YHA Street

Established in 1931, YHA Street is the YHA’s oldest hostel still in operation. It recently underwent a £300,000 renovation project, which has increased the number of available beds.

Accommodation is split between dormitories and private rooms in the main chalet-style building as well as landpods and self-contained camping pods.

The landpods are essentially a cross between a small cabin and a permanently erected tent. They’re elevated off the ground and they each sleep up to four people on two double mattresses. The landpods are not heated so they may not be the best option if you’re planning on staying here during the winter.

While staying in a landpod feels a lot like camping, the camping pods are more like a small self-contained cabin. They sleep up to four guests and are fully self-contained with their own private outdoor seating area. Guests staying in the camping pods do not have access to the facilities in the main hostel building.

It is also possible to bring your own tent and camp on the hostel grounds with full use of the hostel’s facilities.

Communal hostel facilities in the main building include a self-catering kitchen, a lounge room with board games plus laundry facilities and a drying room.

Although it is on the edge of Street, it is surrounded by National Trust land and the location feels very rural and there are no options for eating and drinking within the immediate vicinity. However, it is only a half-hour walk south of Street’s village centre and a 1¼ hour walk from Glastonbury town centre. If you’re driving, it’s a five-minute drive to the centre of Street and an eight-minute drive into Glastonbury.

The hostel has its own car park, although access to the car park is on Cockrod, a road running south from the hostel, while the main pedestrian access is via Higher Brooks, to the north of the youth hostel.