Scenic overnight parking, party noise

Found the flat parking spot (behind cafe) and the views are amazing. Alas, even though it was Tuesday night, the reviews saying noisy are true. Seemed like a large group having a party in the other corner of carpark. With earplugs in though it was no bother and slept through to a quite morning.

Beautiful spot and very handy for visiting the area. Lovely walks on the doorstep and brilliant views. Cafe opens early and does great breakfast sandwiches and excellent coffee. nice places to eat in Ilkley itself too, which os also a really nice town to visit. It is very sloping, so don't go if you desperately want to be fully level. It is also very busy however by 11 it was quiet.

It’s nice that they let you stay but it’s very sloping and we couldn’t get level enough. There were also a whole load of boy racers with their engines ready to go so we moved on…

great spot and the views unbelievable how ever it was spoilt by 5 lads in a car tooting gas with loud music and screaming and shouting at 5.30am parked right next to us the car park is quite big but they choose to park right at the side of us

beautiful park up spoiled by several cars coming and going through the night playing loud music, revving engines, shouting and beeping horns repeatedly. would use during the day but will not use again overnight

My wife chose this spot; I suspect it is a dogging spot.

We really enjoyed staying here. Amazing views, and the cafe does an excellent bacon sandwich for breakfast. Respect to Bradford Council for officially allowing overnight stops here (but only for 2 or 3 self contained vans, 2 nights max, no fires or BBQs etc). I could only find one marked bay, which was on a moderate slope. The boy racers came and went but didn't bother us.

Despite being a scenic spot we agree with several previous reviews. Ilkley seems to have more than its fair share of scumbags. Constant noisy comings and goings all night, loud music played right next to us, shouting and the ‘highlight’ having our van banged on in the headlights of a car that quickly left in a hail of gravel. Never again

Amazing views and flat area around the back of the cafe. Yes there ere lots of people here last night and they were playing some music but as soon as the sun set they left and they were all friendly. Handy bins and both sunset and sun rise were fantastic. Great walks and the Cow and calf rock are a great playground. Would come again probably only on a week night.

fantastic views. Good walking. pub just up and across the road. however as other reviews cars coming and going through the night although nobody bothered us we could hear car doors engine noise and talking which disturbed us and this was a sunday night

beautiful during the day but definitely won't be spending the night again. cars constantly in and out playing loud music . I'm not sure why they park so close when they have an empty car park

I feel bad giving it 1 star because the place is beautiful with great views until the sun goes down and the dickheads turn up they parked right behind my van on an empty car park 3 cars and blasted the music until about 2am

fantastic views and walks. super cafe with friendly staff. very busy and noisy till late at night.

Beautiful views over Ilkley from a few level-ish spots behind the cafe, main carpark is on a slope. Coupe of 'yoofs' in noisy cars with noisy music pulled in, gave absolutly no trouble (they're just enjoying the place like we are), and left soon after. Direct access to Cow & Calf Rocks and Ilkley Moor, so great dog walking & the onsite cafe (has toilets) that opens every day @ 9am for buttys