Where are the Biker Cafes or meeting spots...

[reddeviljp]

within a 50/60 mile radius of London?

As I haven't got a clue where these places are I need some help from the good people of BikeChat.

Now that June is approaching and I've got a lot of weekday time on my hands I'd like to ride out to some of the known haunts.

Any recommendations, people?
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[Clutchy]

Have you been to Ace cafe, in park royal? Gets pretty crazy down there sometimes, thousands of bikes on a good night too.
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[reed]

Honda Cafe by lydden on a Wednesday night, not hugely amazing, but something to do and a relatively decent ride down to the Adelaide cafe after, which is usually a bit bussier.
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[reed]

Honda Cafe by lydden on a Wednesday night, not hugely amazing, but something to do and a relatively decent ride down to the Adelaide cafe after, which is usually a bit bussier.
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[chickenstrip]

Silver Ball, Herts
Boxhill, nr Dorking
High Beach, Epping Forest
Halfway House, Southend Rd
Finchingfield gets a few on a sunny Sunday.

And other than the Ace, that's all I can think of.

[Fizzer Thou]

The https://www.oakdenecafe.co.uk/ is usually quite busy on a Wednesday evening during the dry warm weather and a focal point for groups that meet there before riding off on a Sunday morning.
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[willis1337]

Bury Hill (v busy on a sunny sunday)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir//50.8886612,-0.5767686/@50.8892602,-0.5766399,17z/data=!4m3!4m2!1m0!1m0?hl=en

Loomies cafe

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir//Loomies+Cafe/@51.0302919,-1.071227,17z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x28718c2185e79551!2m2!1d-1.076359!2d51.030275?hl=en

Okay maybe a bit more than 50 miles but decent places to ride to from London. Maybe contemplate a Tuesday afternoon / night ride down to Poole for their bike night (every Tuesday in the summer). Supposed to be quite busy, but yet to go myself. https://www.poolebikenight.net/
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[willis1337]

Oops forgot, Wessons is a great cafe too:

https://wessonscafe.com/
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[MarJay]

H cafe near Wallingford:

H Cafe, Oxford Rd, Dorchester, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 7LY, United Kingdom
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[recman]

The Super Sausage is probably within range, depending on where in London you are. Highly recommended, very good grub.
It gets busy but the owner has wisely set up an external tea hut to ease congestion in the cafe itself from which you can order sausage/bacon rolls.
https://www.supersausagecafe.co.uk/

+1 for the Silver Ball btw, its just round the corner from one the greatest biking roads known to man, well me anyway.

[reddeviljp]

Excellent. Thanks for you helpful advice, people. Karma for all suggestions.

The Super Sausage might be my next one to visit as I visited the Silver Ball yesterday and it was empty Owner appeared a bit of a miserable bastard when I asked for a bacon roll: 'What? We don't do rolls. You can have a sandwich.'

Where was the 'greatest biking roads known to man' Recman? The A10 was a good burn until I realised that my Fazer was eating the fuel and slowed down.
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[Muscle Bike Rider]

Here you go, this is my list of all known to me cafes.

Oakdene Cafe - Wrotham Heath Maidstone TN15 7RR
https://www.oakdenecafe.co.uk/


Chalet Cafe - Horsham RH13 8DU
https://thebreakfastmenu.com/posts/West%20Sussex/Cowfold/the-chalet-transport-cafe-hi-de-hi/


Rykas - Dorking RH5 6BY
https://www.boxhill.co.uk/


Loomies- Hampshire GU32 1JX
https://www.loomies.co.uk/about.htm


Rye - Sussex TN31 7DA
https://kentsussexbikers.com/



Devils Dyke - Brighton BN1 8YJ
https://www.vintageinn.co.uk/thedevilsdykebrighton/



Whiteways Cafe - Arundel Sussex BN18 9FD
https://www.facebook.com/whiteways?fref=ts



H's Cafe - Dorchester On Thames Oxfodrshire OX10 7LY
https://www.facebook.com/hcafeuk?fref=ts



Wessons Cafe - Horam TN21 0ER
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wessons-cafe/129053103793356?fref=ts



Sea Lane Cafe - Goring by the Sea
https://www.sealanecafe.co.uk/index.php



Maderia Cafe - Brighton BN2 1PS
https://madeirabikercafe.com/



The Barn - Newlands Corner Guildford Surrey GU4 8SE
https://www.thebarnnewlandscorner.co.uk/


Ace Cafe - London NW10 7UD
https://www.ace-cafe-london.com/



Berts Tea Hut - High Beech, Loughton, Epping Forest IG10 4AF
https://mikeandthebikes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/berts-tea-hut-epping-forest-271012.html


Super Sausage Cafe, Watling Street, Potterspury,
Towcester, Northampton, NN12 7QD.
https://www.supersausagecafe.co.uk/
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[FriendlyEllis]

If you'll go so far as Super Sausage try
https://www.jackshillcafe.com
Just north of Towcester. Really good breakfast and more laid back.

I find Sausage for socialising, Jacks for a quiet break.

A good route would be from M25, A41 to Aylesbury, then A413 via Buckingham, up through Whittlebury, to A43 then into Towcester.

You can blast back to London down the A5 or M1 or trickle back through Bucks or Northamptonshire/Hertfordshire?
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[recman]

[reddeviljp]

Top list, Kwakerz Many thanks.

Thanks for the advice, Friendly. Jacks on the list, too.

Recman, I'll put that road on my list. The road from the M11 which meets the A10 north of Harlow was a good ride and not very busy, either.
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[Amber Phoenix]

I have a few listed here:
https://www.beginnerbiker.com/london-biker-haunts/

But most have been covered by the others. Looks like I'll have to update my list!

The main ones missed at Borough Market (Wed evenings) and Muffs.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[P.]

If you head down Oakdene, give us a shout. Im literally round the corner.

[_Iain_]

[P.]

[waffles]

Ditto about the Oakdene, I'm about ten minutes away their BBQ is usually alright for burgers etc on a nice evening.
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[Fizzer Thou]

Apparently there has been a disperal order placed on the Oakdean by plod because of the crowds and the stunting going on.Plod may well start to issue s.59s to those who do not move on.

I would like to see how they might attempt to move several hundred people on, especially if everyone parks in the cafes parking area and walks indoors.It would be good if the Oakdean cafes owners were to make a complaint of harrassment of their customers if plod then try it on
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[waffles]

Fo realz?

Is it just because of the stunters or the general gathering of scary bikers? That would be a massive shame if police do start moving people on, I would like to think the cafe owners would do something to keep the Wednesday night thing going as I bet it brings in a fair few pounds midweek. Boo!
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[P.]

Perhaps down to the legend who covered his plate and flew past marked police bikes and other emergency services on the back wheel.

[waffles]

Slow round of applause for that special snowflake

Apparently it runs until October.
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