• Address: Cluny, Cluny Crescent, Swanage, Dorset BH19 2BS
• Telephone: Within UK0870 770 6058 Outside UK (+44) 1929 422113
• Category: YHA
• Nearest Beach: Swanage, Kimmeridge Bay
• Web details: www.yha.org.uk/hostel/hostelpages/80.html

For an activity-packed seaside holiday, Swanage is the place to be. Swanage boasts a safe sandy Blue Flag beach, spectacular coastal scenery, high sunshine ratings and festivals galore. And just a few minutes’ walk from the town centre is this elegant Victorian house offering fine views across the bay. Don’t miss exploring the Jurassic Coast, a newly designated World Heritage Site that tells a geological story covering 200 million years.

Kimmeridge Bay is one of the UK’s best wave sailing locations according to Windsurf magazine. That’ll be pretty good then.