This collection of profiles for English youth hostels is based on historic counties. It is divided into:
North East (Northumberland and Durham)
Yorkshire (North and East Ridings; West Riding)
North West 1 (Cumberland, Westmorland, Furness Division of Lancashire)
North West 2 (Southern Division of Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man)
It coincides fairly closely with the modern English political regions of:
North East
Yorkshire and the Humber
North West