All hostel rooms can booked by the bed in a shared single sex room or as a private room.
There are 28 beds in six rooms. Five are en-suite and the sixth has a private shower room adjacent. All beds are made up ready for your arrival. Please bring your own towels and toiletries.
The North Pennines landscape was shaped by the lead mining industry and the rooms are named after minerals found nearby – there’s a mineral cabinet in the dining room if you want to see what your room’s namesake looks like!
Ninebanks has probably the best self catering kitchen in a Youth Hostel, but you don’t have to do it all yourself. We have a selection of food available to pre-order: home cooked frozen dinners for you to heat, breakfast baskets and packed lunches, so get in touch to find out what’s on offer.
THE BEDROOMS ARE IN TWO WINGS. IN THE FORMER MINESHOP ARE FOUR BEDROOMS:
- Malachite and Galena both have a double bed with a single over and can be booked at a one, two or three person rate. Malachite also has space for a cot
- Baryte has four beds in two sets of bunks
- Sphalerite has six beds in three sets of bunks, has the shower room adjacent and can be booked as a 5 or 6 bed room.
Above the sitting room in the original cottage wing, Orchard House, are a further two bedrooms:
- Fluorite has four beds in two sets of bunks
- Witherite has eight beds in four sets of bunks, it has an en-suite shower room and adjacent toilet.
When booking a bed or a hostel room you also have the use of sitting room, dining room and self catering kitchen the front garden and patio areas. Sorry we cannot accommodate dogs as part of bed or room bookings.
