About YHA

YHA operates a network of more than 200 Youth Hostels across England and Wales. Our accommodation is open to all and everyone can experience a warm welcome, comfortable accommodation, good food and affordable prices. We also have more than 230,000 members, who receive many additional benefits, most notably an exemption from paying a non-member supplement each time they stay with YHA.

Our charitable objective forms the basis of all our work:

’To help all, especially young people of limited means, to a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside, and appreciation of the cultural values of towns and cities, particularly by providing Youth Hostels or other accommodation for them in their travels, and thus to promote their health, recreation and education.’

We are committed to building bridges between town and country, and contributing to international understanding. Our plans for the future include increasing Youth Hostel usage by creating a network of great facilities in locations for which there is high demand, particularly among young people. YHA has always been a countryside and environmental organisation, founded as part of the ’outdoors’ movement. This has further developed into YHA’s adoption of policies that encourage sustainable use of the countryside, Youth Hostels and their local communities.