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This fantastic 500-bed hostel is housed in a 19th-century magistrates courthouse where Dickens once worked as a scribe and members of the Clash made an appearance in 1978...
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This fantastic 500-bed hostel is housed in a 19th-century magistrates courthouse where Dickens once worked as a scribe and members of the Clash made an appearance in 1978...
This absolute charmer is a warren of 33 rooms that has been built within a row of 18th-century Georgian houses and fitted out with antique furniture (including a museum-piece collection of Victorian baths, showers and toilets), original wood panelli...
You won't find a better budget bed any closer to the city centre than this stylishly refurbished hostel right across the river from the Millennium Stadium. It's family-friendly, and there's an in-house bar, restaurant and gym.
Between Bowness and Windermere, this detached house looks venerably Victorian, but inside you'll find eight elegant, contemporary rooms with either power shower or sit-down jacuzzi...
Georgian meets gorgeous at this glamorous, glittering boutique hotel (complete with its own nightclub) decked out in mirror mosaics, beaded curtains, swirling Timorous Beasties textiles and wall coverings and atmospheric pink uplighting...
Expect a warm welcome and thoughtfully arranged bedrooms here, with chairs and bedside lamps for comfortable reading...
The island's best hotel, the Kilmichael is also the oldest building – it has a glass window dating from 1650. Luxurious and tastefully decorated, the hotel is located only a mile outside Brodick but seems like a world away in deep countryside...
Delicious eco-conscious breakfasts and stacks of local information are served with a smile at this smart waterfront guest house...
Some places have dour owners threatening lockouts if you break curfew. Then there's the Brunswick, which every now and then converts the whole hotel into a party venue, with DJs in the lifts and art installations in the rooms...
Set in a 16th-century Old Town house in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle, the Witchery's eight lavish Gothic suites are extravagantly furnished with antiques, oak panelling, tapestries, open fires, four-poster beds and roll-top baths, and supplied wit...
We've racked our brains, and can't come up with a place that offers better value or a better attitude in this part of Scotland...
An appealing cottage with a comfy dorm, and cheaper beds in an alpine-style bothy (shared sleeping platform for 10 people; bring your own sleeping bag). Extras include a drying room (for wet-weather gear), laundry and even a sauna (£10 an hour)...
A rare treat, this sumptuously restored 15th-century B&B steals your heart as soon as you walk in the door...
This is hands down the best hotel deal in London. In the heart of Shoreditch, this sleek 208-room hotel aims to make its money by being full each night...
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