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
Camper sites 32
RV 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 631 Pitchup.com customers

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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

This biker-friendly spot has roomy spots & a popular cafe with tasty food. Guests love the friendly staff & lively vibe. Downsides: train noise & occasional barking dogs. Facilities are generally clean but dated, with shower token fees. Watch for potholes on the approach road.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Flexibility, welcoming attitude. This was the Yorkshire…

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8 out of 10
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Les D. 1 review

Power optional cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Flexibility, welcoming attitude.

This was the Yorkshire Rock & Bike Festival and fitted in so well.

Disliked Water tap facilities struggled to cope with festival volume

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great stay value for money

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 Lee W. 1 review

Power optional cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Location
Facilities
Bar

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Brilliant…

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10 out of 10
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Value for money
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Anonymous

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked Brilliant

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great place for a stop over.…

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Anonymous

Power optional cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Great place for a stop over. Friendly service and the bar serves lovely simple
Food. Great for breakfast in the morning.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Won’t be going again with my young family

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3 out of 10
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Value for money
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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 Carol C. 1 review

Power optional cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Cafe and friendly motorbike peeps.

Disliked The idiot grown men flying around on small scooters and electric bikes. Young children with no helmets on on electric bikes riding between young children playing on the top field. Totally illegal and one day there will be a death. Totally unresponsible. No manager around to oversee this just young people in the cafe.

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quiet night spent.…

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 Susan G. 1 review

Power optional cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked quiet night spent.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Over all chilled place we had…

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Lee C. 2 reviews

Power optional cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Over all chilled place we had a lovely weekend

Recommend to friends Visit again

Won’t be returning. Someone will be killed. Also scruffy toilet block.

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Anonymous

Power optional cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Cafe and friendly bikers and staff.

Disliked We had young children with us and the field behind us was taken over by kids on electric bikes with no helmets and no responsibility. Also adults on tiny motored scooters and quad bikes speeding all around making it unsafe for the youngsters playing ball games. Total idiots! Grown up infants who should know better.

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Dirty campsite but nice food.

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3 out of 10
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R G. 1 review

Power optional cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Food from cafe was nice and good portions. Location good for motorway, and getting to Leeds or York is only 30 mins away. Staff were friendly and helpful, they refunded me for my shower tokens as I didn't use them.

Disliked Dirty toilets/showers. Overpriced for what it was, facilities should be better kept on top of for the price. The showers were disgusting, one shower block stunk of stale smoke and damp, the newer showers were very dirty, someone had a shave and left there hairs everywhere. Loud music from other campers and people driving across site on mini electric bikes. Cigarette butt's everywhere.

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Very good experience…

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Wifi
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 Michael C. 1 review

Power optional cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Very good experience

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome Scouts welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

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

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transportation nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 sites)

Nearby leisure

Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Gray water hook-up 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

Bus
7.2 mi Bus Station Stand 1
10.2 mi York Street
10.2 mi Bus Stn
Rail
1.6 mi South Milford Rail Station
1.6 mi Micklefield Rail Station
2.5 mi Sherburn-in-Elmet Rail Station
Airport
16.3 mi Leeds Bradford International Airport
23.5 mi Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport
23.8 mi 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 2.8 mi

Xscape Castleford 5.4 mi

Royal Armouries Museum 10 mi

The Henry Moore Institute 10.6 mi

Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills 12.1 mi

National Trust

Nostell Priory and Parkland 10 mi

Goddards Garden 13.2 mi

Treasurer's House 15 mi

Beningbrough Hall and Gardens 16.7 mi

East Riddlesden Hall 25 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

LEDSTON HALL AND PARK 1.6 mi

LOTHERTON HALL 2.7 mi

FAIRBURN INGS (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 12/04/1999) 3.1 mi

Battle of Towton, 1461 4.1 mi

FRIARWOOD VALLEY GARDENS 6.6 mi

Local events

  • Leeds Festival (Thursday, August 27, 2026 – Thursday, August 27, 2026)

    Wetherby, England 7.1 mi

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?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    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 $13.49 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.