Different people in different places, through the winter of 1929 / 1930 were trying to start youth hostels. None was making progress until the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) took a hand.
Pushing the boat out
The best holiday ever
People wanting a new kind of tourism found it in Germany.
Alnwick – Northumberland
There had been several attempts to open a youth hostel in Alnwick. But none succeeded until the youth hostel at Green Batt, Alnwick opened 2011.
A new tourism
A new kind of tourism developed in Britain between the wars.
A Hostel A Week
The longest established youth hostel in Wales, and a personal favourite. Who couldn't love it with all those hills around it?
SIMPLY HOSTELS 