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Copt Oak Hostel

This converted school house in the hills of north west Leicestershire provides basic accommodation. Nearby Charnwood Forest offers superb countryside for walking and cycling. Leicester and Nottingham are close by and Donington Race Circuit, the National Watersports Centre at Holme Pierrepont and Bosworth Battlefield are also local.

Facilities

Lounge/self-catering kitchen, showers, cycle store, lockers and shop.

Beds 18
Disabled Facilities No
Drinks License No
Meals Self-Catering only
Under 3's No
No Smoking Yes
High Chairs No
Cots No
Parking Yes

Contact

The Youth Hostel, Whitwick Rd, Copt Oak, Markfield, Leicestershire, LE67 9QB
01530 242661
Tourist Information: 0116 2650555

Getting There

Leave M1 motorway at Junction 22, taking the A50 towards Leicester. Take first left (250yds) and follow the signs for Copt Oak. The hostel is on the right hand side, 50yds past the Copt Oak pub, immediately before the traffic lights.

Ordnance Survey Sheet/Grid Ref: 129/482129

Buses

Midland Fox/Barton/Kinchbus 121 Leicester-Loughborough (limited service); otherwise Midland Fox 117-9, 217-8 Leicester-Coalville, alight Flying Horse roundabout 1m (Tel: 0116 2511411).

Trains

Leicester 10m.

Nearest Other Hostels

Badby 42m, Stratford 45m, Matlock 35m

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