Café · Cars & bikes
The Green Welly Stop
Tyndrum, on the A82, Stirlingshire
The classic stop on the A82 towards Glen Coe and the West Highlands, with a big bike park, bike nights and riders from all over Scotland at weekends.
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Cafés, meets and motoring venues worth the drive or ride: a good breakfast, a car park full of interesting machinery and people who get it.Scotland 1
North 3
Meet venue · Cars & bikes
NY500
A169 south of Pickering, North Yorkshire
Purpose-built, family-run café for cars and bikes on the edge of the North York Moors. Open weekends 8am to 3pm, with a small museum, a display field and a club meet or autojumble most weekends.
Café · Bikes
Squires Café Bar
Sherburn in Elmet, near Leeds, North Yorkshire
“The bike mecca of the north”, a riders’ stop since it opened as Squires Milk Bar in 1954. Café, licensed bar, events room, campsite and a bike shop.
Meet venue · Cars & bikes
The Motorist
Sherburn in Elmet, near Leeds, North Yorkshire
Car and bike hub just off the A1 with meets all year, a classic car showroom, a shop, artisan coffee and The Arnage, a motoring-themed restaurant.
Wales 2
Café · Cars & bikes
Baffle Haus
A4042 near Abergavenny, and Bonvilston, South Wales
Motorcycle-themed cafés in South Wales: The Cedars on the A4042 near Abergavenny, and the Old Post at Bonvilston near Cardiff.
Café · Bikes
The Old Stores Motorbike Café
Pontblyddyn, near Mold, Flintshire
Often voted among the UK’s best motorcycle cafés, packed with thousands of pieces of bike memorabilia, with regular bike nights.
Midlands 8
Museum & events · Cars & bikes
Bicester Motion
Bicester, Oxfordshire
Former RAF airfield turned motoring and aviation centre, open to visitors through its Scramble days and other events.
Museum & events · Cars
British Motor Museum
Gaydon, junction 12 of the M40, Warwickshire
The world’s largest collection of historic British cars, with club days and shows through the year.
Meet venue · Cars & bikes
Caffeine & Machine: The Bowl
Near Millbrook, Bedfordshire
The second Caffeine & Machine, opened in 2023 and named after Millbrook Proving Ground’s banked high-speed bowl. Coffee, food and meets for cars and bikes.
Meet venue · Cars & bikes
Caffeine & Machine: The Hill
Ettington, near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Motoring coffee house, bar, restaurant and B&B in twelve acres, with everything from supercars to vintage bikes most weekends. Weekend parking is booked, and the fee comes back as food credit.
Café · Cars & bikes
Gilks’ Garage Café
Kineton, Warwickshire
Café on the B4086 at the edge of Kineton, the gateway to south Warwickshire’s best driving roads.
Café · Cars & bikes
Jacks Hill Café
A5 near Towcester, Northamptonshire
Famous truck-stop café where truckers, bikers and car enthusiasts refuel, with regular events through the year.
Museum & events · Bikes
National Motorcycle Museum
Solihull, by the NEC, West Midlands
More than 1,000 motorcycles, mostly British, with a restaurant. Just off junction 6 of the M42.
Meet venue · Cars & bikes
The Piston Club
Redhill, near Alcester, Warwickshire
Country pub from the team behind BTCC’s Power Maxed Racing, with classic car meets, autojumbles, race screenings and a campsite.
London & South East 9
Café · Cars & bikes
Ace Cafe London
North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London
The 1938 transport café that became motorcycle legend, reopened on its original site in 1997, with themed bike and car meets most weeks.
Meet venue · Bikes
Bike Shed Motorcycle Club
London, London
Motorcycle club venue with dining, a barbershop, motorcycle clothing and events. Open to everyone, with membership for regulars.
Museum & events · Cars & bikes
Brooklands Museum
Weybridge, Surrey
Museum on the site of the world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit, with car and motorcycle events through the year.
Meet venue · Cars & bikes
Caffeine & Machine: The Hut
West Meon Hut, near Petersfield, Hampshire
At the A272 and A32 crossroads in the South Downs, across the road from Loomies. Opened in 2024: coffee, food and meets for cars and bikes; closed on Mondays.
Café · Bikes
Loomies Moto Café
West Meon, Hampshire
Run by bikers for bikers, but everyone’s welcome. In the South Downs among some of southern England’s best biking roads, with a shop and a workshop.
Museum & events · Cars & bikes
National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
Beaulieu, New Forest, Hampshire
Hundreds of cars and bikes from the earliest days of motoring to land speed record breakers, with big car and bike events through the year.
Café · Cars & bikes
Route 1066 Café
A21, Robertsbridge, East Sussex
Family-run, 1950s and 60s styled café on the A21 towards Hastings, with a big car park and bike and car meets through the year.
Café · Cars & bikes
Ryka’s Café
Box Hill, near Dorking, Surrey
Roadside café at the foot of Box Hill, a Surrey meeting point for riders for decades, with some of the county’s best roads nearby.
Museum & events · Bikes
Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum
New Milton, Hampshire
Around 500 restored motorcycles, from factory racers to rare prototypes, almost all in running order, on the edge of the New Forest.
South West 1
Meet venue · Cars & bikes
Re:Fuel
Cullompton, off the M5, Devon
The South West’s cars and coffee venue: café, racing simulators and a big parking paddock, with meets for classic, modern and modified cars and bikes all year.
Descriptions come from each venue’s own website and well-known guides, checked in September 2026. We haven’t visited every one, so check opening times before you set off. Know somewhere we’ve missed? Tell us.