YHA Canterbury

Very welcoming.super helpful receptionist that made the big building feel like a breeze to find the brilliant self catering kitchen and laundry room!! After hiking all day it’s was so good to be able to clean my clothes. Great bunk beds with power and reading lights. The shower was clean, spacious and lovely hot running powerful water pressure. An amazing spacious communal lounge area too. As an avid hiker my YHA experience provides everything I need and more . Thanks for always making my stay a restful happy one

The best to spend our Chris**as with our enormous family. I would definitely recommend for all the amazing features of this property. From lovely room to the amazing cabins, very spacious kitchen and canteen, cozy living space and an amazing service. Thank you 🥰

Seems like a lovely hostel, common areas were clean and spacious. Unfortunately we did not get to see our room as we arrived after reception had closed, due to a catastrophic train delay. When we called the emergency on-call YHA number, they told us someone would be able to let us into our room, but no one was around. Spent the night in the lounge. When staff arrived in the morning they were brusque and unsympathetic, shooing us away without listening and refusing to let us into the room we had paid for even though we still had hours before check-out time.

Good clean dormitories and great value. Very friendly staff. The breakfast was fine and also good value. For an overnight stay with friends whilst walking the North Downs Way it was ideal. Small amount of parking plus easy walk intro town to eat.

Stayed here as a multi generational family of 6 and had a wonderful time. Staff were kind, friendly and helpful and went out of their way to make our stay enjoyable. Facilities were clean and had everything you need. Would recommend to all, particularly families who need more than 4 beds!

The staff were friendly and accommodating, good location just outside city centre but easy walk, parking was available, rooms were better than expected and fairly clean. Checking in and out was easy and could pay on the day. I only wish there were tea and coffee available.

I really enjoyed my stay at Canterbury youth hostel, very clean building, very good breakfast and lovely friendly staff, would definitely recommend a visit there and it is easy to find the hostel, it is on about three different bus routes, I really enjoyed my stay there and would definitely visit again.

I very much enjoyed my stay with the ease of locating the hostel, parking onsite, very clean environment in and out, basic but good value bedroom facilities although didn’t realise towels are not provided in hostels and therefore had a shower in the clean and well maintained shower room with no towel. The cooked breakfast and dining facility wasn’t good value for money but otherwise the stay was.

It's difficult giving YHA hostels a star rating as the hostels are generally great, but there are nearly always some guests who are inconsiderate and make it impossible to sleep. This place was the same. The hostel is in a grand old house on the outskirts of Canterbury. Our room for 6 was big with showers and toilets nearby, although it faced onto the busy road, which was noisy throughout the night. Daniel on reception was friendly and helpful. We were able to park easily in the hostel car park. Unfortunately, there was a large group of German teenagers staying, who decided to pratt about outside our room late at night until I told them to go somewhere else. I wish YHA would do more to enforce their original ideals of consideration and respect for other hostellers as people talking and banging doors at night has been a problem in almost every YHA hostel we've stayed in. Overall, this hostel was a handy stopover on the way to the Eurotunnel, but didn't allow a good sleep before a long drive.