YHA Castleton Losehill Hall

Guests appreciate the clean, spacious rooms, helpful staff, and great value for money. The accommodation provides excellent self-catering facilities and convenient location for exploring the area.

We have stayed in a number of different yha hostels, normally camping. This is by far the biggest hostel we have visited. We stayed in a camping pod, which shared a private field with 2 other pods (in the summer there is also a tipi). The toilet block was in an old stone building, which had a cosy loung and kitchen space. The main hostel had more of a hotel feel to it, large spacious lounge and communal areas and a huge amount of garden space. Tent camping is orea is on the main front lawn, a massive area. Location wise, its very close on foot to castleton, lots of pubs, cafes and shops. We loved staying in the pod and will definately be returning.

This isn't our first stay at a YHA but our first visit here. While it doesn't have the bells and whistles of York, for example, it was a brilliant stay. The staff were exceptionally friendly, knowledgeable and always willing to help. The menu at York, for example, is more of a wish list. When ordering you always start by asking what they have available. However, here the food was delicious and always available. The ordering was easy and the time to come to table super quick, with any delays relayed to us before we ordered. Our room was clean but definitely needed a repaint and some fixing up (it was very tired) but it was super-clean and everything worked well. We had a few tiny issues and all of these dealt with very quickly. There were lots of maps providing details of the area and walks for all abilities. We met some lovely people here as well. The only issue was with connectivity - we had none - despite our best efforts. We were here to go climbing. However, we will be back to better explore the area as it so well situated in the Peaks. A real find.