Elmscott Youth Hostel

Stayed there over a bank holiday weekend (27/05/2016) as everything else was full. You pay for you get, so 20 gbp per night per person we were not expecting anything crazy but still... The lady is very nice and welcoming but they are open only from 5pm to 10am, so do not try early check in or late check out. Then you can cook your breakfast on spot and she sells some ingredients if you want (canned beans...). There are two bathrooms for the entire building, one for men, one for women. Each one has only one shower and two toilets, and there are 4 rooms of 6 beds each in the building (24 persons), I let you imagine how hard it is to have a shower ! Then I asked her because it was full if I could use another shower from the other building and she allowed me to use the one upstairs. There was absolutely no pressure and it was barely possible to have a proper shower, plus the flooring is very not comfortable, nearly painful. The worth part was the night: the bunk beds are made of wood and the single move you make wakes up the entire room as they are incredibly noisy. I was awaken every hour or so minimum by the moves of people in the room, not even from snoring or anything else more usual. I will for sure not stay there anymore and would really not recommend that place (the second star is only because the lady was nice).

Magical place, very quiet and beautiful next to the SWCP. Julian was lovely and very helpful. He made me some tea and we chatted for a long time. It was very nice to spend a night there.