The Flower Belt

Name: The Flower Belt
Address: York YO62 5EE, York, YO62 5EE, GB
Telephone: 07710161544

York

Courtesy of The Flower Belt

BUGGY FRIENDLY

Yes

What it’s like

Cut your own flowers from a working field, with a pumpkin patch in autumn and a café instead of a picnic spot.

This is a pick-your-own field rather than a garden centre, so the main job is walking the rows with a pair of scissors and working out which blooms are actually going to survive the drive home. It runs weekends only, and turning up on spec is fine as there's no booking system to wrestle with.

Beyond the flowers there's a bit of a browse to be had among gifts and seasonal stalls, and once autumn comes round the field turns over to a pumpkin patch, which is the bit that'll stick in a child's memory more than the flowers probably will. The ground is a proper field, uneven in patches and changeable with the weather, so it's not the place for your best shoes, though the site reckons most pushchairs and wheelchairs manage the grass paths without too much bother.

Food comes from The Honey Tap on site, doing pizzas, coffee and baked treats with vegan and gluten-free options, and that's deliberate: picnics and your own food aren't allowed, so budget for a coffee and a slice rather than a packed lunch. There's parking in the field itself, plus disabled parking near the entrance and the usual toilets and baby change.

Worth knowing before you plan a Harrogate trip alongside this one: that site's shut for the year and not due back until 2026, so York is the one open now.

Facilities

Accessible toilet

Baby change

Blue badge parking

Café

Parking

Pushchair friendly

Toilets

Vegetarian options

Wheelchair accessible

Need to know

Food: The Honey Tap on-site café serves pizzas, coffee, tea, baked treats, and drinks
Picnics: Not allowed. Visitors encouraged to use The Honey Tap café instead
Dogs: Policy not specified on site

Weekends only, 10am to 5pm, closed Monday to Friday
No picnics, no matter how tempting the field looks for one
Wear boots rather than trainers, the ground's a working field
Autumn brings the pumpkin patch alongside the flowers

Plan your visit

Do we need to book?

No, just turn up. It's open Saturdays and Sundays, 10am to 5pm.

Can we bring a picnic?

Own food and drink aren't allowed on site. The Honey Tap café does pizzas, hot drinks and bakes instead, including gluten-free and vegan options.

Is it OK with a pushchair or wheelchair?

The field paths are grass and can get uneven, especially after rain, but the site says most pushchairs and wheelchairs manage the main visitor areas fine.