Northumberland Hostel News
Karl has posted some information on the YHA forum about the hostel under construction at Berwick:
The six-storey, grade 2 listed Granary is in the process of becoming a vibrant multi-use facility including a Youth Hostel, meeting rooms and bistro managed by YHA and Art Gallery managed by Dewars Lane Art Gallery Company.
The third and fourth floor of the building will be the Youth Hostel accommodation which will have 55 beds, all en suite and facilities for disabled guests.
The Marketing team are currently making plans for YHA Berwick’s website page to be built so we can start promoting the new facility to our customers and start taking bookings over the coming months before the hostel officially opens in February 2011.
The building is still predominantly a building site at the moment, but most of the hostel bedrooms and bathrooms are now painted along with the communal areas such as the lounge, dining room and self catering kitchen so our newest edition to the YHA network is coming along nicely!
YHA Berwick fact: The building has a 1.2 metre lean – greater than the famous leaning Tower of Pisa!
Further south in the county, there’s further news of a scheme we last heard of back in November: a hostel opening in Alnwick. According to the Northumberland Gazette, the Alnwick Community Development Trust has been working with the YHA on plans to open a hostel in the town. If those plans are approved, the 57 bed hostel could be open as early as spring next year. It’ll be a proper hostel too:
The hostel will have a reception, small shop, lounge, drying room and boot store, as well as a classroom, communal dining room, self-catering kitchen and a serviced kitchen.
There will also be en-suite bathrooms.
I feel a grand tour of Northumberland coming on…
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