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The Ice Cream Farm


The Ice Cream Farm is one of our favourite places to visit as a family. It combines our love of ice cream with lots of family fun. There is so much to do and nowhere else quite like it.

The Ice Cream Farm
Newton Lane
Tattenhall
Chester
Cheshire
CH3 9NE

www.theicecreamfarm.co.uk



There is no charge to enter The Ice Cream Farm. The excellent playground inside, called Daisy’s Garden, is also free. There are other activities to take part in, but how many or how little of those you choose is up to you. Take a look at the website for details of all the activities. Here are our top two:


Honeycomb Canyon
This is a large indoor sand and water play area. There are things to climb on, things to operate and plenty of places to splash. The water is very shallow but children get wet. It’s pretty obvious who didn’t know about the water play, because their children are wearing pants and soggy clothes! I recommend taking swim wear or a complete change of clothes and definitely a towel!!
Under 12 months – Free, Under 3s – £3.00, 3 and Overs – £3.75, no charge for adults.
One hour sessions in peak times.

Strawberry Falls.
I didn’t know that I liked crazy golf until I started beating my husband and getting holes in one. It actually turned out to be my favourite part of the day. The course is easily accessible. Lots of toddlers and young children are there having a go without it being too long or too difficult. It’s set around the impressive strawberry waterfall and giant ice creams so, providing you can keep your children from attempting to dive into the strawberry water, it’s lots of fun. £3.75 per player.



We have visited The Ice Cream farm and spent all day there doing lots of activities. We have also called in on route to somewhere else, just stopping for around 90 minutes and paying for one activity. The free outdoor play area is very, very good and will keep children entertained. During our full day visit, we used it in between activities to break the day up. 

If you are visiting over lunch time, take note that there is a no picnic policy. This is explained on the website and is part of keeping The Ice Cream Farm free to enter. During our day visit, we did use Pit Stop café. Food was similar in price to other attractions. However, the queue took a while as we were there during busy school holidays. If there are lots of visitors, it’s worth joining the café queue before your children are ravenously hungry. Here are some other top tips for a great visit:



Top Tip: Book your play slots more than one day in advance on their website so that you don’t miss out on activities. The diggers are very popular.

Top Tip: The queue in the Ice Cream Parlour can be long. If you are happy to eat the same ice cream out of tub rather than a cone, these can be purchased from the shop inside the right hand side of The Ice Cream Parlour. The tubs queue is significantly shorter!

Top Tip: If you plan on doing more than a couple of activities, get a play pass. There are various options on the website. The pass reduces the cost of activities, by you paying for a set number in advance.

Top Tip: Try the ice cream- it’s delicious!



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