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Follow that spring feeling with YHA

YHA is all about finding your feel good, and this spring, we want you to find yours. 

As cities wake up from winter and the countryside begins to bloom, storybook villages are quieter, with fewer crowds, and longer daylight hours invite exploring. Whether it’s a weekend of walking trails, a city break fuelled by coffee, culture and late starts, or a coastal escape where the soundtrack is waves and wind, spring is made for getting away.   

Spring trips don’t need to be complicated. With a variety of ways to stay, YHA has you sorted. Book a private room, rent out an entire hostel, bed down in Camping & Cabins or make new friends in a shared dorm — there’s an option to suit every kind of traveller.

Come with friends, family, or just yourself, and find your feel good in ways that work for you.

Special offers

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Up to 20% off with hot deals

We’ve got rooms available in stunning locations to tempt you into the great outdoors. Save up to 20% with YHA hot deals.

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YHA members save 10%

Members save 10% when they book to stay at one of our 100+ hostels, only when booking directly either online, over the phone or in-hostel.

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Save 10% when you book early

When you book a bed in a shared room, private room or Camping & Cabins stay more than 90 days in advance, we'll give you 10% off.

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Bed in a shared room

Meet like-minded travellers. You’ll find affordable dorm room accommodation in some fantastic places.

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YHA Bath

  • Café

  • Contactless payments

  • Free on-street parking

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YHA Ennerdale

  • Free parking on premises

  • Garden/grounds

  • Self-catering kitchen

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YHA Hawes

  • WiFi

  • Free parking on premises

  • Garden/grounds

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YHA Hawkshead

  • Large garden/grounds

  • Free parking on premises

  • Self-catering kitchen

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YHA Jordans

  • WiFi

  • Free parking on premises

  • Self-catering kitchen

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YHA Whitby

  • WiFi

  • Garden/grounds

  • Free parking on premises

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YHA York

  • WiFi

  • Restaurant

  • Free parking on premises

Private rooms

For a great value getaway in a stunning location, book one of our private rooms.

We offer ensuite rooms in many of our hostels.

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View of sea over cliffs at sunset, Lizard, Cornwall

Cornwall

With beautiful beaches, legendary castles, pretty harbour towns and world heritage sites, there's nowhere in the world quite like Cornwall.

Places to stay in Cornwall
London Skyline near Tower Bridge

London

One of the world's most historical cities, London has something for everyone: from arts and culture to fine foods and entertainment.

Places to stay in London
Hadrians Wall in Northumberland

Northumberland

With some stunning unspoilt coastline, awe-inspiring historical castles and some of the most beautiful dark skies that the UK has to offer, Northumberland is perfect for family holidays and relaxing getaways alike.

Places to stay in Northumberland
White cliffs overlooking a beach out onto the ocean

Sussex

The county of Sussex covers both coast and countryside. From traditional homes and beautiful beaches, to rolling moorlands and vibrant nightlife, Sussex has the best of both worlds, making it the perfect holiday destination for everyone. 

Places to stay in Sussex
Glider sailing over a beach with blue sea and green cliffs

Wales

Rugged coastlines and mountainous national parks, Wales has got it all. Packed full with Celtic culture, great nightlife and stunning scenery. 

Places to stay in Wales
Hot air balloon flying over Yorkshire Dales on a sunny day

Yorkshire

Explore God's Own Country, Yorkshire. This historic county is home to Norman castles, medieval abbeys, industrial revolution-era cities and two national parks.

Places to stay in Yorkshire

YHA Camping & Cabins

Enjoy a night under the stars with a glamping stay or bring your own tent.

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Camping

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Tipis

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Premium bell tents

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Camping pods & deluxe camping pods

Landpod at YHA Windermere

Landpods

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Cabins & deluxe cabins

Hire the whole hostel

Enjoy some space and take the entire place.

We have a range of super properties available with YHA Exclusive Hire.

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Looking for some inspiration?

Dive into unforgettable experiences without stretching your budget and make this the season you explore further for less. 

Sackville Gardens, Manchester

Alan Turing Memorial

The Alan Turing Memorial is a sculpture of the well-known mathematician and scientist who is famous for helping to break the Enigma code, which is believed to have saved millions of lives during World...

Ambleside aerial view

Ambleside Roman Fort

History buffs, families with children, and outdoor lovers will all enjoy a visit to Ambleside Roman Fort. Located close to the bustling town of Ambleside in the Lake District, this slice of the...

Arbor Low Stone Circle

Arbor Low Stone Circle

Arbor Low Stone Circle is a Neolithic henge in the Peak District. It is one of the most important and best-preserved prehistoric sites in Derbyshire and consists of around 50 white limestone slabs...

View of Ashbourne

Ashbourne

Ashbourne is a Georgian market town in Derbyshire. With over 200 listed buildings, cobbled streets, and a traditional market place, it’s the perfect place for just pottering around. The town is also...

View of Betws-y-Coed village

Betws-y-Coed

Betws-y-Coed is a beautiful village that serves as the gateway to the Eryri National Park (Snowdonia) in North Wales. You’ll feel like you’ve just stepped into the Alps with a visit to this rural...

Borrowdale Rainforest

Borrowdale Rainforest

Did you know that there’s a rainforest in England? Borrowdale Rainforest, or Borrowdale Oakwoods as it’s also known, is one of the largest areas of temperate rainforest in England. This National...

The Bowder Stone, Keswick

Bowder Stone

The Bowder Stone is one of the most recognisable rocks in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. Located in the Borrowdale Valley, not far from the market town of Keswick, this large rock has a...

The Bridge House, Ambleside

Bridge House

Bridge House, also known as Little Bridge House, in Ambleside, is one of the most recognisable features in this popular Lake District town. The historic building has had many uses over the years...

Lake Windermere

Brockhole on Windermere grounds

Brockhole on Windermere is an Arts and Crafts villa and estate on the shores of Windermere in the Lake District. Although the house itself is not open to the public, you can explore the historic...

Brompton Cemetery view

Brompton Cemetery

Brompton Cemetery is a Grade I listed area in London where over 200,000 people are buried. Many of graves feature incredible memorials, including intricate mausoleums and gothic monuments. It’s also...

View of Buxton Garden Park over the River Wye

Buxton

Made famous by its top-quality water, Buxton is a thermal spa town on the edge of the Peak District National Park. A trip here is like stepping back in time as you’ll find gorgeous ornamental gardens...

Carsington Water, with sail boats and other boats on shore

Carsington Water (Reservoir)

Carsington Water is the ninth largest reservoir in England. Situated in Derbyshire, in between the market towns of Wirksworth and Ashbourne, the reservoir offers a whole host of activities for all age...

Castlefield Roman Fort, Manchester

Castlefield Roman Fort

Discover Manchester’s ancient history with a visit to Castlefield Roman Fort, the remains of the Roman fortress Mamucium, in the city centre. With original stone foundations and reconstructed walls...

Castlefield canal in Manchester

Castlefield Viaduct

Castlefield Viaduct is a steel viaduct in the heart of Manchester dating back to the Victorian era, which has been transformed into an urban sky garden. Managed by the National Trust, this peaceful...

Castlerigg stone circle, Keswick

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Castlerigg Stone Circle, a Neolithic monument close to Keswick in the Lake District, is one of the earliest stone circles in Great Britain. Erected around 3,000 BC, it also has one of the best...

Chapel Stile, Ambleside

Chapel Stile

Chapel Stile is a beautiful village near Ambleside in the Lake District. The picturesque village is nestled in the Great Langdale valley and surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery. It makes for a...

YHA Snowdon Pen-y-Pass lake

Climb Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon)

Yr Wyddfa, also known as Mount Snowdon, is a mountain in the Eryri National Park (Snowdonia National Park). It is the highest mountain in Wales and the highest mountain in the British Isles, south of...

Colville Place, Fitzrovia

Colville Place

Colville Place in Fitzrovia is a quirky street in central London that is free to look around. With its row of charming Georgian houses and wide array of potted plants outside, this picturesque...

Coombe Gill Mill

Coombe Gill Mill

Coombe Gill Mill, or the old Borrowdale water mill as it is sometimes known, is a Grade II listed building in Borrowdale in the Lake District. Built in the early 18th century, it was originally a...

Crow park Keswick

Crow park

Crow Park is a large green area in Keswick in the Lake District that’s completely free to visit. Situated on the shores of Derwentwater, it’s the perfect spot for children to run around and let off...

View of York Minster from Dean's Park

Dean’s Park

Dean’s Park is a relaxing green space in the heart of the city of York. It’s free to visit and sits in a fantastic location, on the north side of York Minster. It offers spectacular views of the...

Dolbadarn Castle, Snowdonia, North Wales

Dolbadarn Castle

Dolbadarn Castle, or Castell Dolbadarn, is a Welsh castle built on a hill overlooking Llyn Padarn in Caernarfon, North Wales. Dating back to the late 12th century, the castle is on the outskirts of...

Bassenthwaite view, Keswick

Dubwath Silver Meadows Nature Reserve

Dubwath Silver Meadows Nature Reserve is a wetland nature reserve at the northern end of Bassenthwaite Lake, the only official ‘lake’ in the Lake District National Park. Here you can spot wildlife and...

YHA London Earl's Court Entrance

Earl’s Court TARDIS

The Earl’s Court TARDIS is a blue police box outside the London Underground station at Earl’s Court. Although its intended use was as a local base of operations for the police, and it isn’t officially...

Derwentwater boat trips

Entrust Sculpture at Derwentwater

The Entrust sculpture, also known as ‘the hands sculpture’, is an impressive wooden carving of two hands together in a cupping movement. The sculpture is by local artist John Merrill and can be found...

York Minster

Evensong at York Minster

For an uplifting experience at the end of a busy day exploring York, head to the Choral Evensong at York Minster. The service includes incredible choral music, seasonal readings, and evening prayers...

View of Skiddaw in autumn, Lake District

Fitz Park

Fitz Park is a large park close to the town centre of Keswick in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. With its beautiful location right next to the riverside and spectacular views over the...

Family at Museum

Galeri Betws-y-Coed

Galeri Betws-y-Coed is an independent craft and design gallery in the heart of the beautiful village of Betws-y-Coed, the gateway to Eryri National Park (Snowdonia). The gallery showcases paintings...

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Garden Lodge

Garden Lodge is a large mansion in Kensington, West London. Originally built in the early 1900s for artists Cecil Rea and Constance Halford, it is now best known for being the home of legendary...

Guildhall Art Gallery, London

Guildhall Art Gallery

The Guildhall Art Gallery is an art gallery in the City of London which is free to visit. The gallery contains an extensive collection of world-famous masterpieces and artworks by some of the most...

Hartington Village view

Hartington village

Hartington is a gorgeous village in the Peak District National Park. The village is full of beautiful stone cottages and is set in some of the most picturesque countryside in Derbyshire. Hartington is...

YHA Hartington view

Hartington Village Trail

The Hartington Village Trail is a free walking trail around Hartington. It’s a great way to get to know this chocolate-box village near Buxton in the Peak District. The trail will help you to discover...

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Heaton Park

Heaton Park, just north of the city centre of Manchester, is the largest park in the northwest. It’s free to visit and is full of attractions and things to do, making it perfect for a fun day out in...

Waterfall in Holland Park, London

Holland Park

Holland Park is the largest park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London. It’s free to visit and comprises 54 acres full of beautiful gardens, facilities for playing sports...

London skyline showing Tower Bridge, The Shard and other skyscraper buildings

Horizon 22

Horizon 22 is a viewing platform in London that’s absolutely free to visit! From this platform, on the 58th floor of the second-tallest building in the city, you can get spectacular 300-degree views...

View of Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens, London

Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens is a public park in central London which is free to visit. It was once part of Kensington Palace’s private gardens, and it’s now one of London’s eight Royal Parks. Inside the 265...

Books

Keswick Library

Keswick Library is a small library in the market town of Keswick in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. Not only does Keswick Library house a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction books, it...

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Keswick Mouse Trail

The Keswick Mouse Trail is a fun walking trail where you can explore Keswick as you look for Gerald the mouse and his mischievous friends who have escaped from the Keswick Cheese Deli. There are over...

Family at Museum

Level Centre Rowsley

The Level Centre is a contemporary arts and performance space located in the village of Rowsley, situated between the towns of Matlock and Bakewell in the Derbyshire Dales. The centre supports artists...

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Llyn Gwynant

Llyn Gwynant is one of the largest lakes in Eryri (Snowdonia National Park). It has an idyllic location at the foot of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) and is surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery.

Lodore Falls waterfall

Lodore Falls

Lodore Falls is a spectacular waterfall in the Lake District. The water starts in the beck from Watendlath Tarn, then cascades over huge rocks and boulders down into the valley. The drop is over 100...

Loughrigg Fell view

Loughrigg Fell self-guided walking route

A lovely walk including a low level peak providing sweeping views of the surrounding fells, mountains and lakes, there's also a cave, a country estate and lots of outdoor gear shops and cafés.

YHA London St Paul's Cathedral

Ludgate Hill

Ludgate Hill is an historic street running up from Fleet Street to St Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London. It is one of three ancient hills in London and is one of the most recognisable places in...

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Manchester Art Gallery

It’s free to visit Manchester Art Gallery, where you’ll find a collection of over 6,600 artworks in the heart of the city. There are a variety of different media on display, including paintings...

Manchester Museum, Manchester

Manchester Museum

Manchester Museum is a free museum located in the heart of the city of Manchester. With over 4.5 million artefacts and objects, its extensive collections explore different cultures around the world as...

St Paul's Cathedral

Millennium Bridge

The Millennium Bridge, officially called the London Millennium Footbridge, is a pedestrian-only bridge spanning the river Thames in London. It links the north bank from St Paul’s Cathedral to the Tate...

Moot Hall, Keswick

Moot Hall

Moot Hall, or The Moot Hall, is one of the most recognisable buildings in the market town of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. Situated in the centre of the town, in Market...

Two trains at the National Railway Museum in York

National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum in York is home to an incredible collection of iconic trains and rail memorabilia. It tells the story of train travel in the UK and how the railway system has impacted our...

Natural History Museum London

Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum in London is one of the best free things to do in the capital. Inside, you’ll find more than 80 million artifacts that tell the history of planet Earth and its inhabitants...

Pink skies over a countryside town surrounded by mountains and trees

Newlands Church

Newlands Church is just outside the hamlet of Little Town, near Keswick in the Lake District National Park. It’s a picturesque white building which dates right back to the 16th century. Inside, you...

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