During the little heat wave we had last week we decided we needed some ice cream to cool us down so we headed off in search of a Yorkshire ice cream parlour I had heard about through Delicious Yorkshire. Charlotte’s Real Jersey Ice Cream Parlour is near Huddersfield on the hills overlooking the beautiful Denbydale – consequently the views from the parlour and its grounds are fantastic. They serve up a mind boggling 30 flavours of ice cream made from the milk of their herd of Jersey cows that graze on the hills. Obviously there are various different types of cone and toppings available, not to mention sundaes, ice cream cakes and more ordinary cafe food too. I decided to try the fudge ice cream and Millie had strawberry in a teddy bear cone – both were really tasty and creamy and the teddy cone was a novelty. These were around £1.60 each, which i didn’t think was bad value.
We decided to sit outside as the weather was so lovely and there’s an assortment of picnic tables to choose from amidst the other attractions that the parlour has to offer. I have to say, it is a bit of an ecclectic mix, but it seemed to work. Firstly there’s an outdoor play area complete with wooden tractors and animals to climb on and some slides. Surrounding this there’s also an array of animal enclosure’s to see incuding goats, sheep, donkeys, hens, peacocks, ducks and of course the cows. This is all free, and Millie managed to while away a lot of time playing and chatting to the animals, which was fab and relaxing for me!
Here comes the slightly odd bit – there is also a miniature train for children to ride (£2) and a pitch & put course (£3) which must have the best views of any pitch & put course I’ve ever seen! Millie had a go on the train, which went around it’s track and through it’s tunnel 5 times for the money and had lots of things to look at along the way. Families with older kids were having a great time on the pitch & put too, so we’ll have to venture back for that when Millie is a bit older.
I was quite impressed with coming across this place, and we’ll definitely be back. It was about a 25 minute drive from Leeds and was a cheap and enjoyable way to pass a couple of hours – especially if you are a fan of ice cream!
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Caravanning Couple Said:
on June 8, 2011 at 7:29 pm
My sister-in-law and her hubby live 1/2 a mile from this place and we often visit it when we pop-in for a visit. A brill place.