15th June 2010

Curtains for Coldingham

Filed under: Hostels,News,SYHAChris Hunt @ 10:44 am

It’s been a long time since I heard anything about the community buy-out plan for Coldingham YH, which started with massive local support after the SYHA closed the hostel in 2008.

Well, the news is in, but it’s not good for those hoping to see this hostel reopen. The Berwickshire News reports:

Community efforts to buy Coldingham Youth Hostel and keep it running as a low budget tourism facility were thwarted when they failed to secure lottery funding to help them purchase the building, and now there are plans to turn it into two houses and two flats.

Read the full story to find out more.

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