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Sunrise through the trees

Sustainable holidays on a budget: green travel with YHA

Think sustainable travel and you probably imagine wooden eco huts perched on stilts over clear blue seas or luxury African safari lodges looking out over glistening sunsets towards silhouetted...

YHA Brecon Beacons Danywenallt view

Solar panels and biomass boilers: how green is YHA?

According to a 2022 study carried out by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, over 80% of people now believe that travelling in a greener, more sustainable way is important.

Lambs at Chatsworth House

A local guide to the rolling White Peak

In stark contrast to the wild remote Dark Peak the White Peak is a landscape of gently rolling limestone plateau and strips of colourful hay meadows studded with native wildflowers. Home to...

Vintage style bike leaning against a railing

Bristol and Bath by bike: a (two-wheeled) tale of two cities

If you go by their reputations alone, Bristol and Bath are poles apart. One’s synonymous with street art, docklands and the underground music scene; the other conjures up images of afternoon tea...

YHA Chester Trafford Hall exterior on a sunny day

Visit Chester: the perfect city break

The quiet, charming, quaint old English city of Chester, which was founded as a Roman fortress in 79 AD and surrounded by ancient walls, should be top of your to-do list...