Matlock Meadows is based on the real working family dairy Farm 'Masson Farm', which has been in the Dakin family since the 1930's. The quality, 'farm assured' milk from our own dairy herd is used to make our artisan Italian style gelato. The inspiration to make our own Italian style ice cream came following a trip to Italy and tasting some of the most amazing gelato that Italy has to offer.

Several years later we created our very own 'taste of Italy' here at Matlock Meadows Ice Cream Parlour & Coffee Shop. Our award-winning Italian style gelato is available to take away. We have cones and tubs so you can pick your favourite. It is hand-made here on the family farm using the quality farm assured creamy milk from our own dairy herd, which graze the limestone pastures overlooking the historic spa town of Matlock.

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Our Wholesale Packages can be tailored to suit what works best for your business and can be adapted along the way. We'll always be here to support you in getting the best out of your ice cream!. We offer 4.5 Litre Napolis to serve 'scoop your own' and you can choose which flavours you wish to stock.

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Vicky Precious

Dec 12, 2021

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Very pleasant ladies serving today and lovely food. We bought two tubs of ice cream too and have just had some after tea which was lovely. We will be back!

Katie Barrett

Nov 17, 2021

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Met some family that travelled over seas, we had 3 children with us and 9 adults and the staff were amazing, really friendly, had a cool wooden train set for the kids to play with indoors, a teeny working mini digger for kids, and the calves and goats to pet, hand washing and toilet facilities and baby changing facilities as well. the food was great and they had a hoooge choice of icecream too , there was no pressure to leave which was great becuase we stayed for about 3 hours catching up, great little place.

Maxine Silverman

Oct 29, 2021

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Fantastic ice cream ! We get the DIY sundae an absolute must. Never had better anywhere in the country. Lovely people.

Sylv Norman

Oct 27, 2021

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Amazing ice creams of many flavours as well as paninis, cakes and coffees. Excellent service and friendly staff.

Stephen Siciliani

Oct 07, 2021

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Great afternoon out, kids enjoyed the play area and visiting the cows, and the ice cream was good too and then while we had a coffee the kids had a good time playing with the train set in the centre of the room!

Cerys Ferguson

Sep 18, 2021

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Lovely little farm with so much potential. Nice little cafe to get kids food and sandwiches for parents which is attached to a shop with really nice stuff in. You can pay £1 to buy food for the animals which my son loved doing. The ice cream is really really nice and there's a little play area too. Will definitely return

Andrew Davis

Sep 06, 2021

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The ice cream is great and the animals are a great attraction for young kids. No fees for entry. Adventurous folks will appreciate the walks in the area too. Missing a star because there wasn't much seating (on the day I was there).

Kirsten Shelton

Aug 22, 2021

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We only came for the ice-cream, the animals were an added treat! We'd tasted your ice-cream at the Heights of Abraham so it drew us to you.
Ice-cream: with so many choices it was difficult so we had a double… scoop on Fri and went back the next day to sample different flavours!
Staff: lovely, had a laugh with two ladies and a man behind the counter, especially because we were recognised from our visit the day before!
Animals: so cute, lovely to see the children there feeding and interacting with them.
Accessibility: very easy to find, as long as you ignore the "road closed" signs!
Recommendation

R.-T. Craftwork

Aug 21, 2021

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Nice, friendly place, especially for children. Their home made ice-cream, with many flavours, is superb. We'll worth the visit.

Hayley Wilson

Aug 17, 2021

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Nice icecream but the cones were a little soft. Excellent place to visit if you have little ones - free admission, play areas and animals to see/feed

Laura Adams

Aug 12, 2021

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The most delicious and creamiest ice cream! Always lots of different flavours to choose from. Lovely working dairy farm, always love to see the cows and the cheeky goats. The cafe serves really nice food/drinks too.

Sue Humberstone

Aug 02, 2021

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Lovely ice cream. Pornstar Martini and the mango and raspberry - delicious new flavours! Great play area!

Jul 26, 2021

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First of all you can't really complain as the entry is free and the children get to see animals and be on the playground. The ice cream is excellent and reasonable price wise and you have space to eat food purchased on site. You can't take a picnic. However you can't help but think they could turn this into a goldmine and start to charge a small entrance fee. A bit like bluebells etc. But all the better for us to go and buy ice cream and see the animals.

Lucinda Calladine

Jun 06, 2021

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Fabulous family run business, amazing ice cream and lovely staff, children love the animals and play area. Highly recommended

Rachael Haines

Jun 06, 2021

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Lovely place to visit, the staff were all very friendly and helpful and the cakes and ice creams are delicious.

Conor De Smith

Mar 26, 2021

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Would be a great place for kids. You get animals and a decent café, which is very good for free entry. Milkshake was top but we had to move from the limited seating area due to flies! Something decent to do in Matlock!