A huge thank you to readers of hillwalkers’ bible The Great Outdoors Magazine for voting YHA Borrowdale the ‘Hostel or Bunkhouse of the Year’. One reader praised it as ‘homely after a wander to some Wainwrights’, while another loved its family-friendly approach where ‘nothing is too much trouble’.
YHA Borrowdale sits in one of the Lake District’s loveliest valleys, reached through the steep-sided ‘Jaws of Borrowdale’ and granting access to the giant fells of Glaramara, Great Gable and, beyond them, Scafell Pike, England’s highest mountain.
Aaron Jones, hostel manager, told The Great Outdoors, “Our little hostel was built here in one of the Lake District’s most beautiful locations 90 years ago, and today it still fulfils YHA’s original mission: to help all, especially young people of limited means, to a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside.”
Congratulations to Hostelling Scotland’s Cairngorm Lodge Youth Hostel and YHA Helvellyn, which were both highly commended in the awards
About YHA Borrowdale
In 1932, one of YHA’s earliest hostels, Grange-in-Borrowdale opened and was considered a great success. Due to the wardens not wishing to run their premises as a hostel any longer, the hostel eventually closed in September 1937.
During Easter 1939, YHA opened Longthwaite-in-Borrowdale youth hostel and today, YHA Borrowdale is still a long-standing Lake District favourite and recommended stop on Wainwright’s Coast to Coast. The ideal bolthole for anyone with their sights set on a fun-filled activity holiday, be it climbing, hiking or family-friendly walking.
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