List of past and present youth hostels in England and Wales

This page lists the youth hostels currently and previously operated by the Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales) (YHA). The list is split into two sections, hostels currently operated by YHA and those previously operated by, or as part of, YHA some time since the creation of YHA in 1931. The primary sources for these lists are given in the references section.

1 Current hostels
2 Past hostels
3 Footnotes
4 References
5 Source material

Current hostels

This section lists the location^{[Notes 1]} of hostels currently operated by, or as part of YHA As of February 2011^[update].

Name	County	Year opened	Hostel also known as	Notes
Abergavenny	Monmouthshire	2008
Alfriston	East Sussex	1953
All Stretton	Shropshire	2007
Alston	Cumbria	1976
Alstonfield	Derbyshire	2001
Ambleside	Cumbria	1972
Angelsey	Isle of Anglesey	2007
Arnside	Cumbria	1979
Arundel	West Sussex	1946
Bath	Somerset	1954
Beer	Devon	1962
Bellever	Devon	1934	Dartmoor
Bellingham Bunkhouse	Northumberland	2008
Betws-Y-Coed	Conwy	2003
Beverley Friary	East Riding of Yorkshire	1984
Birdoswald	Cumbria	2004
Black Sail	Cumbria	1933
Blackboys	East Sussex	1944
Blaxhall	Suffolk	1964
Boggle Hole	North Yorkshire	1952
Borth	Ceredigion	1953
Boscastle Harbour	Cornwall	1962		Closed August 2004 - September 2006 due to flood damage
Boswinger	Cornwall	1933
Bradwell Village	Buckinghamshire	1982	Milton Keynes
Bretton	Derbyshire	1942
Bridges	Shropshire	1931
Bristol	Bristol	1988
Broad Haven	Pembrokeshire	1981
Bryn Gwynant	Gwynedd	1959
Burley	Hampshire	1960
Buttermere	Cumbria	1956
Byrness	Northumberland	1972
Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	1945
Canterbury	Kent	1963
Cardiff	Cardiff	1986
Carlisle	Cumbria	1998
Castleton	Derbyshire	1943
Cheddar	Somerset	1953
Cholderton	Hampshire	2005
London St Pauls	London	1975	Carter Lane, St Pauls, City of London
Clun Mill	Shropshire	1936
Clyffe Pypard	Wiltshire	2006
Coalbrookdale	Shropshire	1980	Ironbridge
Coalport	Shropshire	1980
Cockermouth	Cumbria	1933
Coniston (Holly How)	Cumbria	1950	Coniston Far End
Coniston Coppermines	Cumbria	1932
Conwy	Conwy	1997
Coverack	Cornwall	1976
Crowden	Derbyshire	2007
Danywenallt	Powys	2005
Derwentwater	Cumbria	1962
Dimmingsdale	Staffordshire	1941
Dolgoch	Ceredigion	1976
Dufton	Cumbria	1975
Earby	Lancashire	1955
London Earl's Court	London	1952	Earl's Court
Eastbourne	East Sussex	2009		Rebuilt at same location as previous hostel
Edale	Derbyshire	1945
Edmundbyers	Durham	1933
Elmscott	Devon	1949	Hartland
Elterwater	Cumbria	1939	Langdale
Ennerdale	Cumbria	1970
Eskdale	Cumbria	1938
Exeter	Devon	1939	Countess Wear
Exford	Devon	1965
Eyam	Derbyshire	1970
Golant	Cornwall	1970
Gower Bunkhouse	Swansea	2007
Gradbach Mill	Staffordshire	1981
Grasmere (Butherlyp How)	Cumbria	1959	Grasmere (Butterlip How)
Grinton Lodge	North Yorkshire	1949
Hartington Hall	Derbyshire	1934
Hathersage	Derbyshire	1970
Hawes	North Yorkshire	1972
Hawkshead	Cumbria	1943
Haworth	West Yorkshire	1976
Helmsley	North Yorkshire	1964
Helvellyn	Cumbria	1948	Greenside
High Close	Cumbria	1955	Red Bank
Hindhead	Surrey	1949
London Holland Park	London	1958	Holland House
Holmbury St Mary	Surrey	1935	Harden Moss
Honister Hause	Cumbria	1942
Idwal Cottage	Gwynedd	1931
Ilam Hall	Staffordshire	1932
Ingleton	North Yorkshire	1935
Jordans	Buckinghamshire	1933
Kendal	Cumbria	1986
Keswick	Cumbria	1933
Kettlewell	North Yorkshire	1934
Kielder	Northumberland	2002
Kings	Gwynedd	1937	Dolgellau
Kington	Herefordshire	2004
Lands End	Cornwall	1939
Langdon Beck	Durham	1937
Lee Valley	Hertfordshire	2003
Leominster	Herefordshire	2001
Littlehampton	West Sussex	2003
Litton Cheney	Dorset	1937
Liverpool	Merseyside	1997
Lizard	Cornwall	2003
Llanberis	Gwynedd	1940
Llanddeusant	Carmarthenshire	1940
Llangattock Mtn Bunkhouse	Powys	2007
Llwyn-Y-Celyn	Powys	1972
Lockton	North Yorkshire	1978
London St Pancras	London	1997	St Pancras
London Central	London	2008
London Oxford Street	London	1991	Oxford Street
Longthwaite	Cumbria	1939	Borrowdale A
Lulworth Cove	Dorset	1983
Malham	North Yorkshire	1949
Manchester	Greater Manchester	1995
Mankinholes	Lancashire	1943
Manorbier	Pembrokeshire	1987
Margate	Kent	1998
Marloes Sands	Pembrokeshire	1978
Minehead	Somerset	1959
National Forest	Derbyshire	2008
Newcastle	Tyne & Wear	1978
Newport (Pembs)	Pembrokeshire	1995	Trefdreath
Ninebanks	Northumberland	1948
Okehampton	Devon	1997
Once Brewed	Northumberland	1934	Roman Wall
Osmotherley	North Yorkshire	1981		opened in same premises as original hostel at location
Oxford	Oxfordshire	2001
Patterdale	Cumbria	1971
Pen y Pass	Gwynedd	1970
Penzance	Cornwall	1950
Perranporth	Cornwall	1982
Poppit Sands	Pembrokeshire	1950
Port Eynon	Swansea	1950
Portland	Dorset	2001
Portreath	Cornwall	2007
Pwll Deri	Pembrokeshire	1956
Ravenstor	Derbyshire	1938	Millers Dale
Rhossili Bunkhouse	Swansea	2007
River Dart	Devon	1953	Maypool
Rochester	Kent	1996
Rowen	Conwy	1948
Saffron Waldon	Essex	1943
Salcombe	Devon	1938	Sharpitor
Salisbury	Wiltshire	1961
Scarborough	North Yorkshire	1936
Sheringham	Norfolk	1976
Sherwood Forest	Nottinghamshire	1998
Skiddaw House	Cumbria	2007		premises reopened after being closed for several years
Slaidburn	Lancashire	1933
Snowdon Ranger	Gwynedd	1939
Southease	East Sussex	2009
St Briavel's Castle	Gloucestershire	1949
St Davids	Pembrokeshire	1973
Stow On The Wold	Gloucestershire	1935
Stratford	Warwickshire	1948
Streatley	Berkshire	1937
Street	Somerset	1931
Swanage	Dorset	1950
Swansea Bunkhouse	Swansea	2007
Tanners Hatch	Surrey	1945	Ranmore
Telscombe	East Sussex	1979
London Thameside	London	1992	Rotherhithe
Thurlby	Lincolnshire	1981
Tintagel	Cornwall	1947
Totland Bay	Isle of Wight	1975
Treyarnon Bay	Cornwall	1948
Truleigh Hill	West Sussex	1968
Ty’n-Y-Caeau	Powys	1945
Tyncornel	Ceredigion	1967		Most remote hostel
Wastwater	Cumbria	1969
Wells-Next-The-Sea	Norfolk	2002
Welsh Bicknor	Herefordshire	1937
Westward Ho!	Devon	2009
Whitby	North Yorkshire	2007
Wilderhope Manor	Shropshire	1938
Windermere	Cumbria	1935	Troutbeck
Woodys Top	Lincolnshire	1949
Wooler	Northumberland	1954
York	North Yorkshire	1946
Youlgreave	Derbyshire	1975

Past hostels

This section lists the locations^{[Notes 1]} of hostels which have been operated by, or as part of YHA, at some time since 1931. Although the majority of the hostels in this section have closed there are those that still operate as hostels but are no longer part of YHA — these are not separately identified.

Name	County	Year opened	Year closed	Hostel also known as	Notes
Abergavenny	Monmouthshire	1933	1937	Pantyrohen
Abergele	Conwy	1938	1946
Abermule	Powys	1949	1952
Acomb	Northumberland	1933	2006
Albury	Surrey	1931	1933	Surrey Hills
Allendale	Northumberland	1937	1937
Allendale	Northumberland	1945	1966
Alnham	Northumberland	1932	1958
Alpheton	Suffolk	1982	1992
Alston	Cumbria	1933	1955
Ambleside	Isle of Man	1946	1971
Amersham On The Hill	Buckinghamshire	1934	1934
Ampleforth	North Yorkshire	1934	1959
Andreas	Isle of Man	1948	1952
Arnside	Cumbria	1946	1978
Arrad Foot	Cumbria	1940	1944
Asenby	North Yorkshire	1934	1939
Ashover	Derbyshire	1933	1939
Ashton Keynes	Wiltshire	1936	1965
Askrigg	North Yorkshire	1935	1950
Astwell Castle	Northamptonshire	1935	1953
Aveton Gifford	Devon	1937	1938
Awebridge	Hampshire	1943	1943
Aylburton	Gloucestershire	1944	1948
Aysgarth Falls	North Yorkshire	1951	2003
Badby	Northamptonshire	1933	2005
Badminton	Gloucestershire	1932	1936
Badwell Ash	Suffolk	1935	1935
Bakewell	Derbyshire	1966	2007
Bala	Gwynedd	1933	1996
Baldersdale	Durham	1980	2006
Ballasalla	Isle of Man	1946	1953
Bampton	Devon	1932	1971
Bangor	Gwynedd	1938	1964
Bangor	Gwynedd	1965	2009
Bardon	Leicestershire	1942	1942
Barnard Castle	Durham	1931	1983
Barnstaple	Devon	1933	1951
Barnston In Wirral	Cheshire	1955	1960
Barrow Hill	Staffordshire	1943	1947
Barrow House	Cumbria	1931	1931
Barsham	Suffolk	1952	1952
Bassenthwaite Lake	Cumbria	1952	1954
Batheaston	Somerset	1931	1953
Battle	East Sussex	1944	1944		Hostel listed in 1944 handbook but no confirmation that opening ever occurred
Battlesden	Buckinghamshire	1949	1949
Bawtry	South Yorkshire	1951	1972
Beacons Bottom	Buckinghamshire	1963	1963
Bedruthen Steps	Cornwall	1939	1939
Bellingham	Northumberland	1936	2006
Bempton	East Riding of Yorkshire	1937	1940
Bennetston Hall	Derbyshire	1936	1945
Bettiscombe	Dorset	1943	1944
Betws-Y-Coed	Conwy	1945	1983	Oaklands
Bexley	Kent	1933	1933
Biddisham	Somerset	1943	1951
Bigbury On Sea	Devon	1944	1988
Bilsdale	North Yorkshire	1937	1937
Birdsall Brow	North Yorkshire	1936	1936
Birley Edge	South Yorkshire	1945	1945
Birmingham	Warwickshire	1988	1996
Bishops Stortford	Hertfordshire	1931	1943	Cliff Cottage
Bishopsdale	North Yorkshire	1947	1950
Bishopsdale	North Yorkshire	2004	2009
Bishopstone	Wiltshire	1933	1939
Blackdown Mill	Warwickshire	1932	1932
Blackmore	Essex	1935	1935
Blaencaron	Ceredigion	1950	2006
Bodlonfa Hall	Denbighshire	1943	1955	Bodlonfa Cwm
Bognor	West Sussex	1935	1935
Bolt Head	Devon	1932	1934	Bolberry Farm
Bonsall	Derbyshire	1931	1931
Boulby Cliff	North Yorkshire	1932	1935
Boulters Lock	Berkshire	1938	1940
Bournemouth	Dorset	1936	1936
Bowbank	Durham	1936	1942	Middleton in Teesdale
Bracknell	Berkshire	1949	1955
Bradda Head	Isle of Man	1954	1975
Bradenham	Buckinghamshire	1964	2005
Bradwell On Sea	Essex	1950	1969	Bradwell-Juxta-Mare
Brandon	Essex	1979	1997	Thetford Forest
Brassington	Derbyshire	1943	1952
Bratton	Wiltshire	1933	1933
Breachwood Green	Hertfordshire	1938	1940
Brede	East Sussex	1937	1937
Brendon	Devon	1931	1953	Rockford Lodge
Brentmoor	Devon	1945	1954
Bricket Wood	Hertfordshire	1931	1931
Bridgewater	Somerset	1935	1940
Bridlington	East Riding of Yorkshire	1946	1965
Bridport	Dorset	1933	1938
Bridport	Dorset	1939	1975
Bridport	Dorset	1976	1995
Brighton	West Sussex	1939	2007	Patcham
Bristol	Bristol	1949	1966
Bristol	Bristol	1982	1988
Brixham	Devon	1939	1944
Broadstairs	Kent	1992	2004
Brockweir	Monmouthshire	1931	1932
Brodenhill	Devon	1949	1954
Broom	Warwickshire	1944	1968
Broughton	Northamptonshire	1944	1952
Broughton Astley	Leicestershire	1940	1940
Bryn Hall	Gwynedd	1946	1970
Bryn Poeth Uchaf	Carmarthenshire	1969	1998
Bucklebury	Berkshire	1935	1941
Bude	Cornwall	1938	1938
Bude	Cornwall	1939	1939
Bungay	Suffolk	1945	1951
Buntingford	Hertfordshire	1931	1935	Wayside
Buntingford	Hertfordshire	1936	1937
Burley	Hampshire	1936	1954
Burley Woodhead	West Yorkshire	1945	1970
Burrington	Somerset	1943	1954
Burton Lazars	Leicestershire	1939	1939
Burton Le Coggles	Lincolnshire	1940	1940
Burwash Weald	East Sussex	1937	1937
Buxton	Derbyshire	1941	2002
Cae Dafydd	Gwynedd	1934	1958
Caistor	Lincolnshire	1936	1940
Caldbeck	Cumbria	1933	1933
Calshot	Hampshire	1994	1995
Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	1935	1938
Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	1939	1939
Canterbury	Kent	1932	1939
Canterbury	Kent	1946	2006
Canterbury Old House	Kent	1931	1931
Capel	Surrey	1933	1942
Capel Curig	Conwy	1946	2011
Capel-Y-Ffin	Powys	1944	1947
Capel-Y-Ffin	Powys	1949	1951
Capel-Y-Ffin	Powys	1952	1952
Capel-Y-Ffin	Powys	1958	2007
Carisbrook	Isle of Wight	1948	1949
Carlisle	Cumbria	1935	1940
Carlisle	Cumbria	1954	1997
Carrock Fell	Cumbria	1982	2002
Cassington	Oxfordshire	1932	1932
Castle Acre	Norfolk	1987	1989
Castle Hedingham	Essex	1937	2008
Castleton	North Yorkshire	1931	1931
Castleton	Derbyshire	1937	1945
Castleton	North Yorkshire	1932	1946
Caton	Lancashire	1934	1937
Cefn-Y-Coed	Powys	1953	1957
Cerne Abbas	Dorset	1932	1955
Chaddesley Corbett	Worcestershire	1945	1965
Chaldon	Surrey	1936	1965
Chalfont St. Giles	Buckinghamshire	1943	1943
Charing	Kent	1931	1937
Charlbury	Oxfordshire	1946	2001
Charney Bassett	Berkshire	1944	1948
Charnwood Forest	Leicestershire	1933	1940
Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	1931	1931
Chelwood Gate	East Sussex	1934	1939
Chepstow	Monmouthshire	1937	1940
Chepstow	Monmouthshire	1941	1945
Chepstow (Severn Bridge)	Monmouthshire	1946	1991	Severn Bridge
Chepstow (Tutshill)	Monmouthshire	1933	1935	Tutshill
Chesham	Buckinghamshire	1935	1942
Chester	Cheshire	1933	1933
Chester	Cheshire	1934	1951
Chester	Cheshire	1952	1962
Chester	Cheshire	1963	2009
Chilton	Berkshire	1935	1935
Chisworth	Derbyshire	1933	1946
Cholderton Hill	Hampshire	1954	1957
Cilcewydd	Powys	1931	1933
Cilibion	Swansea	1950	1969
Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	1957	1961
Cleeve Hill	Gloucestershire	1937	1995
Clent	Worcestershire	1934	1957
Cleobury Mortimer	Worcestershire	1933	1936
Clevedon	Somerset	1952	1962
Clifton On Teme	Worcestershire	1952	1960
Cloughton	North Yorkshire	1931	1934	Cober Hill Bungalows
Clun	Shropshire	1933	1935
Coalport	Shropshire	1998	1998
Cocking	West Sussex	1934	1935		Men only
Coedkernew	Monmouthshire	1933	1936
Colby	Isle of Man	1939	1946
Colchester	Essex	1936	1945
Colchester	Essex	1949	1996	East Bay House^[1]	TM 00656 25240
Colwyn Bay	Conwy	1955	1996
Comberton	Worcestershire	1937	1938
Copt Oak	Leicestershire	1960	2002
Corney	Cumbria	1935	1941
Corris	Gwynedd	1962	2005
Corris (Ratgoed)	Gwynedd	1943	1947	Ratgoed
Coventry	Warwickshire	1962	1962		Temporary hostel during the Coventry festival 1962
Cowes	Isle of Wight	1950	1969
Crafnant	Conwy	1951	1953
Cranbourne	Dorset	1944	1992
Crickhowell	Powys	1937	1982
Crockham Hill	Kent	1946	1992
Croscombe	Somerset	1943	1967
Cross In Hand	East Sussex	1936	1940
Crosscliff	North Yorkshire	1958	1960
Crossthwaite	Cumbria	1931	1964
Crowcombe	Somerset	1940	2006
Crowden	Derbyshire	1965	2007
Croxton	Norfolk	1936	1951
Cudham	Kent	1950	1965
Cwm Ystadllyn	Gwynedd	1949	1952
Cynwyd	Denbighshire	1933	2005
Dacre Banks	North Yorkshire	1932	1987
Dartington	Devon	1932	2006	Week, Lownard
Dartmeet	Devon	1931	1933
Delamere Forest	Cheshire	1935	1973
Dentdale	Cumbria	1944	2006
Derwent	Derbyshire	1933	1942
Dinas Mawddwy	Powys	1962	1984
Dirt Pot	Northumberland	1949	1972
Doddington	Kent	1948	1980
Dover (Barnet Hut)	Kent	1931	1940
Dover (Town)	Kent	1955	1981
Dover (Central)	Kent	1966	2007
Dover (Seafront)	Kent	1947	1966
Dovercourt	Essex	1975	1975
Downderry	Devon	1935	1940
Draethen	Caerphilly	1938	1938		Hostel listed in 1938 handbook but no confirmation that opening ever occurred
Duddon	Cumbria	1934	1944
Duddon	Cumbria	1965	1984
Duddon Estuary	Cumbria	1999	2007
Duddon Vally	Cumbria	1945	1963
Duddon Vally (Lower)	Cumbria	1951	1955
Dufton	Cumbria	1935	1943
Duntisbourne Abbots	Gloucestershire	1946	2001
Dunwich	Suffolk	1946	1946
Durham	Durham	1978	1986
Durham	Durham	1987	1995
Durham City	Durham	1936	1940
Dursley	Gloucestershire	1933	1941
East Cowes	Isle of Wight	1934	1945
East Marden	West Sussex	1952	1969
Eastbourne	East Sussex	1974	2004	Beachy Head
Easthope	Shropshire	1932	1935	Easthope Manor
Eastwell	Leicestershire	1933	1938
Ebford (Exeter)	Devon	1933	1935
Edale Valley	Derbyshire	1940	1945
Edgworth	Lancashire	1936	1940
Elkington	Lincolnshire	1949	1954
Ellingstring	North Yorkshire	1941	2003
Elton	Derbyshire	1943	2002
Ely	Cambridgeshire	1948	1966
Ely	Cambridgeshire	1974	1986
Ely	Cambridgeshire	1987	1995
Endmoor	Cumbria	1935	1942
Ennerdale	Cumbria	1942	1967	Gillerthwaite
Epping Forest	Essex	1933	1943	Buckhurst Hill
Epping Forest	Essex	1964	2008		TQ 408 983 Picture on Geograph
Erwood	Powys	1937	1945
Eskdale	Cumbria	1933	1938
Eskett	Cumbria	1932	1951	Ennerdale, Ennerdale Hall
Euston	London	1945	1945
Ewden	South Yorkshire	1945	1966
Ewhurst Green	Surrey	1936	1983
Exford	Somerset	1935	1960
Fairlight	East Sussex	1939	1940
Falmouth	Cornwall	1938	1951
Farforth	Lincolnshire	1935	1948
Farley Hall	Staffordshire	1937	1939
Farndale	North Yorkshire	1957	1963
Farnham	Surrey	1938	1940
Felixstowe	Suffolk	1936	1945
Felixstowe	Suffolk	1946	1959
Fenwick	Northumberland	1946	1954
Ferryside	Carmarthenshire	1937	1938
Ffestiniog	Gwynedd	1937	1937
Ffestiniog	Gwynedd	1938	1995
Ffynon Wen	Ceredigion	2007	2008
Filey	North Yorkshire	1938	1940
Filey	North Yorkshire	1946	1958
Finningham	Suffolk	1943	1968
Fiskerton	Nottinghamshire	1937	1937
Flackwell Heath	Buckinghamshire	1931	1940	Woodspring
Flagg	Derbyshire	1931	1932
Fordingbridge	Hampshire	1979	1980
Forest Green	Surrey	1940	1940
Forest Lodge	Powys	1934	1940
Fort Purboof	Hampshire	1938	1939
Four Marks	Hampshire	1931	1937	Holly Bush House
Four Marks	Hampshire	1940	1940
Fowey	Cornwall	1943	1943
Freshwater Bay	Isle of Wight	1972	1973
Frosterley	Durham	1934	1940
Fulshaw	South Yorkshire	1942	1952
Gara Mill	Devon	1931	1949
Garsdale Head	North Yorkshire	1949	1983
Gaydon	Warwickshire	1931	1931
Gerddi Bluog	Gwynedd	1977	1982
Gidleigh	Devon	1932	1988
Gilsand	Cumbria	1933	1940
Gisburn	Lancashire	1934	1940
Glamorgan Coast	Vale of Glamorgan	1937	1937
Glascwm	Powys	1947	1997
Glentham	Lincolnshire	1938	1942
Glossop	Derbyshire	1939	1940
Godsfield	Hampshire	1933	1938
Godshill	Hampshire	1931	1938
Godshill	Hampshire	1944	1944
Godstone	Kent	1932	1935	Surrey Crest
Goodings	Berkshire	1965	1971
Gosport	Hampshire	1951	1961
Goudhurst	Kent	1943	1982
Goyt Valley	Derbyshire	1931	1935	Errwood Hall Farm
Graffham	West Sussex	1939	1947
Grange	Cumbria	1933	1973	Borrowdale B
Grantham	Lincolnshire	1951	1957
Grantham	Lincolnshire	1958	1986
Grasmere (Thorney How)	Cumbria	1933	2010		to reopen Easter 2011 as an independent hostel
Grassington	North Yorkshire	1933	1939
Great Bavington	Northumberland	1949	1959
Great Stambridge	Essex	1979	1983
Great Walsingham	Norfolk	1940	1940
Great Witley	Worcestershire	1947	1948
Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	1950	2008
Greenhead	Cumbria	1979	2009
Greenmoor	South Yorkshire	1945	1948
Greens Norton	Northamptonshire	1952	1983
Gretna	Cumbria	1933	1936
Grosmont	Herefordshire	1933	1933
Gwydyr Uchaf	Denbighshire	1931	1954
Gwynant	Powys	1933	1933
Gyffylliog	Denbighshire	1931	1953
Hackness	North Yorkshire	1934	1945
Hagg Farm	Derbyshire	1973	1988
Halesworth	Suffolk	1933	1940
Hampstead Heath	London	1980	2006
Hampton Loade	Shropshire	1931	1934
Hannington	Hampshire	1946	1961
Hanwell	Oxfordshire	1948	1957
Harlech	Gwynedd	1938	1990
Harlow	Essex	1968	1998
Harrowby	Lincolnshire	1944	1950
Hartington	Derbyshire	1933	1934
Harwich	Suffolk	1935	1937
Harwich	Essex	1968	1974
Haslingfield	Cambridgeshire	1934	1936
Hastings	East Sussex	1955	2006	Guestling
Hatfield Forest	Hertfordshire	1969	1971
Hathaway Farm	Warwickshire	1931	1931
Hawkinge	Kent	1952	1954
Haworth	West Yorkshire	1950	1958
Hayle	Cornwall	1947	1982	Phillack
Hayling Island	Hampshire	1931	1931
Heasley Mill	Devon	1949	1951
Heath Charnock	Lancashire	1934	1935
Hebden Bridge	West Yorkshire	1932	1934
Heltondale	Cumbria	1936	1946
Hemel Hempstead	Hertfordshire	1933	1951
Henley On Thames	Oxfordshire	1935	1985
Heol Senni	Powys	1941	1949
Hesket Newmarket	Cumbria	1934	1937
Heys Farm Guest House	Lancashire	1931	1932
High Flatts	West Yorkshire	1934	1943
High Halden	Kent	1944	1950
High Kelling	Norfolk	1933	1939
High Roding	Essex	1936	1964
Highgate Village	London	1936	1997
Hildenborough	Kent	1933	1934
Hilltop Hostel	Hampshire	1931	1932
Hockley	Essex	1936	1960
Hodgeston Hill	Pembrokeshire	1951	1965
Holbeach	Lincolnshire	1955	1961
Holmfirth	West Yorkshire	1937	1968	Harden Moss
Holmpton	East Riding of Yorkshire	1954	1956
Holt	Worcestershire	1934	1942
Holyhead	Isle of Anglesey	1936	1939
Holyhead	Isle of Anglesey	2003	2000
Hope	Derbyshire	1931	1933	Birchfields
Horndean	Hampshire	1934	1936
Horton In Ribblesdale	North Yorkshire	1934	1939
Houghton Mill	Cambridgeshire	1935	1983
Hull	East Riding of Yorkshire	1979	1980
Hull	East Riding of Yorkshire	1981	1983
Hunstanton	Norfolk	1933	1933		Was due to open and appeared in handbook for 1933 but not confirmed if hostel ever opened.
Hunstanton	Norfolk	1973	2011
Hutton	Somerset	1937	1965
Ide Hill	Kent	1936	1942
Idlicote	Warwickshire	1947	1951
Ilfracombe	Devon	1982	2003
Ilkley	West Yorkshire	1934	1939
Ingbirchwort	South Yorkshire	1937	1940
Inglesham	Wiltshire	1939	1991
Ingleton	North Yorkshire	1937	1937
Instow	Devon	1954	1998
Ivinghoe	Buckinghamshire	1937	2007		SP 9450 1613
Iwene Minster	Dorset	1931	1940
Jersey	Cornwall	2004	2008
Jeruselem Farm	Lancashire	1941	1954
Jevington	East Sussex	1935	1946
Keld	North Yorkshire	1943	2006
Kemsing	Kent	1939	2006
Kendal	Cumbria	1944	1984
Kennack Sands	Cornwall	1933	1952	Ruan Minor, Kennack
Kentchurch	Herefordshire	1935	1935
Kerne Bridge	Herefordshire	1933	1936	Bulls Hill
Kettlewell	North Yorkshire	1934	1942
Kielder	Northumberland	1955	1975
Kings Cliffe	Northamptonshire	1939	1965
Kings Lynn	Norfolk	1937	1937
Kings Lynn	Norfolk	1968	2008
Kington	Herefordshire	1969	1969
Kirby Wiske	North Yorkshire	1933	1933
Kirkby Malzeard	North Yorkshire	1931	1953	Moordale
Kirkby Stephen	Cumbria	1931	1980	Folk Hall
Kirkby Stephen	Cumbria	1981	2011		Became independent hostel
Knaplock	Somerset	1948	1954
Kneeton	Nottinghamshire	1938	1939
Knighton	Powys	1979	1994
Knock	Cumbria	1964	1974
Knustonhall	Northamptonshire	1949	1949
Lake Vyrnwy	Powys	1953	1953
Lakeside	Cumbria	2006	2008
Langridge	Somerset	1933	1936
Langsett	South Yorkshire	1967	2007
Lasham	Hampshire	1949	1961
Lastingham	North Yorkshire	1949	1959
Lathkilldale	Derbyshire	1940	1942
Laugharne	Carmarthenshire	1937	1937
Lawrenny	Pembrokeshire	1997	2005
Laxey	Isle of Man	1962	1985
Leam Hall	Derbyshire	1939	1970
Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	1952	1970
Leatherhead	Surrey	1943	1944
Lee Gate	Buckinghamshire	1964	1983
Leeds	West Yorkshire	2000	2000
Leicester	Leicestershire	1970	1970
Leighton	Powys	1934	1946	Welsh Harp
Lelant Downs	Cornwall	1936	1940	Lelant
Lephams Bridge	East Sussex	1931	1934
Lewes	East Sussex	1933	1947
Lichfield	Staffordshire	1937	1939
Lichfield	Staffordshire	1940	1941
Lichfield	Staffordshire	1944	1973
Lincoln	Lincolnshire	1949	2005
Linton	North Yorkshire	1943	2002
Little London	Lincolnshire	1934	1936
Little Hawke	Surrey	1931	1931
Little Witley	Worcestershire	1932	1933
Liverpool	Merseyside	1933	1933		Men only
Liverpool	Merseyside	1933	1933		Women only
Liverpool	Merseyside	1984	1984
Lizard	Cornwall	1957	1961
Llanbadarn Fynydd	Powys	1934	1934
Llanbedr	Gwynedd	1968	2006	Harlech
Llanberis	Gwynedd	1933	1939
Llandovery	Carmarthenshire	1948	1948
Llandrindod Wells	Powys	1949	1950
Llandrindod Wells	Powys	1951	1958
Llandrindod Wells	Powys	1963	1966
Llandyssul Bunk House Barn	Ceredigion	1993	1993
Llanfair Talhaiarn	Denbighshire	1951	1953
Llanfihangel	Gwynedd	1931	1931
Llanfyllin	Powys	1932	1938
Llangasty	Powys	1935	1946
Llangollen	Denbighshire	1933	1941
Llangollen	Denbighshire	1948	1959
Llangollen	Denbighshire	1946	2007
Llangurig	Powys	1934	1934
Llangwm	Pembrokeshire	1948	1948
Llanhamlach	Powys	1934	1934
Llanilar	Ceredigion	1937	1938
Llanmadoc	Swansea	1935	1946
Llanrhaiadr	Powys	1945	1951
Llansannan	Denbighshire	1931	1937
Llantwit Major	Vale of Glamorgan	1938	1939
Lledr Valley	Conwy	1944	2001
Llwyndafydd	Ceredigion	1950	1950
Llwyn-On	Methyr Tydfil	1931	1937
Llwynpia	Rhondda Cynon Taf	1983	1999
Loddington	Leicestershire	1946	1970
London	London	1931	1932
London	London	1933	1933		Women only
London (Central)	London	1937	1952
London (Victoria)	London	1990	1990
Long Wittenham	Berkshire	1955	1960
Longridge	Lancashire	1934	1951
Longsleddale	Cumbria	1937	1940
Lostwithiel	Cornwall	1950	1969
Lothersdale	North Yorkshire	1931	1935	Stone Gappe
Ludlow	Shropshire	1933	1939
Ludlow	Shropshire	1943	1946
Ludlow	Shropshire	1947	1999
Lymington	Hampshire	1952	1961
Lynton	Devon	1961	2007
Lynwode	Lincolnshire	1945	1946
Lyonshall	Herefordshire	1951	1961
Maeshafn	Denbighshire	1931	2004
Maldon	Essex	1938	1971
Maldon	Essex	1978	1978
Malham	North Yorkshire	1938	1948
Malton	North Yorkshire	1946	1997
Malvern	Worcestershire	1933	1942
Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	1948	2006	Malvern (Wells)
Mansfield Woodhouse	Nottinghamshire	1935	1940	Park Hall
Mardale	Cumbria	1933	1933		Men only
Mardale	Cumbria	1933	1933		Women only
Marlborough	Wiltshire	1935	1950
Marlborough	Wiltshire	1951	1966
Marnhull	Dorset	1954	1970
Marrick	North Yorkshire	1934	1943
Marsden	West Yorkshire	1933	1944
Marsden	West Yorkshire	1970	1972
Marsden	West Yorkshire	1974	1983
Martham	Norfolk	1968	1985
Martock	Somerset	1952	1958
Mathry	Pembrokeshire	1938	1938
Matlock	Derbyshire	1933	1933
Matlock	Derbyshire	1983	2007
Matlock Bath	Derbyshire	1932	1933
Matlock Bath	Derbyshire	1956	1983
Meerbrook	Staffordshire	1978	2006
Melmerby	Cumbria	1934	1939
Meon Valley	Hampshire	1931	1938
Micklehurst	Greater Manchester	1948	1950
Mickleton	Gloucestershire	1931	1946
Milford	Surrey	1946	1972
Milnthorpe	Cumbria	1931	1933
Milton Abbas	Dorset	1946	1967
Minehead	Somerset	1931	1933
Minehead	Somerset	1934	1939
Minehead	Somerset	1947	1957
Mitcheldean	Gloucestershire	1937	1983
Monmouth	Monmouthshire	1978	1998
Mountnessing	Essex	1941	1941
Nantllanerch	Powys	1966	1969
Nant-Y-Dernol	Powys	1952	1987
Nazeing	Essex	1941	1959
Nedging Tye	Suffolk	1939	1983		TM 0174 4958
Nether Silton	North Yorkshire	1953	1958
Nether Wallop	Hampshire	1933	1940
Neuadd Fawr	Carmarthenshire	1949	1951
New Quay	Ceredigion	1970	1990
Newbiggin	Cumbria	1933	1938
Newcastle	Tyne & Wear	1969	1975
Newcastle	Tyne & Wear	1976	1977
Newhaven	East Sussex	1984	1984
Newport (Dyfed)	Pembrokeshire	1973	1976
Newport (Iow )	Isle of Wight	1973	1978
Newquay	Cornwall	1976	1994
Newstead Abbey	Nottinghamshire	1934	1934
Newtown	Powys	1937	1940
Newtown	Powys	1958	1968
Newtown	Powys	1969	1973
Newtown (Iow)	Isle of Wight	1935	1940
Norleywood	Hampshire	1939	1983
North Newington	Oxfordshire	1933	1948
North Nibley	Gloucestershire	1951	1954
North Pickenham	Norfolk	1937	1938
North Walsham	Norfolk	1935	1939
Northleach	Gloucestershire	1936	1939
Norwich	Norfolk	1944	1979
Norwich	Norfolk	1980	2002
Norwich Central	Norfolk	1938	1941
Norwich West	Norfolk	1939	1943
Nutbourne	West Sussex	1935	1940
Oakenclough	Cheshire	1946	1967
Odiham	Hampshire	1935	1938
Olveston	Gloucestershire	1942	1942
Organford	Dorset	1937	1939
Orton	Cumbria	1932	1936
Osmotherley	North Yorkshire	1934	1940
Otby	Lincolnshire	1943	1943
Otterden	Kent	1942	1943
Otterham	Cornwall	1945	1965
Overton	Hampshire	1962	1992
Overton Hall	Derbyshire	1949	1955
Oxford	Oxfordshire	1940	1945
Oxford	Oxfordshire	1936	2001
Pardshaw	Cumbria	1933	1938
Parkfields	Herefordshire	1931	1932
Parracombe	Devon	1947	1953
Parracombe	Devon	1954	1957
Parwich	Derbyshire	1933	1935
Pateley Bridge	North Yorkshire	1947	1956
Patterdale	Cumbria	1932	1967	Ullswater
Patterdale School	North Yorkshire	1931	1932
Peakley Hill	Derbyshire	1944	1961
Pendennis Castle	Cornwall	1964	2000
Pendle Hill	Lancashire	1943	1968	Barley
Penlanwen	Ceredigion	1946	1948
Penmaenmawr	Gwynedd	1965	1992
Penrith	Cumbria	1945	1971
Pentlepoir	Pembrokeshire	1973	2000
Pentre Cwrt	Ceredigion	1940	1970
Peterborough	Cambridgeshire	1973	1975
Playford	Suffolk	1931	1934
Plymouth	Devon	1937	1940
Plymouth	Devon	1947	2001
Plymouth (Mount Batten)	Devon	2007	2007
Pont Ar Eden	Gwynedd	1952	1961
Pont Nedd Fechan	Neath Port Talbot	1934	1946
Ponterwyd	Ceredigion	1934	1946
Pool Mill	Devon	1933	1952	Yealm
Port Quin	Cornwall	1937	1950	Port Issac
Portsmouth	Hampshire	1961	2006
Portsmouth (M)	Hampshire	1933	1940
Portsmouth (W)	Hampshire	1933	1934
Puckam	Gloucestershire	1943	1945
Puckeridge	Hertfordshire	1944	1952
Quantock Hills	Somerset	1945	2007	Holford
Raleighs Cross	Somerset	1933	1934
Ramsey	Isle of Man	1953	1973
Ramsgill	North Yorkshire	1968	1983
Ravenscar	North Yorkshire	1935	1938
Rhulen	Powys	1946	1948
Rhyd Ddu	Gwynedd	1933	1933
Robin Hood Bay	North Yorkshire	1934	1934
Robin Hood Bay	North Yorkshire	1939	1947
Rock Hall	Northumberland	1950	1991
Rockcliffe	Cumbria	1932	1958
Roman Bridge	Conwy	1935	1957
Rosebush	Pembrokeshire	1949	1949
Rosedale	North Yorkshire	1935	1953
Rossington	South Yorkshire	1934	1940
Rothbury	Northumberland	1960	1969
Rothley Shiel	Northumberland	1950	1956
Roxton	Bedfordshire	1953	1954
Rudyard Lake	Staffordshire	1933	1969
Rushall	Herefordshire	1939	1979
Ryde	Isle of Wight	1936	1940
Ryde	Isle of Wight	1946	1946
Saffron Walden	Essex	1933	1939
Salisbury	Wiltshire	1933	1935
Salisbury	Wiltshire	1936	1936
Salisbury	Wiltshire	1937	1939
Saltburn By Sea	North Yorkshire	1938	1992
Sancton Grange	East Riding of Yorkshire	1936	1936
Sandown	Isle of Wight	1932	1932
Sandown	Isle of Wight	1945	2007
Satterthwaite	Cumbria	1931	1942
Saunderton	Buckinghamshire	1935	1935
Scar Top	North Yorkshire	1940	1945
Sedburgh	Cumbria	1933	1935
Sedburgh	Cumbria	1937	1939
Sedgeford	Norfolk	1950	1951
Selby	North Yorkshire	1965	1982
Shaldon	Devon	1939	1939
Sharpecliffe	Staffordshire	1946	1954
Sherborne	Dorset	1985	1985
Shere	Surrey	1933	1935
Sheringham	Norfolk	1946	1975
Sherston	Wiltshire	1939	1939
Shining Cliff	Derbyshire	1947	2007
Shipton Downs	Oxfordshire	1933	1939
Shortwood Lodge	Northamptonshire	1939	1939
Shorwell	Isle of Wight	1972	1983
Shotwick	Cheshire	1931	1931
Shrewsbury	Shropshire	1932	1938
Shrewsbury	Shropshire	1938	2003
Simonsbath	Somerset	1947	1948
Sisserverness	Hertfordshire	1931	1931
Skiddaw House	Cumbria	1987	2002
Slimbridge	Gloucestershire	1970	2008
Soberton	Hampshire	1938	1949
Solva	Pembrokeshire	1994	2000	Penycwm
South Kensington	London	2005	2006
South Wingfield	Derbyshire	1946	1949
Southampton	Hampshire	1952	1993
Southampton	Hampshire	1938	1939		Men only
Southampton	Hampshire	1938	1951		Women only
Southwell	Nottinghamshire	1944	1965
Speen	Buckinghamshire	1937	1955
Spiceland	Devon	1943	1946
St Albans	Hertfordshire	1957	1978
St Albans	Hertfordshire	1982	1990
St Athan	Vale of Glamorgan	1931	1937
St Athan	Vale of Glamorgan	1947	1948
St Athan	Vale of Glamorgan	1962	1988	West Aberthaw
St Audries	Somerset	1931	1936
St Bees	Cumbria	1937	1956
St Davids Head	Pembrokeshire	1950	1972
St Mawes	Cornwall	1933	1937
Staindale	North Yorkshire	1947	1968
Stainforth	North Yorkshire	1945	2007
Stainton	Cumbria	1940	1951
Staithes	North Yorkshire	1936	1936
Staithes	North Yorkshire	1943	1943
Stalisfield Green	Kent	1938	1940
Staple Oak	Lancashire	1931	1932
Start Bay	Devon	1956	1990	Strete
Staunton On Wye	Herefordshire	1963	1990
Steeple Ashton	Wiltshire	1934	1940
Steps Bridge	Devon	1936	2006	Dunsford
Steyning	West Sussex	1936	1940
Stockheath	Hampshire	1950	1952
Stockley	Wiltshire	1939	1939
Stokesley	North Yorkshire	1933	1936
Stoneleigh	Warwickshire	1933	1937
Stony Stratford	Buckinghamshire	1939	1946
Storey Arms	Powys	1939	1971
Stout Hall	Swansea	1937	1937
Stouthall	Swansea	1994	1998
Stratford	Warwickshire	1932	1946
Stroud	Gloucestershire	1931	1932
Stroud	Gloucestershire	1939	1939
Sun Patch	Surrey	1931	1931
Sutton Veny	Wiltshire	1939	1945
Swanage	Dorset	1939	1944
Swindale	Cumbria	1938	1946
Swindon	Wiltshire	1939	1939
Taliesin	Ceredigion	1935	1945
Tangland Castle	Surrey	1931	1932
Tavistock	Devon	1950	1982
Tealby	Lincolnshire	1933	1935
Tebay	Cumbria	1986	1998
Temple Guiting	Gloucestershire	1947	1947
Templecombe	Somerset	1932	1934
Tharston	Norfolk	1933	1949
Thaxted	Essex	1942	1942
The Briary	Buckinghamshire	1932	1932
The Hermitage	Isle of Wight	1935	1938	Whitwell
The Ridgeway	Oxfordshire	1987	2007
Thetford Bridge	Norfolk	1955	1961
Thetford Bridge	Norfolk	1965	1970
Thirlmere	Cumbria	1970	2001
Thixendale	North Yorkshire	1971	1999
Thorndon Cross	Devon	1935	1940
Thornton Dale	North Yorkshire	1935	1939
Thursley	Surrey	1931	1935	Ridgeway Farm
Tickhill	Staffordshire	1941	1949	Ridgeway Hill, Cuckoo Hall
Tillingbourne	Surrey	1949	1952
Tiltups End	Gloucestershire	1946	1950
Trawsfynydd	Gwynedd	1934	1934
Trealaw	Rhondda Cynon Taf	1931	1946	Mid Rhondda
Trefin	Pembrokeshire	1968	2006	Trevine
Trevellas	Cornwall	1951	1954
Triggabrown	Cornwall	1934	1941
Truro	Cornwall	1952	1966
Tuxford	Nottinghamshire	1938	1938
Twickenham	London	1933	1933
Twyford	Berkshire	1933	1938
Ulverston	Cumbria	1951	1956
Union Mills	Isle of Man	1952	1961
Upper Chapel	Powys	1935	1945
Upper Midway	Staffordshire	1933	1933
Usk	Monmouthshire	1933	1940
Van	Powys	1936	1956	Llanidloes
Vernham Dean	Hampshire	1937	1940
Wacton	Norfolk	1950	1951
Wades Mill	Hertfordshire	1931	1935
Waggoners Wells	Surrey	1933	1943	Liphook
Wainfleet	Lincolnshire	1940	1946
Wainstalls	West Yorkshire	1935	1949	Luddenden Dean
Wallington	Northumberland	1931	1955	Cambo
Walmersley	Greater Manchester	1931	1931
Walsingham	Norfolk	1937	1938
Walsingham	Norfolk	1970	1983
Wandon	Staffordshire	1944	1970
Warwick	Warwickshire	1936	1947
Wastwater	Cumbria	1937	1968	Nether Wasdale
Watlington	Oxfordshire	1932	1940
Welwyn Garden City	Hertfordshire	1934	1937
West Hill	Devon	1937	1960	Ottery St Mary
West Hoathly	West Sussex	1953	1955
West Hythe	Kent	1937	1939
West Wellow	Hampshire	1936	1945
West Winch	Norfolk	1953	1951
West Yarde	Devon	1934	1946
Westerdale Hall	North Yorkshire	1947	1992
Westfield	Gloucestershire	1932	1935	Notgrove
Weston	Berkshire	1934	1940
Westward Ho!	Devon	1938	1940
Wharram	North Yorkshire	1933	1945
Wheal Kitty	Cornwall	1937	1940	St Agnes
Wheathill	Shropshire	1948	1998
Wheeldale	North Yorkshire	1948	1999
Wheeler End	Buckinghamshire	1943	1946
Whissendine	Rutland	1933	1958
Whitby	North Yorkshire	1931	2007
Whitebrook	Monmouthshire	1931	1947
Whitehart Lane	London	1945	1991
Whitemeadows	Derbyshire	1945	1954
Whitwell	Isle of Wight	1947	1992
Whitwell (Herts)	Hertfordshire	1942	1964
Wholehope	Northumberland	1950	1965
Winchester	Hampshire	1931	2005
Windgather Cottage	Derbyshire	1939	1983
Windsor	Berkshire	1954	1957
Windsor	Berkshire	1959	1960
Windsor	Berkshire	1961	1961
Windsor	Berkshire	1963	2002
Winyards Gap	Dorset	1950	1960
Wirksworth	Derbyshire	1941	1951
Wisbech	Cambridgeshire	1993	1993
Witcombe	Gloucestershire	1933	1943
Witheridge	Somerset	1933	1952
Wolsingham	Durham	1949	1955
Wood Green	London	1987	1991
Woodlands Camp	Kent	1931	1933
Wookey Hole	Somerset	1931	1941
Wooler	Northumberland	1932	1940
Wootton	Isle of Wight	1932	1933
Wootton	Isle of Wight	1970	1970
Wootton Bridge	Isle of Wight	1973	1988
Wray Castle	Cumbria	1931	1932
Wrotham Heath	Kent	1931	1935	Sandy Wood Farm
Wymeswold	Leicestershire	1939	1946
Yalding	Kent	1932	1937	Buston Manor
Yarmouth	Isle of Wight	1972	1983
York	North Yorkshire	1934	1944
York	North Yorkshire	1945	1945
Youlgreave	Derbyshire	1935	1935
Yoxhall	Staffordshire	1950	1953
Ystradfellte	Powys	1948	2005
Ystumtuen	Ceredigion	1961	1999

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b The counties listed are the current ceremonial counties of England and the current unitary authorities of Wales

References

^ "New youth hostel plan for Colchester". Daily Gazette. 3 June 1999. http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/archive/1999/06/03/Essex+Archive/5528807.New_youth_hostel_plan_for_Colchester/. Retrieved 2 August 2011.

Source material

Neal, Tim; Neal, Simon (1993). Youth Hostels of England and Wales 1931-1993. St Albans: YHA. ISBN 0 9522254 0 9.
The individual YHA Handbooks issued annually between 1931 and 2002 and biennially since 2003.