From modern ice cream parlours to traditional family recipes, there are a variety of different flavours, toppings and sauces on offer to make ice cream the perfect family delight.
Do you fancy the classic vanilla with raspberry sauce, sprinkles and a flake – or are you more adventurous and enjoy trying flavours that are a little more unusual like blue bubblegum or key lime?
From Blackpool to Cockerham, there are plenty of places to stop off to grab an ice cream whether you’re heading to the countryside or passing by the seafront.
And as the Met Office is predicting more dry, settled weather ahead for the next week with sunny spells and generally feeling warm, we've put together a list of some of the best spots in Lancashire to enjoy an ice cream feast.
From Blackpool to Cockerham, there are plenty of places to stop off to grab an ice cream whether you’re heading to the countryside or passing by the seafront.
. Manfredi Ice Cream
Traditional family ice cream makers since 1911, Manfredi Ice Cream is situated in a prime location on Red Bank Road in Bispham. Choose from a variety of sauces and toppings to add to vanilla ice cream, plus there are different cones and tub sizes too. Photo: Julia Bennett
5. Scoop Ice Cream Parlour
Located on Central Promenade in Blackpool, Scoop Ice Cream Parlour offers more than 44 favours, and features a seating area for anyone wanting to rest their feet while tucking into a treat. Photo: Julia Bennett
6. Tootsies Ice Cream
Tootsies Ice Cream is an Ice Cream parlour, coffee shop and café based on Liverpool Road, Little Hoole near Preston. The staff manufacture their own award winning ice cream and usually have 30 flavours in stock at any one time. Photo: Daniel Martino
7. Wallings Ice Cream
Three generations of the Walling family operate this working farm, with Wallings ice cream being made using milk from their herd of cows in the fields across the road. There is also a variety of dairy free Gelato flavours at the venue on Garstang Road, Cockerham. Photo: Garth Hamer
8. Book, Bean and Ice Cream
Book, Bean and Ice Cream on Poulton Street in Kirkham is a friendly coffee shop that serves coffee, hot food, cakes and Mrs Dowsons ice cream. Photo: Neil Cross