Welcome to the ELENYDD WILDERNESS HOSTELS TRUST, set up to save three much-loved youth hostels in the Elenydd for future generations.

This is an area in the southern Cambrian Mountains of mid-Wales, between Llanwrtyd Wells and Tregaron. It is a wild and beautiful place, with silence broken only by the bleating of sheep or the call of a bird. It is a wonderful area for outdoor activities like walking, cycling and horseriding, an ideal place to escape from the pressures of the modern world.

Simple youth hostels have provided accommodation here for many years and have always been popular with walkers and cyclists. They are in isolated and stunning locations and have been run by volunteer wardens for many years.

The Youth Hostels Association closed these hostels in 2006, but we have managed to save two of them - Ty'n Cornel and Dolgoch. These are both converted farmhouses in the mountains and are full of character. And you can help to keep them open by visiting them!

Dolgoch

Ty'n Cornel  (Tyncornel)

Unfortunately the other hostel, Blaencaron, was sold before we were able to save it, but we have included memories of it here too.