YHA Wye Valley

YHA Wye Valley offers essential group facilities such as free Wi-Fi in social spaces, two spacious lounges, a games room and laundry and drying facilities. We also have group catering, which includes a hearty breakfast, packed lunches and a wholesome evening meal, so you can relax after a day full of adventure exploring the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley.

Surrounded by 25 acres of beautiful gardens, woodlands and trails, this hostel is the perfect destination for schools and groups of all ages. With accommodation split across two main buildings, YHA Wye Valley can cater for small groups seeking privacy or larger groups taking over the whole place.

Choose from a range of our engaging educational packages. This hostel supports climbing, walking, biking, water sports and more, with on-site canoeing available. You can also explore some great locations nearby such as Goodrich Castle, Clearwell Caves, the inspiring Tintern Abbey and a number of fantastic walking and mountain biking trails.

Alex Rider packages - We’ve joined forces with Walker Books and author Anthony Horowitz to create unique action-filled YHA Alex Rider adventure packages. This pioneering programme has two adrenaline-fuelled missions, each pupil will create their very own spy name and immerse themselves in the Alex Rider world. Both packages build lifelong skills centred around team building and outdoor pursuits.

Connecting to nature package - Pupils get the chance to combine nature-based activities with ways to develop mindfulness skills in the great outdoors. Days will be filled with activities such as finding minibeasts, fire-lighting, pond-dipping, scavenger hunts, environmental art and shelter-building. Evenings will be spent around the campfire, toasting marshmallows, telling stories and singing songs under a starlit sky.

Discovery package - Our discovery package allows teachers to offer a flexible programme of fun and challenging activities. Activities available include archery, orienteering, shelter building, team challenges, guided walks, navigation kikes and let’s get cooking.

Multi-activity package - Full of challenges for the brain and body our multi-activity packages are designed to engage participants through practical PE based activity. This package offers a mixture of adventurous and on-site activities that make the most of the great outdoors and the hostel locality.

Adventure bolt-on - There are a near-endless number of opportunities to explore, discover new things and try unusual activities. This package offers a range of adventurous activities on a half-day or full-day basis so you can make your residential trip suit you. Activities include: abseiling, canoeing, high ropes, kayaking and quad biking.

YHA bolt-on - These activities are perfect for teachers to add on as an 'extra' particularly for self-led groups. The benefit of having hostel grounds is that we can offer space to lead activities without you needing to travel anywhere. Activities include: team challenges, shelter building, archery, guided walk, fire lighting & Go create.

YHA Wye Valley has 78 beds, so we can cater for both large and small groups.

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YHA Wye Valley has been awarded the Quality Badge by the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom.