A good ice cream is the perfect treat, whatever the weather! Luckily there’s plenty of choice for amazing gourmet ice cream in the North East, with handmade artisan ice cream and sundaes, Italian-style gelato and American-style dessert parlours.
Find 30+ fantastic places for ice cream in our A-Z below along with a handy map to help plan your days out – including seaside, countryside and city locations, and even some with kids’ play areas.
A selection of some of the amazing mouth watering flavours (including plenty of dairy free vegan sorbets and ice cream) is provided as an example, although often menus are regularly rotated so you may have to keep returning to see what’s new!
If you have any recommendations to add, please do get in touch here🙂
Details are subject to change, please check directly with providers for more info using the purple links below. Facebook links are provided to check for the latest updates, followed by website links where available. Photos and flavours are for illustrative purposes only, actual products and availability may vary.
Arrighi’s Crescent Cafe
📌 Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, NE25 0DN
🍦 Homemade Italian ice-cream, including cones, cups & wafers.
👉 More info here.
Pecan Pie🍦Tiramisu🍦Cookies and Cream🍦Strawberry🍦Mango Alphonso🍦Stracciatella🍦Salted Caramel🍦Coconut🍦Amarena Cherry🍦Orange🍦Strawberry🍦Banana🍦Sicilian Pistachio🍦Honeycomb🍦Wild Berries🍦Rum and Raisin🍦Crème Brûlée🍦Mint Choc Chip🍦Passion Fruit Ripple🍦Chocolate🍦Original
Plus… bespoke cakes and ice cream cakes for special occasions, afternoon tea and authentic Italian food menu for light bites and meals. Look out for seasonal ice cream specials on Facebook and Instagram. Vegan options are also available besides seasonal fresh fruit sorbets.
And… not far from the beach 🌊
Beckleberry’s
📌 Metrocentre Upper Blue Mall, Gateshead
🍦 Gourmet ice cream & sorbet.
👉 Dine in or takeaway. More info here.
Vanilla🍦Chocolate🍦Salted Caramel🍦Chocolate Orange🍦Lemon Curd🍦Hazelnut Praline🍦Eton Mess🍦White Chocolate Flake🍦Coconut and Pineapple🍦Turkish Delight🍦Bubblegum🍦Cinder Toffee🍦Maple and Walnut🍦Irish Cream🍦 Horlicks and Malteaser🍦Double Butterscotch
Plus… sorbets, brownies, crumbles, tarts, cheesecakes, celebration cakes, afternoon tea, quiche, set treat boxes, and a wide range of individual deserts.
Chilled OUT Gelato
📌 Seaham Harbour, Co Durham, SR7 7XR
🍦 Gelato & sorbet tubs and sundaes.
👉 Dine in, or order here for collection.
Plus… waffles, cake, puddings, cookie dough, milkshakes & smoothies.
And… close to the beach 🌊
Ciccarelli Artisan Gelato
📌 Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 3PL
🍦 Artisan gelato and sorbet cones & tubs, sundaes and large take home tubs.
👉 Dine in or takeaway. More info here.
Strawberries & Cream🍦Pistachio🍦Ferrero Rocher🍦Kinder Bueno🍦Snickers🍦Unicorn Candyfloss🍦Bubblegum🍦Cookies & Cream🍦Salted Caramel🍦Rocky Road🍦Turkish Delight🍦Cherry🍦Raspberry Ripple🍦Bounty🍦Chocolate Orange🍦Chocolate Fudge🍦Mango Sorbet🍦Lemon Sorbet
Plus… fish & chips, pizza, burgers, chicken, sausage and pies from Coastline restaurant.
And… close to the beach and an outdoor children’s playground 🌊👦
Cream Curls
📌Durham: Front Street, Houghton le Spring, DH4 6LR
📌Newcastle: Chillingham Road, Heaton, NE6 5LP
📌Northumberland: Central Arcade, Ashington, NE63 9AE
📌South Shields: Ocean Road, NE33 2JF
📌Sunderland: Grangetown, SR2 9QF
📌Washington: Concord, NE37 2DT
🍦 Handcrafted ice cream rolls, soft scoop tubs & cones, and sundaes.
👉 Dine in, or collection/delivery by telephone order or online. More info here.
Bounty🍦Creme Egg🍦Chocolate Brownie🍦Crunchie🍦Cookie Dough🍦Daim Bar🍦Ferrero Rocher🍦Cookies ‘n’ Cream🍦Jaffa Cake Bar🍦Kinder Bueno🍦Kit Kat🍦Lotus Biscoff🍦Nutella🍦Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups🍦Single Espresso Shot🍦Toblerone🍦Turkish Delight🍦Raspberry🍦Mango🍦Pineapple
Plus… hot food including burgers, hotdogs, chicken, sides, pancakes, crepes, waffles, cookie dough, milkshakes and smoothies.
And… South Shields branch close to the beach 🌊
The Dairy Barn
📌 High House Farm, Crook, Co Durham, DL15 8AN
🍦 Local gelato.
👉 Dine in or takeaway.
Plus… breakfast, light lunches, afternoon teas, homemade cakes and scones.
And… countryside views & outdoor play area👦
Di Meo’s Ice Cream
📌 Newcastle Parlour: Riverside Walk, Ouseburn, NE6 1LX
📌 Whitley Bay Parlour: Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 1LX
📌 Whitley Bay Beach Café: Watts slope, Whitley Bay, NE26 1BQ
🍦 Authentic Italian gelato and sorbets.
👉 Dine in, or collection/takeaway available. More info here.
Pistacchio🍦Hazelnut Piemonte IGP🍦Amarena Cherry🍦Hazelnut Rocher🍦Strawberry🍦Battenberg🍦Sea Salted Caramel🍦Belgian Chocolate🍦Strawberry Cheesecake🍦Biscoff🍦Chocolate Brownie🍦Honeycomb🍦Mint Choc Chip🍦White Chocolate🍦Cookies & Cream🍦Lemon Sorbet🍦Mango Alfonso Sorbet🍦Passion Fruit Sorbet
Plus… flat bread, paninis, artisan pizza, cannoli and sides (lactose free vegan cheese and gluten free options available).
And… Whitley Bay branches close to the beach, Ouseburn branch by a riverside walk 🌊
Farmhouse Inns
📌 Gateshead: Valley Farm, Team Valley, NE11 0NU
📌 Newcastle: Wheatsheaf Farm, Woolsington, NE13 8DF
📌 Northumberland: Willow Farm, Cramlington NE23 7GA
📌 Sunderland: Wearside Farm, Turbine Way, SR5 3NZ
📌 Sunderland: Oak Tree Farm, Doxford Intl Business Park, SR3 3XN
🍦 Beechdean Jersey ice cream tubs, cones and sundaes.
👉 More info here.
Plus… daily carvery, pub classics and desserts.
And… all pubs have an indoor play area, and Oak Tree, Wearside and Wheatsheaf Farm also have outdoor play areas👦
Gelatorious Desserts
📌 Heaton, Newcastle, NE6 1DQ
🍦 Kelly’s Cornish ice cream, sundaes and sorbets.
👉 Dine in or takeaway, or order here for collection/delivery.
Plus… nachos, hotdogs, cake, cheesecake, brownies, waffles, slushes, ice blasts and milkshakes.
Kaspa’s Desserts
📌 Newcastle: Clayton street, NE1 5PG
📌 Sunderland: High Street West, SR1 1TZ
🍦 Gelato sundaes.
👉 Dine in, or collection/delivery online. More info here.
Knickerbocker Glory🍦Very Cherry🍦Bubblelicious🍦Giant Tutti Frutti🍦Banana Split🍦Hot Fudge🍦Chocoholic🍦Mango Mania🍦Caramel Crunch🍦After Eight Mint Choc🍦Pistachio Nut🍦Cookies & Cream🍦Coconut🍦Caramel Choc Bombe🍦Coffee Bean🍦Strawberry Cheesecake🍦Hazelnut Choc Deluxe Sundae🍦Fruit Sorbetto
Plus… waffles, crepes, brownies, cakes, cookie dough, puddings, milkshakes and smoothies.
Lickety Split
📌 Seaham: North Terrace, Co Durham, SR7 7EU
📌 Durham: Belmont Industrial Estate, DH1 1GG
🍦 Multiple national award winning locally produced ice cream, with tubs, cones and sundaes.
👉 Dine in or takeaway. More info here.
Plus… paninis, sandwiches, wraps, hot dogs, cakes, milkshakes, slush and smoothies.
And… Seaham branch close to the beach & Durham branch in Infinite Air Trampoloine Park 🌊👦
Mark Toney & Co
📌 Grainger Street, Newcastle, NE1 5JE
📌 Percy Street, Newcastle, NE1 7RW
🍦 Hand-made dairy ice creams and sundaes based on Italian family recipe.
👉 Dine in or takeaway. More info here.
Banoffee Swirl🍦Belgian White Chocolate🍦Blue Bubblegum🍦Bountilicious🍦Candy Clouds🍦Cherry & Chocolate Stracciatella🍦Clotted Cream🍦Coconut🍦Cream Egg🍦Double Chocolate🍦Hazelnut Rocher🍦Italian Coffee🍦Lotus Biscoff🍦Maltesers🍦Maple & Walnut🍦Salted Caramel🍦Sicilian Pistachio🍦Strawberries & Cream🍦Tiger Tail🍦Toffee Fudge🍦Tiramisu🍦Turkish Delight & more!
Plus… sandwiches, paninis, pastries & hot meals, and premium sorbets such as:
Champagne🍦Lemon🍦Limoncello🍦Mango🍦Peach🍦Raspberry🍦Strawberry
Mimi’s Ice Cream Emporium
📌 Gosforth, Newcastle, NE3 5EH
🍦 Ice creams cones and tubs, sorbets and sundaes.
👉 Dine in or takeaway.
Biscoff🍦Biscoff🍦Nutella🍦Oreo🍦Cookie & cream🍦White Choc🍦Ricotta and Fig🍦Turkish Delight🍦Mimis Secret🍦Snickers🍦Tropical Ripple🍦Cinder🍦Malteaser🍦Salted Caramel🍦Mint🍦Raspberry Ripple🍦
Plus… pancakes, brownies, waffles, CBD & Nootropic coffee, and a range of vegan ice cream and sorbets, such as:
chocolate🍦cinder raspberry ripple🍦mint🍦lemoncello🍦strawberry🍦Oreo🍦 bubblegum
And… loyalty scheme for loads of freebies and discounts, free all day parking, outdoor seating, disabled access, free Wi-Fi, & super friendly! Find out more on Facebook & TikTok.
Minchella & Co Ice Cream Parlours
📌 9-11 Ocean Road, South Shields, NE33 2HT
📌 Sea Road, South Shields, NE33 2LD
🍦 Ice cream, luxury sundaes and tubs.
👉 Dine in or takeaway. More info here.
Bubblegum🍦Caramel🍦Chocolate🍦Mint Choc Chip🍦Oat Milk Madagascan Vanilla (v)🍦Peach (v)🍦Pistachio🍦Strawberry🍦Vanilla🍦Regular Guest Flavours
Plus… hot food, toasties, coffee and hot and cold drinks.
And… close to the beach 🌊
Tutti Frutti Whitburn
📌 Whitburn Village, Sunderland, SR6 7BX
🍦 American style parlour with ice cream cones, tubs and sundaes.
👉 Dine in or takeaway
Plus… waffles, toasties, subs, hot dogs, pizza, and shakes.
And… close to the beach 🌊
Waffles and Cones
📌 Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, NE26 2DN
🍦 English and Italian gelato and sundaes.
👉 Dine in, or collection/delivery online. More info here.
Strawberry🍦Bubble-gum🍦Chocolate🍦Oreo🍦Hazelnut Chocolate🍦Mint choc chip🍦Mango Sorbet
Plus.. Thailand delicacy pan ice, freshly made waffles & crèpes, cakes, jar cakes, cookie dough, mini doughnuts balls, nachos, milkshakes, slush and smoothies.
And… not far from the beach 🌊
Wheelbirks Parlour
📌 Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7HY
🍦 Jersey ice cream and sundaes.
👉 Dine in or takeaway. More info here.
Vanilla🍦Banofee🍦Chocolate🍦Peanut & salted caramel🍦Eton mess🍦Stem ginger🍦Sweet wild cherry🍦Rum & raisin🍦Salted caramel🍦Cookies & cream🍦Coffee🍦New York cheesecake 🍦Mint Choc chip🍦Cookies & Cream🍦Peach & Raspberry🍦Peach Sorbet🍦Mango Sorbet🍦Lemon Sorbet
Plus… sandwiches, scones and milkshakes.
And… working farm with animals, orchard, outdoor play area and special events👦
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