Brilliant place to stay, & still relatively cheap at £20 a night…read moreFood pretty poor.I would have given it a 5 star rating otherwise. It has all facilities,bikes,Wi Fi,laundry etc. & set in lovely grounds a short half hour walk from town. Amazing history : Originally a Bronze Age settlement, the name comes from Horn (Iron) (eck) Like : Fort of Iron.In the Iron Age Penzance was a trade route to France,Spain & Ireland & it was a fort then. William the Conqueror's brother was given the manor in 1066. It was attacked by the spanish during the Armada landing in 1595 & burned down.Rebuilt,the Borlase family inherited it as a wedding gift in 1718. It was bought in 1960 by the YHA for £20,000

Lovely Youth Hostel on top of cliff overlooking Treyaron Bay. sleeps approxiamtely 70 people…read more Family Rooms and BUnk Rooms available. Gets booked up over a year in advance. Small camping site in grounds Food is all home cooked and is reasonable priced. Can be noisy when parents don't keep tabs on their offspring !!!. Good surfing nearby, although Treyarnon Bay is more suitable for body boarding that surfing. Fantastic sands for building sandcastles

Now that YHA have changed their planning application from discharging sewage in the sea to…read moreconnecting to the mains (hurrah!) I have stopped boycotting their bar and cafe. Lovely outside eating area in nice weather, almost on the edge of the cliff. Bar and cafe open to non residents. Limited menu but adequate. Serving stuff decorated with a small pile of salad on large wood platters with chips in a little bucket is a bit weird. I felt like asking for a plate! No wonder there are so many birds hanging about watching closely! Anyway, it was quite nice and reasonably priced and the view is lovely.