenham Barn is a wonderful old listed building which has been sympathetically restored to be environmentally friendly. They have rainwater harvesting, solar electricity and solar hot water. The restoration carried out enables you to see traditional and sustainable construction methods.If you arrive at Puttenham Barn Bunkhouse on foot, by bike or on public transport you can claim a fab 'green discount' of £3 per person per night.
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  • Glenfinnan Sleeping Car

    Glenfinnan Station, Glenfinnan, nr Fort William, PH37 4LT

    Going eco in the Highlands

    The Glenfinnan Sleeping Car has always been run with an eye on sustainability - many of its guests arriving by train as we are at Glenfinnan Station. As well as offering a public transport/active travel discount for guests, we looked at other ways to be more sustainable, including replacing heaters, fitting LED lights, using eco cleaning products, eco toilet rolls, and introducing a recycling system.
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  • Yarde Orchard

    East Yarde, Peters Marland, Torrington, Devon, EX38 8QA

    This is the best place to eat, sleep and drink for hikers and cyclists on the Tarka Trail.

    Yarde Orchard is the perfect place for walkers, cyclists and families, especially those exploring the Tarka Trail. Even better, if you arrive under your own steam (by bike, foot or public transport) you can claim a 10% sustainable travel discount by asking for Yarde Orchards Green Discount.
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  • All Stretton Bunkhouse

    Meadow Green, Batch Valley, All Stretton, Shrops, SY6 6JW
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    Sustainable Transport Discount.

    Arrive by bike, train or bus and call at the house for your refund. All Stretton Bunkhouse provides comfortable accommodation near Church Stretton, surrounded by the beautiful South Shropshire Hills.
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