Alston where a “youth’s hostel” in the highest market town in England continues with a new owner.
A Hostel A Week – Alston
A Hostel A Week
Few ... could have imagined how primitive the initial cow shed and tractor repair shop must have been.
Pushing the boat out
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.
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.
SIMPLY HOSTELS 