Rare chance to buy an historic hostel

A HOSTEL in the Nant Ffrancon Valley is now on the market for only the third time in nearly 200 years.

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Originally built and owned by Lord Penrhyn for the slate quarry workers, it was sold by the Penrhyn estate to the "Home Air Command" in 1956.

It subsequently became a training centre for the Fleet Air Arm and then the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity. In 2016 it was bought by the Martinson-Hughes family and reopened as Snowdonia Mountain Hostel after extensive internal works.

Since the pandemic it has been available for exclusive use only and is one of the highest guest rated hostels in North Wales - scoring 4.9/5 on Freetobook and 4.88/5 on Airbnb.