Family stays and experiences

Blue bus driving through the countryside with rolling hills

Adventures by bus with the £2 single fare cap

Travelling on the top deck of a bus can give you a wonderful new perspective on the world. Looking down from that height and having far more time to look at things than you would if you were driving.

Rocky cliff face beneath a blue sky with clouds

Somerset in spring: YHA Cheddar

Just before the quarter hour people gather expectantly near the cathedral’s mighty arches and gaze up at the burnished face of the ancient astronomical clock. As it chimes, jousting knights...

Milky way and foreground cross at North York Moors, Rosedale, UK

Discovering Dark Skies with YHA

Stargazing – a simple yet intriguing and inspiring evening activity. The hope that a shooting star might pass, or that there will be a full moon, or seeing who can spot the...

YHA Boggle Hole exterior

Our stay at YHA Boggle Hole

As we arrived at YHA Boggle Hole we had to park up the car and walk down a pretty path. We wondered how long our walk might be but it was literally a few minutes later and we were treated to the...

Adult and two children walking along a coastal path

Hostelling with friends at YHA Poppit Sands

While YHA Poppit Sands has left the YHA network, many other YHA hostels are available for Exclusive Hire. It was a long, winding journey west through the Preseli Mountains...

Family in front of Keswick Mountain

Jenny’s travel love letter

Dear YHA, Dusk had fallen over Robin Hood’s Bay. Our children were laughing and whooping as they jumped into rock pools and got caked in sand and mud. The tide was out, and the immense expanse of...