20 Fabulous Yorkshire Ice Cream Parlours
Summertime means more family days out – and what better place to spend a hot summer day than at one of these fabulous Yorkshire ice cream parlours? With the help of the Yorkshire Tots Facebook Page, I’ve put together a list of 20 fantastic Yorkshire ice cream parlours to visit with your family. Wherever you find yourself in Yorkshire, from Dewsbury to Skipsea, there’s a Yorkshire ice cream parlour waiting.
West Yorkshire and Leeds Ice Cream Parlours
Goodalls of Tong, Tong, West Yorkshire
- Manor Farm, Tong Lane, Tong Village, Tong, West Yorkshire BD4 ORP
- No website – phone 0113-285 2728 or Facebook Page
Goodalls’ award-winning ice cream is made on-site, and you can even catch a glimpse of the process in the viewing room. The tea shop features a small tearoom, outdoor picnic tables, and farm animals like ducks, donkeys, pigs, and sheep. For more details see this review.
The Milk Churn, Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Beech Grove Farm, Wetherby Rd, Scarcroft, Leeds LS14 3HQ
- The Milk Churn Website
This popular Leeds ice cream parlour offers gelato made fresh from milk produced on-site. There’s also a café and a children’s play area for families to enjoy.
Dixon’s Milk Ices, Various locations in West Yorkshire
- Huddersfield, Batley, Bradford, Halifax
- Dixons Milk Ice Website
Dixon’s Milk Ices has been a Huddersfield staple since 1961. Their secret recipe is a Yorkshire favourite. Don’t miss their speciality treats like milkshakes, the Ice Mountain, and the Slush Mush.
Kendall’s Ice Cream Factory & Cafe, Halifax, West Yorkshire
- Denholme Gate Rd, Hipperholme, Halifax HX3 8JQ
- Kendall’s Ice Cream Factory & Cafe Website
Kendall’s Ice Cream Factory and Cafe in Halifax have been serving happy customers ice cream for almost a century. Not only do they have many flavours to choose from, you can also have shakes and waffles too!
Lick Ice Cream, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
- 65 Huddersfield Rd, Holmfirth HD9 3AZ
- Lick Ice Cream Facebook Page
Lick Dairy Free Ice Cream is a delightful destination for those seeking indulgent, allergen-friendly treats. Located in Holmfirth and Bakewell, Lick offers a wide array of handcrafted vegan ice creams made from oat milk, providing a creamy texture without the use of dairy, gluten, or soy. With over 50 rotating flavours, including favourites like Raspberry Ripple, Cookies and Cream, and unique options such as Bakewell Tart and Chai, there’s something to satisfy every palate.
Yummy Yorkshire, Denby Dale, West Yorkshire
- Delph House Farm, Denby Dale, Huddersfield HD8 8XY
- Yummy Yorkshire Website
Set on a family-run dairy farm, Yummy Yorkshire serves 18 flavours of ice cream made fresh on-site. Their motto? “If you’re going to indulge, make it worth it!”
Dearne Lea Tea Room, Shelley
- Dearne Lea Tea Room, Shelley, HD8 8LJ
- Dearne Lea Tea Room Website
A perfect spot for families, Dearne Lea offers farm-made ice cream and a chance for kids to see cows and calves. Parking is free and conveniently located on-site..
North Yorkshire Ice Cream Parlours
Brymor Ice Cream Parlour, Masham, North Yorkshire
- High Jervaulx Farm, Jervaulx, Masham, North Yorkshire HG4 4PG
- Brymor Dairy Website
With over 35 flavours, including diabetic ice cream and sorbets, Brymor’s parlour is a must-visit. One reader described it as “the best on earth.”
Birchfield Ice Cream Farm, Skipton, North Yorkshire
- Oakmount House, Birchfield Farm, Summerbridge, Harrogate HG3 4JS
- Birchfield Website
Birchfield Ice Cream Farm have a great variety of flavours and also run a PYO strawberry patch and maize maze in the summer months.
Wensleydale Ice Cream Parlour and Coffee Shop, Leyburn
- Barn, Hardbanks, Thornton Rust, Leyburn DL8 3AS
- Wensleydale Ice Cream Parlour and Coffee Shop Website
You can enjoy your ice cream in a beautifully converted barn in the Yorkshire Dales when you pay a visit to Wensleydale Ice Cream Parlour.
Billy-Bob’s Parlour at the Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream Farm, Skipton, North Yorkshire
- Calm Slate Farm, Bolton Abbey BD233 6EU
- Billy Bobs Website
Billy-Bob’s Parlour at the Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream Farm serves up fantastic ice cream and shakes in a 50’s style American diner. They also have wonderful play areas suited for different ages. We had a great visit last spring – you can read our review here.
Archer’s Jersey Ice Cream at The Station Ice Cream Parlour, Richmond, North Yorkshire
- The Station Ice Cream Parlour, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4LD
- Archer’s Facebook Page
Enjoy Jersey ice cream in sundaes, cones, or milkshakes at this family-friendly spot located on the Coast-to-Coast walking path.
Curlew Fields Dairies, York
- Hessay, York YO26 8JS
- Curlew Dairy
Curlew Fields Dairies, affectionately nicknamed “the milkshake shop” by kids, is a charming café located just off the York Ring Road. Known for its delicious ice cream, coffee, cakes, and waffles, the café also features a unique milk vending machine. Visitors can fill reusable glass bottles, bring their own containers, or enjoy milk directly in a paper cup.
Alongside regular milk, the machine offers a rotating selection of flavours, including staples like chocolate, banana, and strawberry, as well as weekly specials such as pistachio and mint chocolate, which are favourites of Sarah Gabbatiss and her family from Mum, Lil & Ted.
East Yorkshire Ice Cream Parlours
Mr. Moos, Driffield, East Yorkshire
- Southfield House Farm, Hornsea Road, Skipsea, Driffield, East Yorkshire Y025 8SY
- Mr Moos Website
Mr. Moos prides itself on serving old-fashioned ice cream without artificial colouring or man-made flavouring and using mostly local ingredients. The parlour also serves ice cream sundaes, including a cow pat sundae and the six-scoop Mega Moo. There is also a farm walk you can do to burn off that ice cream after!
Poma, Beverly, East Yorkshire
- 13 Wednesday Market, Beverley HU17 0DH
- Poma Facebook Page
Poma is a family business where you can get authentic homemade artisan gelato in lovely surroundings.
Yorkshire Coast Ice Cream Parlours
Beacon Hill Ice Cream Farm, Near Whitby
- Sneaton, Whitby YO22 5HS
- Beacon Hill Farm Website
We very much enjoyed our visit to Beacon Hill Ice Cream Farm just outside of Whitby. The ice cream is made on-site, and while there, the kids can enjoy a fantastic play area or indoor bouncy castle, depending on the weather!
Harbour Bar, Scarborough
- 1-3 Sandside, Scarborough YO11 1PE
- Harbour Bar Website
Harbour Bar is where it’s at for the full seaside ice cream experience. They’ve been serving ice cream to families at the Scarborough seafront since 1945!
South Yorkshire Ice Cream Parlours
Our Cow Molly, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Cliffe House Farm, Dungworth, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S6 6GW, United Kingdom S6 6GW
- Our Cow Molly Website
Our Cow Molly is set on a working farm where ice cream is made using milk produced on the farm. They have over 30 flavours, including deluxe flavours like lemon & ginger and Bakewell tart. The ice cream can be enjoyed both indoors and outdoors, and children can also get a chance to visit the animals.
More Parlours to Try
Dearne Lea Tea Rooms & Ice Cream Parlour, Shelley
Luxury Ice Cream Company, York
Groovy Moo Gelato, Malton
Balderson’s Ice Cream Parlour, Pickering
Do you have a favourite on this list or one we’ve missed out? If so, I’d love to hear about it – tell us in the comments below.
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We visited Sally’s Coffee Shop & Ice Cream Parlour yesterday . It’s newly opened in Hanging Heaton, Batley at Springwell Farm off Mill Lane. The cafe is small but lovely with a great outdoor seating area and free bouncy castle. Lots of ice cream flavours. We had chocolate and also Rum & Raisin, and Strawberry and it was lovely. Very friendly welcome from the owners and staff. Reasonably priced. Farm shop quite good too. Nothing else to do at the moment for kids but the b. castle but our two enjoyed it, and their 99p tub of ice cream and sprinkles!
Thank you Joanne both for the suggestion and for all the information. Someone had suggested Sally’s but I couldn’t find any information about it online (possibly because it is so new) That’s not far from us. We’ll have to give it a visit. A bouncy castle and ice cream is more than enough to keep my two very happy!
You’ve missed the Dearne Lea Tea Rooms in Shepley.
A traditional and somewhat rustic place where you can see the cows being milked. Great home-cooked food but most importantly is that their ice-cream is stunning.
It certainly much better any of the other local ice-cream – plenty of flavours and very, very cheap.
http://www.dearneleatearoom.co.uk/
It sounds fantastic! Thank you for sharing – I know my kids would like to see the cows being milked!
My cousin has just moved to Yorkshire and is always going on and on about the lovely ice cream. She even ended up bringing me some! I’m going to have to come I think 🙂
I LOVE this post. I need someone to do one for Lancashire now. But thats not to say I won’t travel!! x x x x
It’s worth the drive 😉
Goodhalls ice cream parlour in tong village,Bradford. Gorgeous ice cream and the kids can look at the animals(goats,pigs,ducks,donkeys etc) my kids absolutely love it.
We love Goodall’s too! It’s a really nice place for kids – we live near so we go quite often!
I realise that this post is originally from 2014 but the Milk Bar in Hebden Bridge has shut down. They were badly damaged in the floods and have decided not to re-open according to their Facebook page.
Thank you Rebecca. I will update this!
Goodalls of Tong is in Tong, not Hebden Bridge! And it is delicious.
ah.. you’re right Hannah. It’s changed!
Love this post! I have bookmarked it for our next trip to Yorkshire. I think you may have inspired me to write a similar post for the NE x
ohh.. if you do let me now and I’ll give it a share! It was a fun post to write 🙂
Ooooh such a lovely lot of ice cream parlours – we have a lot where I live too. Pickle adores ice cream 🙂 Kaz x
It’s hard to beat a nice ice cream!
Another place to add to your suggestions is Williams Den in North Cave.
They produce a great selection of homemade ice creams that are both available to eat at Williams Den but also to take away as well.
Williams Den is an outdoor and indoor activity centre for children with den making, tree climbing etc, however you do not have to go to the activity centre to go and try their food.
It is definitely one to try!
Wow! Are you going back again?
Old post I know but Wensleydale Icecream Parlour near Ausgarth on the road between Leyburn and Hawes . They do a delicious lemon curd icecream made from their dairy cows and Raydale Preserves Lemon Curd. Good stopping off point with cafe in their converted barn.
https://wensleydale-icecream.co.uk/parlour/
https://www.raydalepreserves.co.uk/