Lovely little hostel in the Dales. I went up for a long weekend, and was able to work remotely in the common room on the Friday (which helped me skip the half term traffic). The drying room was very helpful, as was the laundry facility (arranged through reception). I wanted to shout out the friendly staff, and in particular Steve (General Manager); he was always happy to help.

Room was exactly as expected and the communication with owner was great. We were running a little late and the owner explained how to gain access to our room as we finally arrived at 10pm! We all jumped straight into bed and had a great nights sleep. We left at 8.30am the next morning and said goodbye to the owner as we left. I would use this site again if needed. It was fun sleeping in a bunk bed again!

Only downside was that the temperature in the room was very low when we arrived at 10pm. The radiators were on but it felt like they had only been switched on shortly before we arrived. Once we jumped into our beds, the kids warmed up quickly.

This is a great hostel and was very fortunate to visit it for a weekend some years ago. Since then there have been some improvements which are good and I found it to be very clean efficient and the rooms were delightful to stay in. Only spoke to the lady dena but she was very nice jolly and bright and helpful. On the hole I found it a very good experience with exception to below

The cooked veggie breakfast was a little bit on the weak side, sausages were virtually inedible...couldn't eat them both. Bearing in mind what I paid for the breakfasts was poor.... My partner complained the mattress was far too hard but to be fair I was fine with it.

Breakfast was excellent. Complimentary tea and coffee making facilities at any time, were so lovely. The gentleman who checked us in on 7th September was really helpful and friendly. The living room/lounge area was very comfortable and everything was so conveniently set out for us all.

The only thing that I would have liked would be an outside washing line to dry our clothes which we washed. However the drying room was working overnight and this helped us.

A very classic youth hostel in a quiet gorgeous location. Wensleydale cheese factory (terrific tour) just around the corner. Stayed in an en-suite with towels provided. Sleeping on the top bunk bed was fun. No TV (of course) but fast WiFi if needed.

It’s a youth hostel, so don’t expect any luxuries!

Breakfast was great, staff could not have done more for us. The lounge area is a wonderful place to relax and have a drink.

The weather on Saturday, it spoiled our motorbiking trip. Does anybody read these reviews by the way?

This hostel exceeded my expectation. Especially Cleanliness was amazing. Also in the kitchen they have free tea, milk, salt, pepper that helped us traveling with minimum stuff for cooking.

Lovely staff. Good breakfast and packed lunches.Nice laid back atmosphere. Clean bedding.Boot room available

Squeaky uncomfortable beds.Noisy doors and pipes.Smell of cooking upstairs

Fantastic purpose built YHA. Super well geared for exploring. A large kitchen, boot drying room and ideal bike storage which we made use of.

A little pricey for a hostel room with a shared bathroom but I did have my own room…and it was everything I needed after a long day on The Pennine Way. The drying room was perfect.