Archers Jersey Ice-cream

I was recently staying at Walworth Castle, whilst exploring County Durham, and was delighted to find Archers Jersey Ice-cream was just up the road.  The Archer farmer decided to go into ice-cream making over 10 years ago, after losing their cows to Foot and Mouth.  They replaced their Holstein Freisians with some Jerseys (for extra creamy milk) and have never looked back.

Their ice-cream is made from local ingredients where possible, the rhubarb ice-cream is made with champagne rhubarb from their garden, strawberry ice-cream is made with strawberries from F W Elgey in Piercebridge (when in season) and the toffee and fudge ice-cream contains pieces of Loopy Lisa's fudge.

They're are continually coming up with new flavours, and my favourite is their passion fruit ice-cream. 

John Archer used to farm in Kenya and passion fruits grew on the farm, so they decided to bring a bit of African sunshine back to the UK.  Their passion fruit ice-cream has won an award at The National Ice Cream Competition ICA Show and tastes amazing.

They are one of the first people to produce ice-cream cakes, which look great and are hand decorated for any occasion.

There's a café and play area and also a a trail around the farm.

The ice-cream can also be bought elsewhere, in parlours in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northallerton, Richmond, Yarm and even now on the Wirral.

Archers Jersey Ice-cream
New Moor Farm
Walworth Gate
Darlington
DL2 2UD

Tel: 01325 300336

Web: www.archersjerseyicecream.com