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
  • 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 also token operated and each £1 token lasts for approximately 3 minutes. The indoor skate ring is open Tuesday to Sunday, 3pm-7pm, priced at £3 per person for half an hour.

Languages spoken

English

Site types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children
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Reviews

8.8

Overall rating based on 546 reviews View breakdown

Budget/backpacker

Voted 62% of visitors View breakdown

88%

would recommend this campground to a friend

88%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Staff couldn't do enough to accommodate my needs

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 6
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Lynne H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: Checked in at squires and the staff were really friendly and helpful I asked for a quiet pitch away from everyone as my dogs bark at passers by and I had lots of choice of pitch .I took advantage of the electric hook up for £5.i didn't use the showers as I only stayed over night these were £1 for 3 minutes.i also took advantage of buying my meals at squires cafe I had fish and chips for tea and a small breakfast all the food was lovely

Disliked: The only thing I disliked was the wash up area the large sink and drainer was very dirty and only the cold water was working so I had to go to the toilet block and fill my own bowl with hot water from the vanity sink but I only had cups and cutlery as I didn't cook on this occasion

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great staff

Overall 9/10
Location 7
Value for money 7
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 7
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 6
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: Very friendly staff and visitors, food was reasonable. Enjoyed seeing all the motorbikes on the lively hot days., had some music night on which we didn’t attend as little on didn’t want too, but overall a nice friendly atmosphere and experience with camping.

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Recommend Squires and will definitely stay there again.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: Great owners and staff. We recently went for an event there, but visit a few times a year anyway. Good size level pitches and nice outlook with large field for walking and a specific area for dogs.

Disliked: Nothing.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great campsite everything u need and great staff…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Roderick C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked: Great campsite everything u need and great staff

Recommend to friends Visit again

meeting up with friends…

Overall 8/10
Location 6
Value for money 6
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service No rating
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 4
Wifi 2
John C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: meeting up with friends

Disliked: Cars travelling through field to dog walking area, cars going fast leaving a dust trail.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great area, lovely staff, good facilities…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Dean H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: Great area, lovely staff, good facilities

Disliked: None

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Lovely large pitch, family friendly, staff are super helpful

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Dannielle B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional concrete and grass caravan site

Liked: Really well spaced pitches, clean facilities, plenty of entertainment! Sunday dinner was to die for!

Disliked: Having to come home again!

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It was a lovely site Lots of space Great cafe breakfast Good facilities and nice…

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Unpowered grass tent site

Liked: It was a lovely site
Lots of space
Great cafe breakfast
Good facilities and nice to see all the bikers

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Will return again many times!

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Daniel L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Motorcycle and tent only unpowered grass tent site (no cars)

Liked: Locals very friendly and welcoming and talk to anyone.
Cafe/Bar has great home cooked food and great selection of beers, albeit ales are bottled.
Toilets and showers were clean and well stocked.
Can park your bike next to your tent to feel a bit more relaxed about your bike security.

Disliked: Most showers were closed until it gets busier and had to go back to the one shower to see if it was free a few times.
Gravel was a bit scary riding over, but that could be just me, never ridden on gravel before so was extra cautious.

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Lovely biker atmosphere and food but very loud at night time

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 6
Wifi No rating
Molly F. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Motorcycle and tent only unpowered grass tent site (no cars)

Liked: Food was delicious
Atmosphere in the pub/cafe was really lovely
Loads of nice bikes to see
Really accessible toilets and camping was very close to the cafe

Disliked: Very noisy camping - right next to a railway and the overhead lines were crackling all night. There was also what seemed to be a permanent big green tent at the end who had their tv/radio on all night and all morning which was very loud. We were in the bike camping bit and were pitched near this tent.

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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

Route directions

Squires has a bus stop outside the main gates which can take you into Leeds city centre one way and drop off in Selby in the opposite direction (buses 402 and 403). To take the train from Leeds to Squires, travel to South Milford train station then catch the bus 402/403 to Squires. There is also a train station in Sherburn which will take you directly to York city centre train station.

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…

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

Local events

  • Leeds Festival (Thursday 21 August 2025 – Thursday 21 August 2025)

    Wetherby, England 11.4 km

  • Harrogate Autumn Flower Show (Friday 19 September 2025 – Friday 19 September 2025)

    Ripon, England 25.1 km

  • Great Yorkshire Show (Tuesday 8 July 2025 – Tuesday 8 July 2025)

    Harrogate, England 26.2 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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see site type section for details

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

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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 –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Squires Cafe Bar? From $20.70 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.