Hague serves as a Vice-President of the Friends of the British Library, which provides funding support for the British Library to make new acquisitions. He is a Patron of the European Youth Parliament UK, an educational charity organisation that runs debating competitions and discussion forums across the UK and is President of the Britain-Australia Society. Hague practises judo, and has a keen interest in music, learning to play the piano, shortly after the 2001 general election. He is an enthusiast for the natural history and countryside of his native Yorkshire.