Bunkhouses
Bunkhouses, camping barns, and bunk barns are like rural hostels in the U.K.
Think of a bunkhouse or camping barn as a kind of rural hostel.
Lodging is mostly in shared bunk rooms, with a shared bathroom somwhere nearby.
Most are in the countryside, but some are in villages, often converted from old schools or deconsecrated churches.
Some offer simple breakfasts; many have self-catering facilities (a shared kitchen).
Camping barns and bunkhouses tend to run around £10–£30 per person, per night.
Some have private and semi-private rooms for £40–£80.
There are also bare-bones, free structures similar to small camping barns called bothies.
A network of free stone cabins where you can sleep off the beaten path in the U.K.
- Independenthostels.co.uk - Lists nearly all the bunkhouses and camping barns across England (about 200), Scotland (100) and Wales (100).
- Findabunkhouse.com - A bit dodgy on the technical side of the site itself, but this search engine links you to most of the bunkhouses in the UK, including about 200 in England and 100 each in Scotland and Wales.
- Nationaltrust.org.uk - Four dozen National Trust locations (under "Holidays") offering cabins, pods, bothies, bunkhouses, tents, yurts, tipis, Berber tents, and motorhome parks across the U.K.
- Yha.org.uk - camping barns
- Mountainbothies.org.uk - This volunteer organization maintains about 100 free bothies acros Scotland, Wales, and Northern England.
- Nationaltrust.org.uk - Four dozen National Trust locations (under "Holidays") offering cabins, pods, bothies, bunkhouses, tents, yurts, tipis, Berber tents, and motorhome parks across the U.K.
- Walkhighlands.co.uk - Great article on a dozen gorgeous bothies (plus a video).
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A network of free stone cabins where you can sleep off the beaten path in the U.K.
