Clean, comfortable, modern rooms in renovated factory building. Excellent self catering facilities, good lounge. Everywhere was clean and tidy, beds comfy , though pillows a bit thin as usual. Only had breakfast, but that was good for full English and continental choice good considering the small number of guests in March.

Plus points: Property was clean. Kitchen ovens were good. Friendly staff. Free parking right outside. Less good: No watt rating on microwave. No scissors in kitchen. Narrow beds. No wardrobe/clothes hanging / only two wall hooks for four people. Shower head I used needs unblocking. Loose toilet seat I used needs tightening. Window doesn’t open much when it is hot weather, granted, it’s an old metal window not sure if anything can be done with it without compromising the historical integrity of the building. Very poor wifi and no mobile signal in the area either.

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Lovely hostel with great facilities and clean rooms. We visited over half term, taking a 4 bed room. Pros: Very clean Friendly informative staff Good cooking facilities Nice lounge area Great for exploring Ironbridge and nearby hotels Pleasant walk to several pubs Nice and warm - maybe too warm for some but I liked it! Food was very good Cons: I never find the YHA mattresses or pillows very comfortable - will take a SIM to go on top next time. We had a spare bed so I used the spare mattress to double up. Rooms were a bit noisy - it’s an old building and there are fire doors throughout the corridors which don’t always close softly. Ear plugs are a must.

Excellent, Highest rating given !

I don't know what to say other than I have sent my review to YHA with "top marks" for everything. From the friendly welcome received on check-in to the cleanliness of the room allocated, everything was absolutely perfect for the overnight stay. I slept very well & enjoyed the morning coffee in the café downstairs. It was all spot-on and excellent value for money. I will recommend to friends and I would like to book to stay there again.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at YHA Coalport, first time staying with YHA. The hostel was spotlessly clean. We had an issue with the door not locking but was sorted immediately. I was surprised at how quiet the hostel was and being August it was fully booked bar 2 rooms, there was never more than one other person in the kitchen/dining room at the same time as us, and in the evening just a handful in the lounge quietly reading. There is a tired pool table but a welcome distraction for my daughters who played for hours. There are books and toys for children to keep them entertained. We stayed two nights but will be back again as there is so much to do in the area, and a beautiful area it is too. 4G is very scetchy down in the valley where the YHA is located, there is wifi but that was also a bit sketchy depending where you were in the building, didnt bother us but might bother some. We walked towards Ironbridge (ask for directions before leaving), took a good half hour/40 mins at a stroll, there were at least 3 pubs along the way with beer gardens which was needed on a hot day.

The staff are fantastic and really welcoming. The place is clean and well maintained. Excellent value for money. I used the kitchen to cook all our meals which is a real elevation on hotel stays It is very warm in the hostel at night - it would be nice if there were fans in each room.

This place is effectively a giant Faraday Cage, so don't expect a decent phone or internet signal inside most of the rooms. The building is basic but functional; the ensuite room I had was adequate for my needs and was largely empty so no late night noise problem. The YHA is right next to the China Museum, which is handy and not too far from the Jackfield Tile Museum (15 minutes). It's 30 minutes walk into Ironbridge itself along the safest route via Jackfield which avoids the main roads and is really very pleasant. There is a small canal along which you can walk in the morning or evening, as suits. The negative aspect is that the food, as at many YHAs, is a let down. I'm 63 and fading a bit, it takes me time in the morning to get going, so I arrive at breakfast after 0800 by which time the locusts have been through, overfilling their breakfast plates, eating what they can then making off with the remains, along with the bread and butter so they can make sandwiches for lunch. What remains isn't very palatable - rubbery scrambled egg, congealed bacon, anaemic sausages, mushy fried tomato - and they're very, very reluctant to make fresh. They often advertise the breakfast as 'unlimited - it isn't unlimited if you just point at what's left and say "that's all that there is, there's no more". The Tile Press Cafe at the Maws Centre (ten minutes away) does an amazing freshly prepared breakfast for an extra quid, I'd rather walk there and eat than have the poor, industrially-produced breakfast at the YHA. This, along with the inadequate and expensive new evening menu, is a problem all over the YHA with the honourable exception of YHA Chester (Trafford) where the kitchen staff were happy to go the extra mile to make the food enjoyable, even if the one breakfast I had there was overrun with noisy schoolkids. Obviously, I don't expect 4-star treatment at a hostel but I'd like the food to be better at the prices that they charge; even Wetherspoons do better for less money and O'Neill's certainly do better for less. When you factor in the price of the room and the expensive breakfast and the expensive evening meal, you might as well stay at a small B&B closer to Ironbridge via Trivago or Tripadvisor. And if the manager of the hostel comes on and vomits up the usual meaningless ManagerSpeak instead of making real efforts to change the culture in favour of the guests, you can make up your own mind about whether or not to stay here.