Clink - Cheap Hostels in London

Clink Hostels are family-run, friendly backpacker hostels in London

Comfortable and stylish, our youth hostels are aimed at visitors to England who'd like a little good value glamour.

Looking for a Zone1 London hostel that's easy to get to and from?

Clink Hostels are in King's Cross, with the best airport connections, train, bus and tube links in London. Connections with all London's sights and attractions are also excellent.

Clink - real London

Clink78 & Clink261, our two central hostels are a few minutes walk apart and close to some of London's best nightlife, good value bars and restaurants, cosy real ale pubs, unmissable London tourist attractions and alternative sights.

Clink central London backpacker hostels have great facilities

With self-catering kitchens, big social spaces, internet and wifi, a travelshop, private bar, laundries, FREE breakfasts, FREE bedlinen, a FREE walking tour of London and more, we've got all the facilities and services you need.

Want to know which Clink London hostel is best for you?

Clink261 is a friendly boutique hostel that sleeps 100 people, quiet and calm, but still fun and friendly. Clink78 is a buzzing, trendy 700-bed hostel in a beautiful old courthouse, with a lively in-house late bar.

Clink78 is one of the most original hostels in London, housed in a beautiful listed 200 year old courthouse building Both Clink hostels are within 5 minutes walk of London's King's Cross station... ideal for all transport links to the capital Clink hostels are also within easy reach of the main tourist sights of London well-equipped, stylish interiors (like the kitchen at Clink261, shown here) give Clink its character Clink hostels welcome individual travellers, small or large groups, backpackers, students and more

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Booking Terms & Conditions

  • Your payment details are requested now to secure your booking. The total balance is due on arrival therefore no deposit will be charged on your credit card.
  • Please note that if you wish to cancel your reservation, you need to notify us by email at reservations@clinkhostels.com at least 48 hours in advance of your arrival date. Clink Hostels (Bed Reservations Jersey Ltd) reserves the right to charge your credit card of the first night if you fail to do so.
  • If you wish to make a group reservation (more than 15 persons), please fill in our Group Booking form
  • Please note that guests who wish to bring children less than 16 years of age must book whole dorms or private rooms.
  • Bookings cannot be accepted from any underage person unless they are accompanied by an adult over 18. They will be refused check-in.
  • Note that all our dorms are mixed unless a girls dorm is booked.
  • When booking dorm beds in dorm rooms, we cannot guarantee that you will all be staying in the same room. We suggest booking private rooms if you don't want to be separated.
  • Passport, driver's license or government issued identity card required upon check-in.
  • Check-in: from 2.30pm till 4am. If you arrive before 2.30pm you're welcome to leave your luggage in our luggage room. Check-out: 10am.

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Clink78

Clink78 hostel is housed in a beautiful old courthouse building, seen here at dusk A spacious dorm room at Clink78. Pod beds give guests some privacy even in bigger dorms. Clashbar is the late-licence in-house bar at Clink78 - the perfect place to meet other guests, relax, dance, drink... Guests at Clink78... without them, the place would be nothing! Another night view of Clink78, this time the back of the building, showing the modern extension Hostel staff at Clink78 are almost all backpackers themselves

  • Stylish, fun youth hostel in central London 
  • Beautifully renovated courthouse building with original cells and courtrooms, and a history that links Charles Dickens and The Clash
  • Clashbar: hostel bar and venue open every night with live bands, DJs, games nights and parties

Facilities

  • Clink Travelshop
  • TV & Film Courtroom
  • Self-catering kitchen
  • Internet & PC Courtroom
  • Open-plan dining and seating area
  • Clashbar
  • Secure key card
  • Laundry room
  • Multilingual staff
  • Free breakfast
  • 24-hour reception
  • lots of clean bathrooms

Rooms and prices

  • Prison cells

    from £50 subject to availability

  • Private rooms

    from £40 subject to availability

  • Mixed dorms

    from £12 subject to availability

  • Girls’ dorms

    from £12 subject to availability

  • Deluxe girls’ dorms

    from £15 subject to availability

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Clink261

The warm, colourful hostel reception at Clink261 A typical dorm room at Clink261 - bright and clean The stylish and well-equipped hostel kitchen/dining area at Clink261 Clink261 is small enough to be really friendly, and the kitchen is where a lot of the social side of hostel life happens Chilling out with a cup of tea in the hostel lounge at Clink261

  • Cosy, intimate boutique hostel in central London
  • Friendly and personalised service
  • Hostel with a British feel to it; it’s draped in Union Jacks and a picture of the Queen adorns our walls
  • Closest hostel to London’s Eurostar station (St Pancras/Kings Cross)

Facilities

  • Lounge & TV room
  • Self-catering kitchen
  • WiFi, Internet & PCs
  • Free breakfast
  • 24-hour reception
  • Secure key card
  • Laundry room
  • Multilingual staff
  • lots of clean bathrooms

Rooms and prices

  • Mixed dorms

    from £12 subject to availability

  • Girls-only dorms

    from £12 subject to availability

  • Private rooms

    from £50 subject to availability

Location Rooms Facilities Photos

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