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 - 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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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Uplands Sport, Leisure Derelict, Disused other tags: Youth Hostel YHA Former Youth Hostel 1949 1956 Northumberland Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Rothley [4] · Cottage [2] ·
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NZ0391, 7 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
John Martin   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 6 September, 2007   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 5 November, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 034 914 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:13.0310N 1:56.8297W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 034 914
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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