Burgess Dairy Ice Cream

The queue outside Burgess Dairy in Beverley tells you everything you need to know - this place has been doing something right for decades. It's an old-school ice cream parlour where they still make the stuff on-site, and you can watch it happen if you time it right. The flavours change with the seasons, but the vanilla is always there, proper creamy and nothing like the mass-produced nonsense.

For families staying at Butt Farm or Cherry Burton just down the road, this is a legitimate reason to drive into Beverley town centre. Kids get the novelty of watching ice cream being made, adults get genuinely good quality scoops, and nobody leaves disappointed. Allow 20 minutes if there's a queue - which there usually is - and factor in time to actually eat your cone while wandering Beverley's Georgian streets.

It's free to look around and watch, though you'll obviously pay for whatever you order. The spot works well as a mid-afternoon break during a park holiday, especially if you're based at High Farm further out and want an excuse to explore Beverley properly. Don't expect fancy artisanal nonsense with burnt sugar and edible flowers - this is comfort food done properly. On a warm day, when you're tired from walking and the kids are flagging, a proper ice cream from somewhere that actually cares makes all the difference.