YHA Cotswolds

The Cotswolds


This welcome new hostel, in the heart of Cirencester, is the Cotswolds’ only YHA. Part of an exciting cultural complex, it’s built to the highest environmental standards, with fixtures and furnishings sourced from local artisans. All rooms, from private doubles to two- to four-bunk dorms, have en-suite bathrooms; they’re quite minimal, but do have Cotswolds wool blankets.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby The Cotswolds attractions

1. New Brewery Arts

0.02 MILES

At this very central converted Victorian brewery, you can pop in to over a dozen craft studios and observe jewellers, sculptors, glass-blowers and so on…

2. St John the Baptist’s Church

0.08 MILES

One of England's largest parish churches, the cathedral-like St John's boasts an outstanding Perpendicular Gothic tower with flying buttresses (c 1400),…

3. Corinium Museum

0.09 MILES

Most of this wonderful modern museum is, of course, dedicated to Cirencester’s Roman past; reconstructed rooms, videos and interactive displays bring the…

4. Cirencester Park

0.29 MILES

Unusually for a stately home, the mansion of the Earl of Bathurst sits right on the western edge of town, hidden by what’s said to be Britain’s tallest…

5. Amphitheatre

0.4 MILES

Very little now remains of Corinium (Roman Cirencester), but you can still admire the (very) grassed-over contours of one of the largest amphitheatres in…

6. Arlington Mill

6.43 MILES

Cloth produced at nearby Arlington Row was sent for de-greasing at this 17th-century mill, beside the trout farm on the west bank of the river. Now a…

7. Bibury Trout Farm

6.45 MILES

At this long-standing trout farm, where the B4425 crosses the River Coln, visitors can wander the grounds and, between 10am and 5pm from April to…

8. Arlington Row

6.46 MILES

Bibury's most famous attraction, this ravishing row of rustic cottages – as seen in movies like Stardust – was originally a 14th-century wool store,…