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The Journey Team

The Journey is YHA's magazine. With each edition, our team of writers and editors bring you inspiration for your adventures.

Articles written by The Journey Team

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The history of YHA: timeline of our evolution

This year marks our 95th anniversary as an organisation, but YHA's story stretches back even further – and it's seen more twists and turns than a switchback mountain trail. Here's the full timeline...

View of YHA Castleton Losehill Hall on a sunny day

Nine family friendly YHA hostels

Wide-open spaces and curious ruins. Hidey-holes, beach gates and secret passageways. Buildings loaded with myth and legend. YHA’s hostel network always feeds the imagination of children, and when...

YHA Wasdale Hall Exterior

9 hostels for hiking getaways

Unfurl a map of England and Wales, and before you know it your feet start to itch. All those hills, all those valleys, all those coastal paths. It’s no exaggeration to say that the vast majority of...

Sandy beach and arch-shaped rock formation overlooking the blue ocean

9 hostels for coastal getaways

Few things in life beat a trip to the seaside! More than 30 of our hostels sit on – or within strolling distance of – the endlessly varied shoreline of England and Wales.