Comments on: Hostel Closures – One Year On

By: mark w

mark w — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:38:12 +0000

congratulations and well done regarding saving trefin hostel. i’ve never stayed there only because i am in the north east and without my own transport. i’ve just checked out your website and i am very impressed. any chance of you taking charge of the yha and running it the same way?

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:11:04 +0000

A rather late update to the above story is to say that Trefin hostel has been saved as a hostel and we are now running it as an independent hostel called The Old School Hostel. It now sleeps up to 25 in small rooms with flexible accommodation from single to family rooms, twins and doubles. Sometimes we can even offer en-suite! We run the hostel in as eco-friendly way as possible and have joined the environmental hostelling organisation Friends of Nature. For more information call us on 01348 831 800 or look at our website http://www.theoldschoolhostel.co.uk
Happy hostelling! Sue & Chris

By: Marie

Marie — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:25:51 +0000

PS: After clicking on the link you need to click on SEARCH at the top of the page. At the time of posting this, the hostel was the first property listed.

By: Marie

Marie — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:22:41 +0000

Castle Hedingham is currently on the market with a firm of estate agents. YHA is seeking offers in excess of £500,000 (so, a nice little earner for them). The plan is to turn the hostel into a pair of semi-detached houses, and to demolish the annexe and build another pair of semi-detached houses on the site. Here is a link:

http://www.boydens.co.uk/propertycommindex.htm

By: Nigel

Nigel — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:24:55 +0000

You can add Trefin to the list of re-opened hostels. Two ex-YHA staff have taken the lease and are running it. See their website http://www.theoldschoolhostel.co.uk/

By: Elizabeth Hashmi

Elizabeth Hashmi — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:05:29 +0000

Just wanted to thank you for all the info. i have recently returned to hostelling after a break of 20 years and was very puzzled, then upset that the hostels I was trying to book were all closing down.

By: Sue Allonby

Sue Allonby — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:29:39 +0000

I’m so disgusted by the closures, and the way in which the YHA is turning away from its roots that I’ve resigned.

By: Eric Williams

Eric Williams — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:22:14 +0000

I was born in the Monastery at Capel-y-ffin and lived there until 1956.
The Monastery was the first Youth Hostel in Capel-y-ffin and when it closed the present Youth Hostel was opened as a King George VI Memorial Hostel.
I think Prince Charles should be involved in the fight to keep it open as it is a memorial to his grandfather.
So lets send him an email to let him know how you feel

By: Chris Hunt

Chris Hunt — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:08:30 +0000

It’s been madly difficult researching this story, not helped by the fact that what few documents could be found on the old web site often disappeared on the new one.

Thanks go to colleagues on the Central Regional Council, regulars on uk.rec.youth-hostel and to the YHA press office for their help.