Lights out for dark skies
New research has shed light on England’s dark skies, pinpointing the best places to see the stars. Stargazing is one of life’s purest pleasures, inspiring a sense of wonder that few other things can match. Yet in our...
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New research has shed light on England’s dark skies, pinpointing the best places to see the stars. Stargazing is one of life’s purest pleasures, inspiring a sense of wonder that few other things can match. Yet in our...
Every month our friends at Cool Places give us a top 10 of places that can be easily accessed from some key YHA hostels. This month it’s the brilliantly situated former school, YHA Blaxhall, which is within easy distance of the best of the beautiful Suffolk Coast....
Gorgeous river valleys, dramatic rock art, stately homes, hidden dales filled with wildflowers…you’ll find it all on the White Peak Way. Our guest blogger Caroline Wood found out this summer. With six YHAs en route, there’s no need to camp on this seven day walking...
Is there a better place to go hostelling than the North York Moors, where YHA has great hostels at YHA Dalby Forest, YHA Boggle Hole and YHA Helmsley. Our Cool Places pals reckon this is as good as it gets, and to prove it they’ve given us some very cool things to...
Every month our friends at Cool Places give us a list of fun things to do in the many different regions of England and Wales. This month, it’s YHA Swanage and YHA Lulworth Cove on Dorset’s Isle of Purbeck. Here are a handful of their favourite things to see and do...
Glorious sunshine? Check. The prettiest fishing boats you can find? Check. The UK’s longest National Trail minutes away? Obviously. For a happy marriage of countryside and coast, our Devon hostel YHA Beer is hard to beat. Here's our top picks of things to do...
Many people still assume that cycling is only for their children to whizz around the streets, or for those semi-professional riders who are committed to riding long distances, wearing their tight fitting lycra and riding an expensive carbon framed racing bike....
The sun is shining and the Georgian streets of Bath have never looked lovelier. If you’re planning to party Jane Austen-style this summer, there's plenty of things to do in Bath in summer. From a pride of lions to exciting festivals, here’s why you should book YHA...
Every month our friends at Cool Places give us top 10 things to do in many amazing places across England and Wales. This month we’re off to Norfolk, where there are three fab YHA hostels evenly spaced along the beautiful North Norfolk Coast. Here are some of their...
Since the 1970s, Manchester’s music scene has continued to produce some of the world’s best bands. Ben Lerwill takes a tour with a music veteran, and discovers what the city has to offer the visitor today. In the canalside café-bar at YHA Manchester, two framed...
Weaving around woodland in the Midlands is some of the country’s best mountain biking. Daniel Neilson pedals some of the best mountain bike trails in the UK.YHA National ForestThe hostel is a thoroughly modern affair, built with green credentials in mind. I get up...
Sometimes headlines take forever to write, sometimes they write themselves, and on some occasions – well, this one – a four-year-old does. In response to Mummy’s enquiry about the best things about her Daddy-and-daughter weekend in Brighton, she replies: “the...