Squires Cafe Bar

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Hardstanding pitches
Hardstanding pitches
This is one of the many views
This is another part of the grass tent area. No fires are allowed
This is a bit of the grassed area where tents can be pitched
The café, where we serve tea, coffee, food and other refreshments on a daily basis
Our function room and where Thursday evening and Sunday carvery are served
Function room bar
Token-operated electric hook-ups. These can be bought from the café for £5
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This is one of the many views
This is another part of the grass tent area. No fires are allowed
This is a bit of the grassed area where tents can be pitched

  • Biker site by a café bar, open since the 1970s
  • Café open daily with weekly and weekend biker meets
  • Sunday roast, weekly carvery and licensed bar
‘Run by bikers for bikers’ goes the tagline of the roaringly popular Squires Café Bar in Selby, North Yorkshire, which has been rallying – and fortifying – biker troops since the 1970s. Bike and club meets, regular events and live music, an on-site bike shop and a once-monthly Autojumble to pick up secondhand bike gear have all been lined up over the years by owners Harry and Sue, who ran the biker-friendly Squires Milk Bar at Sherburn-in-Elmet before moving here. Café prices at Squires are cheap as chips (which you can have with gravy and stuffed inside a giant Yorkshire pud); for something a bit posher, a carvery of the café’s own farm-reared Aberdeen Angus is available for Sunday roast and on Thursday evenings; and for pints/events, a licensed bar and an events room for hire are available too. Squires Café Bar is open seven days a week in summer, but it’s on Wednesdays and weekends that regulars roar up: Wednesdays following the local biker meet tradition started by Harry and Sue in the 1960s, and weekends for meets, charity events, live gigs and general lounging about in leathers. To preserve the grass areas of the site, the owners allow the use of off-ground barbecues, but not one that will damage the grass. Campfires are not allowed.

Campground type

Tent sites 20
Caravan sites 32
RV & Motorhome sites 32
Open all year
Opens
Please note

Admission

  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Please note the electric hook-ups for touring pitches are 16-amp and token-operated. Tokens can be bought from the café for £5 each. Showers are token operated and each £1 token lasts approximately 3 minutes.

Languages spoken

English

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Reviews

8.5

Overall rating from 665 Pitchup.com customers

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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Budget/backpacker

86% would recommend this campground to a friend

86% would stay here again

What customers say

Popular with bikers, this spot's got a great vibe, good tucker, and plenty of room. Staff are legends! Toilets/showers are a bit old-school and sometimes grubby, plus token showers. Train noise and rowdy guests pop up. Still, seen as good value by many, and they'd come back.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Large pitches with plenty of space…

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8 out of 10
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 8
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Large pitches with plenty of space between so you don’t feel on top of each other. Also they got our group on pitches next to each other which was great.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good pitch space, plenty of room.…

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10 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 10
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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 8
Wifi
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Anonymous

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked Good pitch space, plenty of room. Toilet and shower facilities were good.

Disliked Cafe prices.

Recommend to friends Visit again

We used it as a base for leeds festival. Was ideal.

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9 out of 10
Location
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Bradley H. 1 review

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked Good location, grwat value to camp. Facilites basic but full adequate. Pub/cafe on site

Disliked Ladies would have preffered a electrical socket in the toilet for their hair.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Went with the whole family but…

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9 out of 10
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked Went with the whole family but still plenty of space for us and quiet.

Disliked Showers were horribly dirty.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely cafe at the bottom and plenty of space.

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5 out of 10
Location
 7
Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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 Molly E. 1 review

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Overall a nice spacious campsite.
Good size pitch
Nice to be able to pitch near tents when you have a caravan.

Disliked But unfortunately the shower facilities let it down. They were very dirty and smelly. Should be better kept considering it’s £1 for 4 minutes of water.
Nothing onsite for young children

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good facilities and nice cafe…

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8 out of 10
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Anonymous

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked Good facilities and nice cafe

Recommend to friends Visit again

Okay for leeds festival guests

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3 out of 10
Location
 5
Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Staff were friendly
Close to Leeds festival if you are attending but don’t want to camp at the actual festival

Disliked Toilets and shower block pretty grim and needs replacing. Only 3 toilets for whole campsite.
Often found there was no toilet paper in the toilets
Have to buy shower tokens which are £1 for 4 mins

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Everything…

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 Jip D. 7 reviews

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked Everything

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great stop for an hour but don’t stay the night!

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3 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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 Graham G. 1 review

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Staff were very friendly. Great for a bikers stop. For a brew and a bite to eat.

Disliked Quite scruffy. Lots of dirty caravans with collapsing awnings that are filled with junk. I felt like I was staying on a traveller site. Trains into the early hours blowing their horns and people playing loud music into the early hours ment I got very little sleep.

Recommend to friends Visit again

2nd time and it's been great…

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked 2nd time and it's been great

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump point Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 sites)

Nearby leisure

Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for caravans

Location

Squires Cafe Bar

Newthorpe Lane

Newthorpe

South Milford

Selby

North Yorkshire

England

LS25 5LX

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

53.78272°N
1.28864°W

Nearest transport

Coach
11.6 km Bus Station Stand 1
16.3 km York Street
16.4 km Bus Stn
Rail
2.5 km South Milford Rail Station
2.6 km Micklefield Rail Station
4 km Sherburn-in-Elmet Rail Station
Airport
26.3 km Leeds Bradford International Airport
37.9 km Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport
38.3 km Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Squires Café Bar is well placed for the Yorkshire coast and both the Yorkshire Dales and Yorkshire Moors national parks, about 10 miles from Leeds city centre and with York within biking distance for a day trip. On fine and sunny days, ramble/bike along, fish from or take a boat out on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the longest in Northern England, or take a picnic to the 1500 acres of parkland at Temple Newsam House and Farm, birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots’s caddish hubby Lord Darnley and listed as one of the top three museum sites in the country by an author in the know. Xscape Yorkshire is a nifty nearby option for rainy days or indoor evenings, as it’s crammed with activities such as Laserzone and adventure golf, restaurants, bars, clubs, a cinema and shops (the outlet shopping village Junction 32 is just opposite). Further afield, the Doncaster Dome has a seven-pool waterworld and the UK's only split level ice rink – you’ll have had loads of practice by then at the Squires Café Bar rink…

Food and drink

  • Squires Cafe Bar Pub 0.02 km
  • The Chequers Pub 2.7 km
  • Foresters Arms Pub 2.7 km
  • The Swan Hotel Pub 2.8 km
  • Blands Arms Pub 2.8 km
  • Elmet Social Club Pub 2.9 km
  • Saffron Restaurant 2.9 km
  • Oddfellows Arms Pub 2.9 km
  • Elmet Kitchen Restaurant 2.9 km
  • Red Bear Pub 2.9 km

Groceries

  • Aldi Supermarket 2.8 km
  • Spar Supermarket 2.9 km
  • Co-op Food Supermarket 3 km
  • Hic! Off-licence 5 km
  • Co-op Food Supermarket 5.5 km
  • Bargain Booze Off-licence 5.7 km
  • Bottles N Cans Off-licence 6 km
  • Lidl Supermarket 6.2 km
  • Tesco Supermarket 6.4 km
  • Co-op Food Supermarket 6.7 km

Parks and play

  • South Milford Park 2.5 km
  • Eversley Park 2.6 km
  • Pasture Park 3.1 km
  • The Wells Community Gardens park 5.7 km
  • Monkey Maze Playground 5.8 km
  • Glebelands Recreation Ground park 5.9 km
  • Rugby Field Playground 6.2 km
  • Kidzone Playground 6.3 km
  • Devils Canyon park 6.4 km
  • Kippax Leisure Centre Field park 6.4 km

Family days out

  • Lotherton Hall Visitor attraction 4.4 km
  • The Motorist Visitor attraction 5.5 km
  • BE1150 Dragline Visitor attraction 7.8 km
  • Funstation Amusement arcade 8.8 km
  • Immotion VR Amusement arcade 8.8 km
  • Pontefract Castle 9.8 km

Public transport

  • Newthorpe Squires Cafe Bar (NE-bound) 0.1 km
  • Newthorpe Squires Cafe Bar (SW-bound) 0.1 km
  • Newthorpe Gorse Lane (SW-bound) 0.3 km
  • Newthorpe Gorse Lane (NE-bound) 0.3 km
  • B1222 Slip Road South Milford 1.2 km
  • Boot And Shoe Micklefield 1.4 km
  • Milford Lodge Hotel 1.6 km
  • Sherburn in Elmet Sherburn Church (E-bound) 2.3 km
  • Post Office 2.4 km
  • Great North Road East View 2.5 km

What’s nearby

  • Tadcaster Golf Course 5.8 km
  • Workshop Pond Fishing 5.9 km
  • Carlton Lanes Shopping Centre 7.5 km
  • Garforth Golf Club Golf course 7.7 km
  • Birkin Fisheries Fishing 8.4 km
  • Retial Square Shopping centre 9.1 km
  • The Springs Shopping centre 9.1 km
  • Scalm Park Leisure Golf course 9.1 km
  • Lemonroyd Marina 9.8 km
  • Whitwood Golf Club Golf course 9.8 km

Local services

  • South Milford Surgery Doctors 2.6 km
  • Milford Surgery Pharmacy 2.7 km
  • BP Fuel station 2.8 km
  • Sherburn Group Practice Doctors 2.9 km
  • Sherburn Foot Clinic 3 km
  • Boots Pharmacy 3 km
  • Monk Fryston Surgery Doctors 4.5 km
  • Boots Pharmacy 5.5 km
  • Kippax Health Centre Doctors 5.5 km
  • Boots Pharmacy 5.5 km

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Must see

Lotherton Hall & Gardens 4.5 km

Xscape Castleford 8.8 km

Royal Armouries Museum 16 km

The Henry Moore Institute 17.1 km

Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills 19.5 km

National Trust

Nostell Priory and Parkland 16 km

Goddards Garden 21.3 km

Treasurer's House 24.2 km

Beningbrough Hall and Gardens 26.9 km

East Riddlesden Hall 40.2 km

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

LEDSTON HALL AND PARK 2.6 km

LOTHERTON HALL 4.3 km

FAIRBURN INGS (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 12/04/1999) 5 km

Battle of Towton, 1461 6.6 km

FRIARWOOD VALLEY GARDENS 10.6 km

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Squires Cafe Bar have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Squires Cafe Bar dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Squires Cafe Bar? Squires Café Bar is well placed for the Yorkshire coast and both the Yorkshire Dales and Yorkshire Moors national parks, about 10 miles from Leeds city centre and with York within biking … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Squires Cafe Bar?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  noon –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Squires Cafe Bar? From $18.77 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.