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15 best Welsh ice creams worth travelling for to make sunny days even sweeter
Apr 26, 2025
It's ice cream season - who are we kidding? It's always ice cream season
Ice cream is a must-have treat all year round, but the desire for a cool and creamy cone or tub becomes even more pressing during the (occasionally) warm summer months.
Wales boasts some fantastic locally-made ice creams that we should all sample. Whether you're in the mood for traditional vanilla, more exotic flavours like mascarpone and fig, an ice cream sandwich, or require a vegan ice cream, we've compiled a list of the best offerings from 13 parlours, kiosks and gelaterias.
Get licking.
1. Basil & Rusty's Lemon Crunch
In 2022, this Machen parlour won a Diploma of Merit at the National Ice Cream Awards, where they also picked up National Ice Cream Champion 2022. The ice cream is made on-site at the family's Gelliwastad Farm, where the parlour is also located and is run by Geraint and Emma Richards who have adapted their parents' recipes and those from the Minoli family who they bought the business off in the 1980s.
Where: Gelli Farm, Machen, Caerphilly CF83 8JE
2. Wimberry ice cream at Carini's
Homemade in a tiny sweet shop in Beaufort, Carini's recipe came over from Bardi 100 years ago, and it's made exactly the same by the descendants of Giacomo Carini.
The shop makes fresh-picked wimberries into ice cream, when in season, of course, and other than that you can get classics like rum & raisin, coconut and Turkish delight.
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