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4 out of 5
YHA Hartington Hall - Hostel
Hall Bank, Hartington, Buxton, England

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 56 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 24 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 88 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Glyn

I was unwell from recent heart surgery- couldn't change the booking with 2 days notice due to Expedia's rules. Shame as it was alot of money to me and my first planned hotel visit since surgery.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Hartington Hall on 22 Apr 2024
Sorry to hear you were too unwell to visit.

8/10 Good

Kevin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Hartington Hall on 26 Feb 2024
Thanks for your positive feedback Kevin. Hope to see you another time.

10/10 Excellent

catherine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from YHA Hartington hall on 22 Jan 2024
Thank you for taking your time to leave us a review we hope you enjoyed your stay. Best wishes, YHA Hartington hall

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stop off for a weekend of walking in the Peak District. For the price was expecting bare minimum. Above and beyond
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from YHA Hartington hall on 16 Jan 2024
Hi Thomas, Thank you very much for taking your time to leave us a review. We are so glad it exceeded your expectation and you enjoyed you stay. We hope to see you again in the future. Best wishes, YHA Hartington hall

8/10 Good

Rebecca

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from YHA Hartington hall on 10 Jan 2024
Hi Rebecca, Thank you very much for taking your time to leave us a review. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to see you again soon. Best wishes, YHA Hartington hall

6/10 Okay

sree harsha reddy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from YHA Hartington Hall on 28 Dec 2023
Hi Sree,Thank you for taking your time to leave us a review. We hope you had a pleasant stay with us and hope to see you again. Best wishes, Hartington Hall

10/10 Excellent

Ilona

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Hartington Hall on 22 Dec 2023
Hi IIona, Thank you very much for taking your time to leave us a review. We hope you enjoyed your stay and that you come back and visit us again. Best wishes, YHA Hartington Hall

10/10 Excellent

Gemma

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from YHA Hartington hall on 7 Dec 2023
Hi Gemma, thank you very much for your review. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to see you again. Best wishes YHA Hartington hall

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Michele on 6 Sept 2023
Thanks Jane for taking the time to score us 10 out of 10, pleased that you had a great time.

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Michele on 6 Sept 2023
Thanks for your review - hope to welcome you here again!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommended hostel
It was my second time I stayed in this hostel, and definitely will book it again. This is not only because of the location, which is perfect, but also because it's a lovely place to stay. All the staff members are lovely, friendly and professional. The rooms and communal area are clean, and well maintained. There's a restaurant in the main building offering breakfast and evening meals, and the kitchen located in a seperate building, for those who prefer to cook their own meals. The car park is rather small but you can park your car on the road, which is perfectly safe.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Michele on 6 Sept 2023
Thank you for your review - good to hear your positive feedback and we're glad you enjoyed your visit.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Would happily stay again
This hostel is wonderful. It is large but the bedrooms are large too so we didn’t feel cramped at all. The kitchen is excellent (All-be-it smallish for the number of people). The drying room is fantastic - dries sopping clothes overnight. The only negative was the mattresses - we’ve stayed in a lot of places & are not overly fussy but we had sore backs from these mattresses. There was a big hollow in mine. Also, as usual, don’t leave valuables in the car overnight - there was a van broken into while we were there. Otherwise, great place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Reception manager on 13 Aug 2023
Thanks for your 10/10 review we really appreciate the comments and are pleased you will come again. Rooms vary in size quite a bit so always best to check with us before you come if there is a particular specification you require. You are correct we did have a recent break in from the carpark - hopefully this was just an isolated incident. I hope if you complained about your mattress during your stay this was handled to your satisfaction? Generally our beds get more positive than negative reviews. Most beds are bunk beds but there are also some single and double beds of different sizes.

10/10 Excellent

Tracy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly, caring staff. Beautiful building and really clean. Great that there were so many bathroom.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Reception manager YHA Hartington on 6 Aug 2023
Thanks for your 10/10 review we are pleased you had a great stay. We are always especially pleased to get positive reviews about staff and the cleanliness. We hope you will come to stay with us again.

10/10 Excellent

Melinda

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in a yurt tent and loved it!! Clean and comfortable!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Reception manager on 30 Jun 2023
Thanks for your 5/5 review we hope you will stay with us again

10/10 Excellent

Sue

Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Reception manager on 30 Jun 2023
Thanks for your 5/5 review we hope you will stay with us again

8/10 Good

Joanna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very high standard hostel
I use histels very often when on my travels as I always travel on a budget, and I have to say, this is a very high standard hostel, perfect for families and adults. The restaurant serves lovely food, the staff was friendly and helpful. There was a shower and a basin in my single room, which was a great bonus, the bed was comfy. The only minus during my stay was no signal/reception, I wasn't able to make any calls to my family to confirm that I'm safe (I travelled on my own), and the internet, even with the given wifi was simply very poor, so relying on google maps I couldn't plan in details my next day hikes. Other than that, it's a very good place in a perfect location to explore The Peak District.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Reception manager on 14 May 2023
Hi Joanna Thanks for the great feedback we are pleased your enjoy your stays with us and we hope you will come again soon. You are right about the wifi and phone signal - we will continue to try to work on this although being in a rural location the mobile data in particular is hard to access.

10/10 Excellent

keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful near Buxton
Very helpfull staff, really nice building & rooms. Onoy spoiled slightly by rowdy school party in the room below (clearly the handlers were down the pub...) but not the fault of YHA. Great facilities beautiful location, why csmp when you can stay at places like this.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Hartington Hall on 8 May 2023
Hi Keith,Many thanks for your review. We aim to please and hope to be able to welcome you another time. Kind regards.

10/10 Excellent

rachel

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Hartington Hall on 8 May 2023
Thank you Rachel for your score - see you another time.....

10/10 Excellent

Theresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from hartington management on 30 Apr 2023
Thanks for your 10/10 response we hope you will come to stay with us again

10/10 Excellent

Kevin Oliver

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great food, friendly staff, and had a good night sleep
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Hartington Hall Team on 19 Mar 2023
Thanks for your 5/5 review. We appreciate the time you have taken to send your feedback and are pleased you had a good night's sleep. We hope you will to stay with us again soon. From Hartington Hall Team

10/10 Excellent

Shirley

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay and perfect for a walking base.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Si

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Anke

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
If you are into youth hostels this would be a great place to stay. The only thing is if you wanted a nice drink with a friend you are not allowed your own alcohol. Meaning you have to buy theirs! Not cheap! Staff were fairly friendly. The rooms were clean and tidy.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Adharsh

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We booked YHA for a night stay to continue our trip in the morning at the last moment. We did not read any reviews, facilities provided and we had no great expectations on the stay. We reached the destination at around 10:30pm, completely dark beside our vehicle, we have no idea where we are up to. Once reached, we had warm welcome from the receptionist, and directly crashed on our bed. On the morning once woke, we realized, we are in beautiful place, surrounded by lush green nature, great weather, peaceful, the place we stayed is awesome, the morning breakfast was fabulous with reasonable price. We did not like to leave the stay but have to depart with great experience. I highly recommend YHA Hartington Hall, Buxton, if planning to make a trip to peak district.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a great stay at Hartington YHA . A little noisy , late at night but otherwise a good stay and met some lovely people 😀
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Anna on 3 Aug 2022
Hi Ian, Thank you for your review, we really appreciate it. Glad to hear that you enjoyed your stay, and we're sorry about the noise! We do have ear plugs available behind reception if you stay with us in the future. Kind regards, Anna YHA Hartington Hall

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ryan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from YHA Hartington on 16 Jan 2022
Hi Ryan, thanks for leaving us such a lovely review. Much appreciated. Regards

2/10 Terrible

M.

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021
Response from YHA Hartington on 11 Jan 2022
We are sorry your stay didnt meet expectations as reflected in your score. Thanks for the review. Regards

10/10 Excellent

Donal

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021
Response from YHA Hartington on 11 Jan 2022
Hi Donal, Thanks for your feedback Regards

8/10 Good

Rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great for walkers
Hartington is a favourite of ours. Good facilities and well located for some fantastic walks.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021
Response from YHA Hartington on 16 Jan 2022
Hi Rachel, thanks for leaving us a lovely review, we are glad you had the opportunity to make the most of our facilities and enjoy the surroundings. Hope to see you again soon. Regards YHA Hartington

8/10 Good

Si

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
YHA
My first YHA stay in a while but would happily go back here again. Great venue. Decent menu at the restaurant a good bar and some real peace and quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Response from YHA Hartington on 16 Jan 2022
Hi Si, Thanks for leaving us a review. Happy to hear you had a lovely stay. Regards YHA Hartington

10/10 Excellent

joanne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Marta on 14 Aug 2021
Dear Joanne, Thank you very much for your feedback. We are delighted to know that you liked our hostel and enjoyed your stay. Best regards Marta YHA Hartington Hall

10/10 Excellent

Elisabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really nice area and all of the staff were friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from YHA Hartington on 16 Jan 2022
Hi Elisabeth, Thanks for leaving us a review. Happy to hear you had a lovely stay. Regards YHA Hartington

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful place
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Marta on 10 Aug 2021
Hi, Thank you very much for your scoring. We are very glad to hear that you like the hostel. Best regards Marta YHA Hartington Hall

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from YHA Hartington on 16 Jan 2022
Hi Mark, Thanks for leaving us a review. Happy to hear you had a lovely stay. Regards YHA Hartington

10/10 Excellent

William

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Trip!
Great staff, food, drink and accommodation!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Tom on 24 Jun 2021
Hi William, thanks for the great review! Always a pleasure to hear our guests had a great time with us!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Superb house, brilliant location for walking from the door, village shops, friendly hostel staff, good meals
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Tom on 24 Jun 2021
Hi there, thanks for the amazing review! Great to hear you enjoyed your time with us!

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Warm and Friendly Welcome
Always amazing hospitality at any YHA we’ve stayed at and this one is no exception. A perfect base for enjoying some great local hiking 😊. We will definitely be returning.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020
Response from YHA Hartington on 16 Jan 2022
Hi Stephen, Thanks for leaving us a review. Happy to hear you had a lovely stay. Regards YHA Hartington

10/10 Excellent

Edmund

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect.
Lovely setting. Perfect for using as a base for cycling through the park district. Staff very friendly. Beds comfy, shower good... so good to have a good bike store with locked doors and a rail inside to lock the bike to. Absolute bargain really!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from Hartington Hall on 1 Oct 2020
Hello Edmund, thank you for the really positive feedback. We are glad you had a great stay and hope to welcome you back again.

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from Marta on 14 Aug 2021
Dear Keith, Thank you for your review. Hope to see your soon. Best regards Marta YHA Hartington Hall

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from Marta on 14 Aug 2021
Hi, Thank you very much for your feedback and see you soon again. Best regards Marta YHA Hartington Hall

10/10 Excellent

William, London

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very quiet and comfortable. Really friendly and helpful staff. Amazing hostel in amazing location.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from Cat on 19 Sept 2020
Thanks so much for leaving a review William. I am pleased that you enjoyed your stay- you are right, we do have an amazing building in a great location... so lucky! We hope you come and stay again.

10/10 Excellent

Eleanor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay for hiking in the Peaks!
I loved staying in this hostel! It’s in a beautiful location and has great amenities. I was in a separate building to the main one so it was pretty quiet and there was a kitchen in the building with everything you need. Seemed like most of the guests were hikers so everyone was up quite early - if you’re looking for a lie in then you might get woken up! The bed wasn’t the most comfortable but there was a duvet instead of just sheets which was great in the cold! Having a hot shower en suite was great too after a long hike. It’s nice that there are armchairs and a fire but I didn’t really use them. Didn’t have breakfast so can’t comment on it but all the staff were great and very helpful. Amazing value so I will definitely stay here when I next visit the Peak District. Would be helpful if they could paint lines in the car park as people parked quite selfishly so I had to park up a muddy verge!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Response from CatU on 17 Mar 2020
Thank you for your review. I am glad you loved staying in the hostel. It sounds like you stayed in our Coach House which is a really nice and peaceful part of the hostel. Hopefully you will return to the Peak District soon!

10/10 Excellent

NEIL

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hartington YHA
Very happy with our stay. Staff froendly. Room spotlessly clean. Smelt clean & fresh. Easy to find with good facilities on-site & in nearby village, which is only 5 min walk away.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Reception Manager on 5 Mar 2020
Thank you for your lovely review. I am glad you enjoyed your stay with us and found the hostel to be spotlessly clean. Hopefully we will see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Jingyi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Reception Manager on 5 Mar 2020
Thank you for your 10/10 review!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Marta on 14 Aug 2021
Thanks for your review. Hope you will be able to visit us again soon. Best regards Marta YHA Hartington Hall

10/10 Excellent

Paula, in a novel location on the Swiss/French border. B

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room was very warm! Cosy. Service was great x thank you
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Manager on 12 Oct 2019
Hello Paula and thank you for giving us a 10/10! I am very pleased to hear that you found your room warm and cosy and that the service you received during your stay was great. We hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Have stayed here many times. Amazing historical building which is now a cosy and comfortable place to stay. Excellent value for money. Great breakfast and lovely staff.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Manager on 5 Oct 2019
Thank you for this lovely review and 10 out of 10 rating. I'm glad that you enjoy staying here and look forward to welcoming you back next time!

10/10 Excellent

John

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Manager on 5 Oct 2019
Thank you for the 10 out of 10 rating John and for the photographs too! We hope that you will come and stay with us again.

6/10 Okay

Shelley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
A £25 room not £39
We only used the room for literately to sleep in. We was told it was a double bed but was a bunk bed with a double at the bottom. We had many bugs in the room due to the fact the window was open when we checked in. On checking in the woman asked for ID from both of us but my husband had not brought his wallet, she said she would let it go this time? But we was not informed that we would need ID and having stayed in 5* establishments we was a little annoyed
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Manager on 10 Aug 2019
Hello Shelley, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. I am disappointed to hear that you weren't happy with your room. It contains an additional bed above but is still classed as a double, I am sorry that this wasn't to your liking. We would have opened the windows during housekeeping to air the room for your comfort, particularly with the recent hot weather that we have had but our staff would have happily removed any bugs for you. In terms of the ID, this is a standard process and is part of our policy, all of which is explained in our terms and conditions. The confirmation email specifies that we will ask for a form of ID upon check in.