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Reviews of YHA Wye Valley

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YHA Wye Valley
Welsh Bicknor
Nr Goodrich
Ross On Wye
Herefordshire   (Browse area)
HR9 6JJ
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Pitches: Up to 30 people
Open: 01/03/2024 to 31/10/2024
           01/03/2025 to 31/10/2025

Rating: Average Review Score: 9/10 from 3 Reviews
                9/10 from 3 Reviews

 Tent Pitches   No Caravans   No Motorhomes   No Campervans 
 Glamping Units   No Statics for Hire   No Statics for Sale   No Seasonal Pitches 
 No Electric Hookups   No Hardstandings   No Fully Serviced Pitches   Show Full Facilities
Who's it for
 Families Welcome   Not Members Only   No Rallies   Not Naturist Site 
 Dogs Welcome   No Dogs Allowed   Groups Welcome 
Facilities
 Toilet Facilities   Hot Showers   Washing Up   No Bathroom 
 No Baby Changing   Laundry On Site   Drinking Water   Disabled Friendly 
 No Chemical Disposal   No Battery Charging   No Gas Exchange   No Recycling Facilities 
 Kitchen Facilities   No Freezer / Fridge   No Motorhome Point   Wifi Access 
 Shop <5 miles   Bar On Site   Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
Activities
 No Playground   TV Room   No Games Room   No Evening Ents 
 Fishing <5 miles   No Wild Swimming   No Indoor Pool   No Outdoor Pool 
 No Horse Riding   Cycle Hire <5 miles   Golf <5 miles   No Tennis 
 No Beach   Watersports <5 miles   Boat Launch / Mooring On Site 
Other Features
 No Sea Views   Not Working Farm   Campfires Allowed 
 No Waterside Pitches   Public Transport <5 miles  No Dog Walk 

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Date of Visit: August 2023  Confirmed Booking Unit:  Tent
Nights stayed: 4 Travelling as:  Family with older children
Reviewer: BelleH 3 reviews from this member

 We have stayed here a number of years as it is a beautiful site on the river Wye.

It is a steep drive down but you soon get used to going down and up. I love how we can use the facilities in the hostel so we tend to cook and store our food in the well appointed kitchen and eat on the tables outside overlooking the river and valley.

The kids tend to make friends quickly and roam around with them, playing. We love to hire kayaks and several times we have hired a raft (two canoes tied together) so this year all the children and the dog went with us.

In the past we have also mountain biked in the Forest of Dean, which has family to skilled levels of rides and a nice café afterwards.

There are some pretty towns to visit and we can recommend the Butterfly zoo to see some stunning butterflies flying around you.

Looking forward to next already. 


Date of Visit: November 2018 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: Keefyboy 1 review from this member

 My son and I stayed at this site on more than occasion. Very close to the wye which is great for canoeing. They alow fires which is a bonus. The hostel offers showers, cooking facilities, food, a bar and great helpful staff. A magical site that is great for families and singles who enjoy cycling, walking and canoeing. 


Date of Visit: September 2017 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: Blisters 6 reviews from this member

 This is indeed a beautifully-situated campsite on the banks of the River Wye. It is in the grounds of the Welsh Bicknor YHA so one has the advantage of being able to use the facilities of the hostel such as the toilets, showers, self-catering kitchen and small dining area. You can also have a cooked breakfast in the hostel and they will provide a packed lunch, too. In theory one should also be able to use the two lounges but there was a huge family party in when we stayed in September so they did rather take these over.

That’s the good news. The bad news is that the campsite is actually 300 yards down a hill away from a hostel so it’s a long trek up to the facilities. Fortunately they also provide two portaloos at the campsite – not ideal but better than nothing.

There is also a nice open fire area with low-level benches and fencing around. Sensible to stop people lighting their own fires but also an encouragement to large, noisy drinking parties. This happened to our group returned one evening to find one such group enjoying bountiful bottles of alcohol and playing loud music. They would no doubt have been there till the small hours but there is a notice saying that noise must stop at 11. 00 and giving a number to call in the case of unsociable behaviour; We gave up at midnight, called the number and spoke to the duty warden who duly came down and thankfully disbanded the party. In fact the hostel staff were very helpful and pleasant throughout our stay.

Canoeists use the hostel as a stopping off point but canoe hire companies will not deliver canoes to Welsh Bicknor because access with a trailer by road is impossible. In fact the only way to get a canoe to the camping ground by motor is to put a canoe on your car roof. This is because of the challenging access to the hostel and camp site.

Welsh Bicknor YHA (Wye Valley)is at the bottom of a very steep escarpment and the only access is by a half-mile long and very rough narrow drive which has a hazardous stone wall on the uphill side and steep, tree-lined drop the other. Furthermore it has a hairpin bend two-thirds of the way down which you cannot do in one turn – it means backing up in a two point turn to get down to the hostel so there’s no hope of taking a caravan down to the campsite, nor a big campervan.

I was going back to the campsite in the dark one night and had the misfortune to meet two taxis coming uphill. They were about fifty yards up from the hairpin bend. I stopped and walked down to speak to the first driver, a women, and asked if they could back down. She absolutely refused saying “There are two of us and there’s a hairpin bend. We can’t go back down”. I said “But I think there is a bridleway off the hairpin you could back into” but the answer was still no. So I gave in and said I’d back up as long as they didn’t follow me closely as people often do when you have to reverse, which is incredibly pressurising. She agreed so, reluctantly, I went back to my car and started to reverse with my passenger keeping a watch on the stone wall six inches away while I kept an eye on the drop six inches away on the other side. Such fun! Fortunately, a party of people walked by on their way up and a very nice lady volunteered to guide me back since I only had a rather ineffective reversing light to illuminate the ascent in the pitch darkness. We managed about 100 yards of stop-start when the woman taxi driver appeared 50 yards away, looked at us and then walked away again. We assumed that she was fed up with waiting and was coming to check how we were doing.

Anyway, there was a lot more painfully-slow uphill reversing until we got to the only house on the route, which had a narrow lay-by just beyond it.

Then the second taxi appeared driven by a man who stopped and said “Didn’t my colleague tell you that we had backed down to the hairpin?” “No” I replied “She didn’t come anywhere near us or wave us forward. Just looked at us and walked away. So we assumed she’d only come up to check on our progress. Anyway, he phoned his colleague and repeated what I had said. She drove by a couple of minutes later without stopping or acknowledgement - presumably not happy that she had been delayed. Well, with a little more common sense, that could have been avoided!

My advice to anyone coming up or down the drive to the hostel or campsite would be to send a scout ahead to make sure the route is clear otherwise you may also end up with a horrendous experience like mine. Good luck. 



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