2024 Yorkshire Strawberry U-Pick Farms and Orchards

Strawberry U-Pick Orchards in Yorkshire in 2024, by county

Below are the PYO orchards and farms for strawberries that we know of in this area. Not all areas have strawberries orchards or farms that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!

Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!

PLEASE report closed farms, broken links and incorrect info using the "Report Corrections" form below.

North Yorkshire

• The Balloon Tree Farm Shop & Cafe - blackberries, blueberries, currants (red and black), gooseberries, pumpkins, raspberries (red), rhubarb, strawberries, Local honey from within 50 miles, Fresh eggs, U-pick and already picked, farm market, gift shop, bakery, picnic area
  Stamford Bridge Road Gate Helmsley, York, YO41 1NB. Phone: 01759 373023. Email: info@theballoontree.co.uk. Open: every day of the week; Farm Shop from 9 am until 5:30 pm in the Summer (5 pm close in the Winter); Cafe open from 9 am until 5 pm in the Summer (4:30 pm in the Winter); Please call or visit our website to confirm opening times. Directions: Find us on the A166 traveling east of York in the direction of Bridlington. We are on the left hand side of the main road between Gate Helmsley and Stamford Bridge. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, All credit cards, AndroidPay, ApplePay. We have been growing soft fruit for over 20 years; The season runs from beginning of June to end of August, depending on the crop; We have lots of other homegrown superfresh vegetables too. Payment: Cash, Cheque, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard. This multi award winning farmshop and cafe is a great day out for the whole family. It specialises in â€˜superfresh’ homegrown fruit & vegetables and rare breed meats. ‘Superfresh’ means picked from the fields and sold within hours/minutes cutting out the food miles. Both shop and cafe offer the finest homemade food including quiches, scones, soups and seasonal dishes. The cafe sweets trolley comes highly recommended offering various award winning cakes and puddings. Landscaped cafe garden, children's play area and animal corner. PYO.
  Typical crop availability (always phone before you go to check availability).
  PYO Strawberries & Ready Picked Ready Early-Mid May & end of August
  PYO Raspberries Ready Mid-late June & end of August.
  PYO Gooseberries Ready Early-Mid June & Early July.
  PYO Currants (Red, Black & White) Ready Mid June & Mid July.
  PYO Peas Ready Mid June & end of July.
  PYO Broad Beans Ready Mid June & end of July.
  PYO Blueberries Ready Mid-Late July & Mid August.
  PYO Plums Ready Beg August & end of August.
  PYO Blackberries Ready Beg Sep - End Sep.
  PYO Pumpkins Ready for Halloween.
  Click here for our Facebook page.
  Click here for our Instagram page.
  (UPDATED: September 03, 2023) (UPDATED: April 18, 2019, JBS) (UPDATED: July 21, 2009)
• Birchfield Family Dairies - PYO strawberries, corn maze, dairy ice cream
  Summer Bridge, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG3 4JS, UK. Phone: 01423 781792. Alternate phone: 07763 191458. Email: birchfieldicecream@live.co.uk. Open: 10 am to 5 pm daily. (UPDATED: 17 June 2023, JBS) (ADDED: July 13, 2015, JBS)
• Cedarbarn Farm Shop - PYO strawberries, farm shop, fresh meats,
  Thornton Road, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7JX. Phone: 01751 475614. Email: info@cedarbarnfarmshop.co.uk. Open: See their website for for hours and availability. Directions: See their website for directions. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. The Cedarbarn shop is an Aladdin’s Cave of the most delicious food you can imagine, and it’s all either home-grown or locally-sourced.The shop's main attraction is probably its fresh meat counter, but we sell much more besides! The products we make from our own meat are incredibly popular, especially our famous Aberdeen Angus steak pies, which have been prai(UPDATED: 17, June 2023, JBS)sed in Yorkshire Life magazine. We also have a fabulous range of deli products including roast beef, pork and ham, plus the very best quality pork pies, Scotch eggs and sausage rolls - perfect picnic food! Of course our own fruit and vegetables are always available in season, along with a tempting selection of fresh bread and cakes. There's also a carefully chosen range of fresh produce and groceries from some of North Yorkshire's finest suppliers: Shepherd's Purse cheeses, Stockdale's free range eggs, Whitby Seafish smoked fish, Wold Top Brewery ales and Yorkshire Rapeseed oil, to name but a few. We also make our own ready meals which are definitely a cut above the norm! They include Our 'award winning' Aberdeen Angus Braised Steak with Wold Top Bitter, Aberdeen Angus Cottage Pie, Lamb Curry, Fish Pie, Beef or Vegetarian Lasagne and Leek and Stilton Crumble - they're all delicious. And to follow we even have traditional home-made puddings such as Jam Roly Poly and Sticky Toffee Pudding with real creamy custard. Go on, treat yourself! Come in for a browse to see what a fine selection of foods we have. We're sure you won't leave empty-handed! (ADDED: August 08, 2017, Suggested by a visitor)
• Fruity Berry Fruit Farm - currants (red and black), gooseberries, raspberries (red), strawberries,
  Barraca nr Dishforth, Thirsk, YO7 3DB. Phone: 07772 716564. Email: mbean1@hotmail.com. Open: 2015 Monday to Sunday 0pen from 10:30am Cash Only. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. All fruit available now (mid July). Payment: Cash, only. 8 hole Mini Golf just £1 per person Refreshments, Ice cream Picnic Area. (UPDATED: 16 June 2023, JBS) (UPDATED: June 02, 2017) (UPDATED: July 16, 2015) (ADDED: May 12, 2013)
• Kemps Farm - raspberries (red), strawberries, concessions / refreshment stand, porta-potties
  Glebe Farm Barton-le-Street, Malton, YO17 6PP. Phone: 07798937821. Email: info@kemps.farm. Open: Friday Saturday and Sunday 10am to 5pm. Open: Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Picking updates: Click here for picking updates. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Strawberry picking is generally mid June to early August. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard. Click here for our Facebook page. We also sell our own jam, rapeseed oil and beef. (ADDED: July 08, 2019)
• Pearsons Soft Fruits - strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, black currants and red currants
  Strawberry Fields, Friars Hill, Sinnington, York, North Yorkshire YO62 6SL. Phone: 01751 433380. Email: psfruits@aol.com. Our farm shop is open throughout the year but during the summer season we have a wide range of soft fruits. All our fruits; strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, blackcurrants and redcurrants are grown by us here at Sinnington. We also grow and sell our own home-grown new potatoes and a selection of vegetables. Our fields are open during the season for Pick Your Own and ready picked fruit. Our pick your own season usually starts late June. Ripening of soft fruit is weather dependent so please ring to check availability or place an order to avoid disappointment. (UPDATED: July 11, 2015, JBS)
• Sherry Soft Fruit - strawberries, Raspberries.
  Beechwood, Malton Road, York, YO3 9TD. Phone:  01904 422766. Directions: From the A64 York by-pass, take the A166 in a North-Easterly direction towards Gate Helmsley, for just over a mile. Take the Right turn to Dunnington, ( Church Balk ) and the entrance to the fruit field is immediately on your Left. Opening times: 9am to 8pm, 7 days a week in season: please check by phoning.
• Spilmans Summer Fruits - blackberries, currants (red and black), gooseberries, peas, raspberries (Autumn, yellow), strawberries, pumpkins
  Church Farm, Sessay, Thirsk, YO7 3NB. Phone: 01845 501623. Email: spilmanfarming@gmail.com. Open: Monday - Sunday from 9am to 6pm, 22nd June to 31st July, pumpkins in October. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Please contact us for updates on the different fruit seasons. Payment: Cash, Cheque. Click here for our Facebook page. Ee grow soft fruits, pumpkins and rear our own lamb and beef. We also have a farm shop, cafe and play barn. (UPDATED: 30 October 2020 JBS) (ADDED: June 22, 2012)
• Stokesley Soft Fruit - soft fruit
  Pannierman Lane, Great Ayton, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS9 6PP. Phone: 01642 723703.
  A visitor writes on June 22, 2009: "We stopped in here today to see what was up, and talked to a nice lady who said they had bought the place last Nov (2008). She says it needs a lot of work, and the fruit fields are full of weeds, but they are hoping to have it back in order for Summer 2010. Watch This Space!"
  When they re-open, please write to me, to let me know!

South Yorkshire

• Birchin Lee Farm & Nurseries - strawberries, Raspberries, Currants and Gooseberries
  Dronfield Woodhouse, Sheffield, S18 8WS. Phone: 0114 289 0225. Open: 10am to 6pm Summer,  10am to 5pm Winter.  Directions: We are on the B6054 Sheffield to Holmesfield Road at Dronfield Woodhouse. Turn right 200 yards past the Tee junction to Dronfield. Both PYO and already picked. Late Summer and Winter vegetables. Spring and Autumn Bedding Plants and Bulbs.
• Eastfield Farm Soft Fruit - beetroot, blackberries, broad beans, currants (red and black), gooseberries, raspberries (red), raspberries (Spring, red), raspberries (Autumn, red), raspberries (yellow), raspberries (Spring, yellow), raspberries (Autumn, yellow), raspberries (Spring, black), strawberries,
  Eastfield Farm Tickhil, Doncaster, DN11 9JD. Phone: 07748 430026. Fax: 01302 750838. Email: Strawberryj8@aol.com. Open: 7 days a week during our picking season, generally early/mid June to end July weather dependant . Directions: We are close to the A1. M18 and M1. five miles south of Doncaster and 20 to 30 minutes from Rotherham and Sheffield. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Cheque. (UPDATED: October 30, 2014) (UPDATED: December 17, 2009)
• Peaks Top Farm - strawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, blackberries, apples, plums, honey and a B&B
  Hewitts Avenue, New Waltham, Grimsby, DN36 4RS. Phone: 01472 812941. Open: All year round; 7 days a week through the main season 10am - 5pm. Email: info@peakstopfarm.com. The soft fruit at Peaks Top Farm includes over 2 hectares of strawberries, a ‘table-top’ strawberry growing system, 5 poly-tunnels plus outdoor bush and cane fruit such as raspberries, black and redcurrants along with 3 varieties of gooseberries. Our fruit season usually starts mid June until late July depending on the weather. Strawberries and gooseberries begin the season, with the raspberries, red and blackcurrants towards the end of June through July. We are open We welcome all members of the public to come to the farm and ‘pick your own’ fruit. At a little extra cost we have a ready picked service for all our fruit if you don’t have the time to pick your own. Our blackberries come into fruit later in the year; generally around August. Once October arrives we move into our orchard to begin picking apples and plums. We grow 4 varieties of apples (Scrumptious, Russet and Falstaff eaters and Bramley cooking apples). The 2 varieties of plums are Victoria and Czar. Depending on yield we also aim to have rhubarb available in season. small restaurant. (UPDATED: July 11, 2015, JBS) (Suggested by a visitor, ADDED: July 15, 2009)
  A visitor writes on July 15, 2009: "very nice"

East Yorkshire

• Eastfield Farm, Holly, Pick Your Own Strawberries - strawberries,
  South Leys Rd, Hollym Withernsea, Humberside, HU19 2SF. Phone: 01964 612221. Email: harjob@aol.com. Open: In season seven days a week please call or see our facebook page for details. Directions: Follow the A1033 from Hull to Withernsea, at Hollym turn right following the big strawberry signs. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. Click here for our Facebook page. (ADDED: June 13, 2011)
• Grange Farm Fruits - raspberries (red), strawberries,
  Alison Lane Ulrome, Near Driffield, YO25 8TR. Phone: 07761 108976. Email: mark.jackson5@btconnect.com. Open: 7 days per week from 10am to 6pm. Directions: We are located on the B1242 Skipsea to Hornsea Road. We are open June till August for delicious tasting Strawberries and Raspberries. Payment: Cash, only. We sell Homemade Jam made from our own Strawberries and Raspberries, Home grown New Potatoes along with Local Honey, Chutneys, pickles and Local rapeseed Oil. (ADDED: January 15, 2010) (UPDATED: January 16, 2010)
• Marton Manor Farm - raspberries, strawberries,
  Flamborough Road, Sewerby, Bridlington, Yorkshire, UK, YO15 1DU. Phone: 01262 672522. Email: martonmanor@btconnect.com. Directions: on B1255 between Bridlington and Flamborough . We are open June, July, August. Our hours are: every day 10am-5pm. (UPDATED: July 11, 2015, JBS)
• Scalby Grange Farm - beetroot, blackberries, broad beans, broccoli, currants (red and black), gooseberries, peas, potatoes, raspberries (red), strawberries, other vegetables,
  Scalby Lane Gilberdyke, Brough, HU15 2UJ. Phone: 07977955968. Email: wilson.pat@tiscali.co.uk. Open: Daily from 10 am to 6 pm, mid June to mid August. Directions: We are situated next door to the Yorkshire Garden Centre in between Gilberdyke and Newport. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Cheque. Homemade Jams and Pickles. (ADDED: March 14, 2011)

West Yorkshire

• Copleys Corn Maze and PYO - PYO strawberries, corn maze, Jumping Pillow, mini wagon ride, haybale mountain, tyre mountain, inflatables, pedal carts
  Ravensknowle Farm, Pontefract Road, Purston Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 5AF. Phone 01977 600200. Email: info@farmercopleys.co.uk. Open: from 18th July 2015; Farm Shop & Moo Cafe Open 7 Days A Week; Strawberry PYO Open daily 9am until 4pm. The Fun Park is 10 acres in size which is massive (you could fit 8 full size football pitches or 2700 cars in 10 acres) 7 Acres is the actual corn maze. The Maize grows to 8 ft tall. The Corn Café provides proper coffee the same as we are famous for in MOO Café. The menu includes freshly cooked burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, popcorn, scones with clotted cream and homemade jam. Alternatively the wrist band you get at admissions will allow you to wander over to MOO Café and have lunch, see the animals (in the small open farm) and pop back into the Maze and fun park later, with no hassle. See we’ve thought of most things! We also have the ice cream van, with Birchfield Dairies Homemade Jersey ice cream. Pumpkin Festival: 10:00 am until 4pm; 25th to 31st October; No Admission Charge - Sensible Footware recommended. See this page for more information. (ADDED: July 13, 2015, JBS)
• Horsforth Pick Your Own - pumpkins, raspberries (red), strawberries, concessions / refreshment stand, porta-potties
  West End Lane Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5ES. Phone: 07798937821. Email: pyostrawberry@gmail.com. Open: During the strawberry and raspberry picking season Monday to Sunday 10am to 7pm. Open: Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Picking updates: Click here for picking updates. Directions: Please see web site for more details www.kemps.farm. Click here for a map and directions. Strawberry season is generally mid June to late July early August Raspberry season is generally mid July to mid August Pumpkin season is generally mid October to 31st October. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard. Click here for our Facebook page. We also sell our own jam, rapeseed oil and beef Tractor and trailer rides are available at weekends. (ADDED: July 08, 2019)

Strawberry Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

Strawberries typically begin from mid- May in the south and central England, and a couple of weeks later in the north and Scotland. They typically continue through June and into July. Beyond that, some farms plant later bearing varieties, day neutral varieties and "everbearers, so they may have strawberries to pick until frost. But to be sure of a good harvest, go early in the season, from mid May through June.

Of course, it highly depends upon microclimates (earlier in warmer western coastal areas) and the varieties planted by each farm. The timing, quality and quantity of the strawberry crop varies considerably, so always check with the farm's website or Facebook page - or even call them before you go to the farm. 

Before you leave to go to the farm:

1. Always call before you go to the farm - strawberries are affected by weather (both rain and cooler temperature) more than most crops. And when they are in season, a large turnout can pick a field clean before noon, so CALL first!
2. Leave early. On weekends, then fields may be picked clean by NOON!
    
3. Most growers furnish picking containers designed for strawberries, but they may charge you for them; be sure to call before you go to see if you need to bring containers.
   
   
   If you use your own containers, remember that heaping strawberries more than 5 inches deep will bruise the lower berries. Plastic dishpans, metal oven pans with 3 inch tall sides and large pots make good containers. I like the Glad storage containers like the one at right.
4. Bring something to drink and a few snacks; you'd be surprised how you can work up a thirst and appetite! And don't forget hats and sunscreen for the sun. Bugs usually aren't a problem, but some deet might be good to bring along if it has been rainy.

Tips on How to Pick Strawberries

1. Grasp the stem just above the berry between the forefinger and the thumbnail and pull with a slight twisting motion.

2. With the stem broken about one-half inch from the berry, allow it to roll into the palm of your hand.

3. Repeat these operations using both hands until each holds 3 or 4 berries. 

4. Carefully place - don't throw - the fruit into your containers. Repeat the picking process with both hands.

5. Don't overfill your containers or try to pack the berries down.

General Picking Tips

Whether you pick strawberries from your garden or at a Pick-Your-Own farm, here are a few tips to keep in mind:

1. Be careful that your feet and knees do not damage plants or fruit in or along the edge of the row.
   
2. Pick only the berries that are fully red. Part the leaves with your hands to look for hidden berries ready for harvest.
   
3. To help the farmers, also remove from the plants berries showing rot, sunburn, insect injury or other defects and place them between the rows behind you. If they are left in the plants, the rot will quickly spread to other berries.
   
4. Berries to be used immediately may be picked any time, but if you plan to hold the fruit for a few days, try to pick in the early morning or on cool, cloudy days. Berries picked during the heat of the day become soft, are easily bruised and will not keep well.
   
5. Avoid placing the picked berries in the sunshine any longer than necessary. It is better to put them in the shade of a tree or shed than in the car trunk or on the car seat. Cool them as soon as possible after picking. Strawberries may be kept fresh in the refrigerator for two or three, depending upon the initial quality of the berry. After a few days in storage, however, the fruit loses its bright colour and fresh flavor and tends to shrivel.
   
6. For interesting and fun strawberry facts and trivia from the California Strawberry Commission, click here!

When you get home

1. DON'T wash the berries until you are ready to use them. Washing makes them more prone to spoiling.
2. Pour them out into shallow pans and remove any mushed, soft or rotting berries
3. Put a couple of days supply into the fridge, wash and cut the caps (green tops) off the others and freeze them up! (Unless you're going to make jam right away) See this page about how to freeze strawberries.
4. If you like the strawberries you picked, ask the farm what variety they planted, and not the weather conditions the week or two before. The flavor of a strawberry is affected by the variety, the weather and the degree of ripeness when picked.
5. Now, get ready to make strawberry jam. It is VERY easy - especially with our free strawberry jam instructions - they're illustrated and easy.

Strawberry Recipes, Canning and Freezing Strawberries

• How to freeze strawberries!
• Strawberry jam (with pectin) (uses less sugar or honey and less cooking)
• Strawberry jam (without pectin) (requires much more sugar and cooking)
• Strawberry (and other berry) jams without sugar
• Strawberry jelly
• Strawberry-rhubarb jam!
• Homemade strawberry ice cream (regular, low fat, nonfat, low sugar, vanilla and even gelato)
• Canning strawberries
• Make gourmet chocolate-covered strawberries
• How to make fruit juice - strawberry and other berries
• Strawberry pie filling
• Strawberry pie
• Easy Rhubarb-Strawberry pie
• Fig-strawberry jam
• Fig-strawberry jam, made with Jello gelatin

Strawberry Facts, Measurements and Tips

• Picking the best strawberries: Select firm, fully red berries. Strawberries DO NOT continue ripen after they are picked! In the photo, only the berry on the far right is completely ripe.
• Strawberry festivals: Most areas that grow strawberries have a strawberry festival, at which you can taste all kinds of fresh strawberry foods, pies, jams, cakes - and most commonly, fresh strawberry shortcake. To find out where and when there is one near you, see this page for a list of strawberry festivals in the UK!
• Strawberries measurements: government agriculture websites tell us that
  1 quart = 2 pints = 4 cups and is about the same as 1 liter and
  1 quart of fresh strawberries weighs 1 lbs to 1.25 lbs (or 450 to 600 g). Of course, the weight varies on variety and weather conditions.
  1 quart is normally enough for 4 servings, although I'll admit my son can eat 1 pint by himself!
• How much to pick? In general, 1 quart of fresh, whole, just-picked strawberries = approximately 3.5 cups (828 g) hulled, whole berries. In other words, removing the caps/hulls and the occasional mushy berry means you lose 1/4 cup to 1/2 (60 g to 120 g))(it depends how much fruit you remove with the hull) or about 7 to 12% of every quart you pick.
• One cup of strawberries contains only about 50 calories
• U-pick strawberries are much healthier than store-bought. Consumer reports says store bought strawberries have so many pesticide and fungicide residues on they, that they don't recommend you eat them at all!
• U-pick strawberry farms typically sell berries by the pound. 1 lbs (450 g) of fresh strawberries is about 2/3 of a quart/liter.
• It takes about 10 to 15 minutes to pick a quart, if the berries are reasonably plentiful
• The strawberry plant adapts to wide variety of soil conditions, but does not tolerate drought well, and the berries quickly rot if the weather is rainy. For this reason, the plants are usually grown on raised beds through plastic mulch!
• Cultivation of strawberries began in Europe in the 1300's, but the berry only became very popular in the early 1900's in California.
• Do the math and be careful not to over-purchase as strawberries quickly mold when left at room temperature, and only last a couple of days in the refrigerator.
• You can easily freeze berries that you cannot use right away - just wash, cut the hulls off and pop them into a ziplock bag, removing as much air as possible. Those vacuum food sealers REALLY do a good job of this! The berries will keep for many months frozen without air.
• Want to grow your own strawberries? Here's an article about how to: Strawberries are an Excellent Fruit for the Home Garden, HYG-1424-98!
• See this page for many more fun and interesting strawberry facts, nutritional information and trivia

Other weird strawberry facts

• Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside.
• Strawberries were originally called strewberries because the fruit was 'strewn' amongst the leaves of the plant.

More conversions

1 pint (2 cups) of fresh whole strawberries

• = about 8 oz (1/2 lb, 225 g) of strawberries
• = 2.25 cups of sliced strawberries
• = 1 cup pureed strawberries
• = 12-14 large strawberries

2 quarts of fresh strawberries are needed for a 9" pie

A 10 oz / 280gpackage of frozen berries is about the same as 1 cup of sliced fresh strawberries

Strawberries - Average 2024 (most recent ) retail price per pound and per cup equivalent,
Form	Average retail price		Preparation yield factor	Size of a cup equivalent	Unit	Average price per cup equivalent
Fresh *1		per kilogram	0.94	0.320	Kg
Frozen *2		per kilogram	1	0.331	Kg
1 - Includes regular strawberries. Excludes jumbo and long-stemmed varieties. The Standard Reference (SR) reports that inedible caps and stems account for 6 percent of the retail weight, implying a preparation yield of 94 percent, when strawberries are eaten raw.
2 - Excludes strawberries with added sugar or other sweeteners. Includes unsweetened strawberries. Consumers are assumed to eat the berries in frozen form without further preparation.
Source: USDA, Economic Research Service calculations from 2020 Circana (formerly Information Resources, Inc. [IRI]) OmniMarket Core Outlets (formerly InfoScan) data; the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR), Legacy Release; and the Food Patterns Equivalents Database (FPED) 2017–18 as well as the FPED's accompanying Methodology and User Guide.

References:

• University of Illinois Extension
• Driscolls
• Ohio State University Extension