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Windermere LA23 1AF

England

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“Ever flipped a coin for a bed? Want to keep it that way? Then steer clear.”

Jack_Rose

South East England

28 Dec 2007

Well, I thought my prayers were answered when I stumbled, road weary, upon a small, cheap youth hostel a nice walk away from Booths and the railway station. "Fantastic!" I thought. "I can get a nice bit of reading in before I jet off again". How naive of me. Bear with me, please, while I divulge into my night of... more

“Good fun”

MattXIII

RI, USA

21 Jan 2007

0/2 found this review helpful

Location - Perfect, Cleanliness - very good, Staff - Saw the owner breifly. My reckoning of the fact that i had a great time here is because there were 10 of us. We had free run of the place, it was liked amate had given us it on loan. We had two people move out because of us. So there... more

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PFletcher, Paul Fletcher, owner

I would just like to inform you that we no longer accept large parties of males over four such as yourself as we now realise it does not work, as you mentioned, it disturbs other people. I was infact on holiday during the period of your stay so if you felt there was a lack of presence of staff that...

“Pathetic excuse for a hostel”

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Brighton

8 Apr 2005

3/5 found this review helpful

Well, it was clean and the beds were comfy and THE shower was good. And it is 100m from the train station, whcih is handy. However, this is a minimalist hostel that I imagine violates all sorts of regulations. For example, there seemed to be only one exit (no fire escape). 1 shower for 21 people (would have been 2... more

Management response from
PFletcher, Paul Fletcher, owner

I am sorry you were not completely satisfied with your stay. We have since your stay installed a new bathroom. I assure you the place has been properly fire asessed and we have in place all the right fire regulations and proceedures. I'm sorry you didn't find the lounge to your liking, but many of our customers say it is...