3 Lake District Youth Hostels For Sale

11th February 2011

The Youth Hostels Association of England and Wales (YHA) has revealed it is closing three of its buildings in the Lake District, citing the cost of repairs and maintenance. Grasmere Thorney Howe, Derwent Water and Hawkshead hostels are all to be sold by the charity, which is also disposing of five other hostels in England - Newcastle, Osmotherley, Arundel, Salisbury and Totland. Sam Littlechild, YHA spokesman, said it would cost them £2 million to refurbish Hawkshead to standards customers now expect. "Those hostels need massive investment and as a charity we just can’t afford that amount of money."
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