A few miles south of Ilfracombe are the villages of Croyde, Saunton and Braunton. What they all have in common are huge sandy beaches and conditions that have become well known for surfing. If you don’t surf, just get an ice cream and watch – it’s quite entertaining.

Croyde, Saunton, Braunton
www.croydedevon.co.uk/

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Authentic clotted cream ice cream. Produced by small local family business dating back to the mid 1930s. Only serve vanilla from the vans (no diversification necessary). Vans can be found on Ilfracombe Seafront, Bideford Quay, Appledore Quay, Torrington Commons, and Westward Ho! Seafront. Fantastic!

Hockings Dairy Cream Ices
The Icecream Factory
Kingsley Avenue
Appledore
EX39 1PF

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Quite possibly the richest, tastiest ice cream in the UK. Hocking's make vanilla ice cream to a generations old family recipe, believed to include clotted cream.

I was first introduced to it by my former grandfather-in-law who, so beloved of this local delicacy, would offer to get you some, only to return with a teaspoons-worth in a bowl. He, nor I, never tired of this joke.

At a time of nanny-state dictats, treat yourself to an indulgent bowl of Hocking's ice cream. And to be really naughty, eat it like the north Devonians do, with a splodge of clotted cream on top.

It can only be bought from the company's vans at the following locations - Ilfracombe Seafront, Bideford Quay, Appledore Quay, Torrington Commons and Westward Ho! Seafront - and I'm pretty sure they're only there through the summer months.

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