WHAT
Ice cream parlour
WHERE
M6, Junction 40; 9 mins
WHEN
Mon–Sun 11am-5pm
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
Disabled access
Free WiFi for visitors
Vegetarian or vegan options
Gluten-free options
Parking available onsite
Recycling/sustainability practices
A family-run dairy farm at the edge of the Eden Valley and Lake District, people flock here for the ice cream – all 40 fabulous flavours of it. Choose from Just Jersey classic, mint choc chip, tiramisu, passion fruit, trifle, raspberry pavlova and a host of other delicious concoctions.
The charming, circular café is housed in a former gin case (horse-powered engine house: ask farmers Steve and Claire how it used to help thresh the harvest) and serves good tea and coffee along with traybakes and freshly made waffles; you can watch the milking on cow cam which shows the threerobots that work 24-hours a day milking the free-range cows. Kids can burn off the ice cream in the playground at the front, which has a large, wooden play frame, ride on a tractor circuit for under-eights and charge about in oodles of space.
Be sure to visit the adorable calves in the barn alongside the café to meet the next generation of ice cream makers.
Abbott Lodge Jersey Ice Cream,
Abbott Lodge, Clifton,
CA10 2HD
Tel - 01931 712720
Email - Send email to Abbott Lodge Jersey Ice Cream
Web - www.abbottlodgejerseyicecream.co.uk
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