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Reviews of YHA Coniston Holly How - Hostel

3 out of 5
YHA Coniston Holly How - Hostel
YHA Coniston Holly How, Far End, Coniston, England

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 14 out of 25 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 25 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 25 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 25 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 25 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location is perfect with many eateries a stones throw away. The staff is very warm and welcoming and the beds are super comfy. Lived the cosy and comforting vibe of the hostel.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from James on Mar 10, 2024
Thanks so much for your lovely review, glad you had a comfy nights rest. Hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

Lean

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sze Hin Stephen

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed here for the first night of The Cumbria Way. No complaints. Friendly staff. Clean and spacious. Excellent value for money.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Hilary

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
Good location and adequate parking spaces. Beds not very comfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Jo on Sep 11, 2023
Sorry you didn't find the beds comfortable. It would have been great to know why, too hard, too soft?Thanks for the review, hope we see you again soon

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Jo on Sep 11, 2023
Thanks for your review Katherine, so glad you enjoyed your stay with us

8/10 Good

Pam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Loraine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Simona

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

samantha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great spot close to lots of great walks
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Charlotte on Nov 24, 2021
Hi Samantha Thank you so much for coming to stay with us and leaving us a review. Hope to see you again on your next hostelling adventure.

10/10 Excellent

L.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hostel on edge of Village.
Staff were all very friendly, unfortunately due to Covid no food available at moment but your with in 5 minutes by foot from village centre where numerous food opportunities available.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Too quiet, probably due to covid.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location for walking
A great location for loads of walks on the doorstep so no need to take and park the car elsewhere. Walking distance to shops, pubs, restaurants, take-away and Coniston Lake. Friendly and helpful staff and a nice clean place.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely welcome from Glen, great system with booking slots for the showers, hostel was clean and felt covid safe 😀
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Over thirty pounds for a bed in a dormitory - without breakfast. You've got to be having a laugh, right? Nope. Britain's young people are being priced out of the YHA. When I pointed this out to the receptionist, he said: you could always camp instead. Isn't this missing the point?
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
No sockets to charge phones although extension lead provided...beds and washing facilities clean and functional and breakfast plenty of and up to high standard hostel a long way out though even though near village
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Julia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great budget stay-over
A solo walking trip...used YH Holly Howe as my base. Comfy beds, great breakfast, handy self-use kitchen and lovely helpful staff - will deffo be back!
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Leila

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Philip, Devizes

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Perfect for me.
My trip was for a few days walking in the hills around Coniston. I would happily give 5 star reviews for all elements because for me the experience provided everything I expected and more. However that would not be fair to the reader should anyone take notice of my review. The location, facilities and service were perfect for me. However closer inspection would reveal very basic sleeping arrangements and some rather dated and perhaps one could say shabby decoration in the dormitory to which I was assigned. However for the cost to me for the facilities I did not anticipate perfection. The breakfast provided was first class and there are more than adequate facilities to enjoy reading or games etc and a well stocked bar. The location is ideal for access to the facilities provided in the town.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Charl, Lancashire, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel close to Lake Coniston.
Hostel at the base of a small mountain, brilliant for walks. The Hostel also has camping options available at a cheaper than surrounding campsites amount per night, available on both on front and back grounds of the building. Though not a star spot the grounds are rather nicely kept. Do keep an eye out for the odd sheep. The building itself is massive and contains both its own lounge and tv room, huge self-serving kitchen, and a wide option of toilets and shower stalls scattered throughout. Rooms old but kept together, also including beautiful surrounding views which feel like a blessing to wake up to.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Sanjeewa F, Swindon

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Worst Internet ever.. overpriced
It was alright.i made the booking last minute. For the price its not worth. Should include breakfast. We couldn't get Internet working. Its the worst Internet ever.i believe there's only one access point to entire hotel and its only reachable in one main lobby. I thought stay was overpriced. Staff was good. Nothing to complain about staff.

6/10 Okay

Svetlana, Compiègne, France

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Un arrêt agréable dans la nature
Nous avons passé une nuit sans problème. Un accueil correcte avec toutes les explications nécessaires. L'endroit est magnifique et je propose ce hostel pour un séjour dans la nature. Le parc est magnifique. Coniston est très joli avec ses restaurants et ses s pubs sympa.