2007
NZ0391 : Rothley Shiel - youth hostel ruin
taken 17 years ago, 4 km NNW of Rothley, Northumberland, England
Rothley Shiel - youth hostel ruin
Rothley Shiel was a tiny Northumberland Youth hostel opened in July 1949. The warden was Miss E Carmon. It was a very small wooden bungalow built as a shooting lodge, and named Wideopen Cottage on a recent OS map, but a ruin obliterated by vegetation in 2007. According to anecdote, it had no rear exit.
The youth hostel closed on the 8th April 1956 after only a short life. It would be interesting to know if it saw any other use before falling into disrepair.
Kindly contact if you have any tales of old British and Irish youth hostels such as this.
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