hotelThe Hotel Inspector · Season 16, Episode 4 · Aired July 1, 2021
Northshore
Bude, Cornwall
Yes. This one is still open. It trades today as Northshore Bude Backpackers.
What happened after
Operating as 'Northshore Bude Backpackers' -- was already Bude's only hostel at time of filming, not a business-type change.
What happened on the show
Alex Polizzi visited Cornwall in series 16 to tackle saving a hostel that had been bought by two travellers. The property was the Northshore in Bude, described in the episode as the town's only hostel, run by a pair whose background was in travelling rather than hospitality. A budget hostel is a distinctive proposition among the show's usual hotels and guest houses, and the case turned on making a low-cost model viable in the hands of enthusiastic but inexperienced owners. Polizzi's task was to help two travellers turn their affection for the backpacker life into a business that could actually sustain the only hostel in a Cornish resort town, rather than a well-meant venture drifting toward failure. The hostel bought by two travellers aired in July 2021, and it continues as the same backpacker business under a lightly extended name.
After the cameras left
Northshore is still trading, now operating as Northshore Bude Backpackers, also styled Northshore Coastal Escape. Since it was already Bude's only hostel at the time of filming, the current backpacker branding is a continuation rather than a change of business type, and it appears on Airbnb and other platforms as of 2026, so the open status sits at high confidence. The hostel Polizzi helped two travellers save appears to have kept going as the same continuing business, still serving the budget end of the Cornish resort's accommodation market years after her sixteenth-series visit.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.