Youth Hostel, Back Wynd, Falkland is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971. Youth hostel.

Youth Hostel, Back Wynd, Falkland

WRENN ID
hushed-steel-ebony
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1971
Type
Youth hostel
OS grid reference
NO 253 073
Coordinates
56.25247, -3.2066
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Youth Hostel on Back Wynd in Falkland is a tall, two-storey building constructed in the mid-19th century. It features an L-shaped plan and is finished with modern dry dash harl, accented by slated margins. The lower two-storey west wing has a pantiled roof.

Local climate

Youth Hostel, Back Wynd, Falkland receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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