The Little Ice Cream Shop - Hawkshead in South Lakeland

This is such a great place to go after a hike or just a treat. We have been many times and this is the best ice-cream in the Lakes. Staying in Hawkshead we knew there was a shop near by for our ice cream needs. The ice cream shop was the only reason why we stayed in Hawkshead this time . The first time we went on this trip there was a queue but the young lad handled it very well. The ice cream is always so delicious and well worth the price( it's a great price to what you get in London) and you get a massive scoop. Always friendly staff and very clean and hygienic shop. Awesome ice cream even when it's raining

Fabulous ice cream and some of the biggest scoops we’ve ever seen. I had a tub, blackcurrant cheesecake flavour, my partner had a waffle cone with the biggest ever scoop of orange and chocolate chip ice cream. Served by a lovely young lady who was serving and making ice cream on her own today. Given the weather (blue skies and hot sun in September) this was a welcome treat.

Ice Cream overload OMG. In today's world portions are small, and prices are big. This, however, is not the case for this Ice Cream parlour. The portions are HUGE !! The prices are sensible. Remember the following: 1 scoop is enough,but 2 is better with so many flavours to choose from ,but you may not have room left for your dinner

A wide selection of delicious ice creams. Options for everyone and very generous portions. Very friendly staff who were super-helpful when we checked whether everything was suitable for vegetarians. A lovely place, and we will come back again to try some more of the fantastic flavours. Thank you.

Absolutely the best ice cream in The Lake District hands down. Friendly staff and a delicious array of flavours. For the price you get a massive scoop so well worth trying. We will keep on coming back for more. It's delicious

Lovely shop. Very generous portions-1 scoop is more like three!!! Great flavours. Recommend the pear and caramel!!!!

We stumbled across this ice cream shop while we were wandering Hawkshead and I'm so glad we did. There were multiple labeled vegan options - I chose the lime and coconut. The scoops were larger than I expected (not complaining!). The atmosphere of the location was charming. There was a little patio area outside to sit and enjoy your ice cream while you people watch.

Has to be the best ice cream that I have ever had. Jaffa cake plus key lime pie in a cone. Bursting with flavour. Huge scoop of each. Really hot day so the challenge is to eat before it melts! Tip if hot day don’t have in in scone!

Still fabulous, great tasting ice cream in generous amounts and a fair price for what you get. Flavours change and present new opportunities, the whiskey ice cream was great!! All three generations loved it, again!!

The best salted caramel ice cream I have ever tasted! Huge portions and lots of choice. The gingerbread once was a bit special too. We will be back.

If you like ice cream, then this place is an absolute must when visiting The Lakes. Cute little shop nestled in the heart of the picturesque Hawkshead village. By far the best ice cream you’ll ever have. Very friendly staff. Good, hearty scoops in either pots or cones (very good selection of cones too), topped off with a Little Ice Crean Shop waffle disc. Always loads of flavours to choose from, including sorbets and an ice cream treat for your dogs! Can’t wait to come back on our next visit to the Lakes.

You like ice cream then you’re spoilt for choice! The range and combinations are incredible for such a dinky establishment and the quality is brilliant 😊 If you’re lucky you can get a wasp with your ice cream, but this option is not very popular as the young man serving couldn’t give them away 🐝

Fabulous ice cream, good portions, good choice of flavours & cones & great value & lovely staff ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Great shop. Going for the last few years! Great place to reward the children for walking up a mountain. Amazing range of flavours and new ones added all the time. They aren’t the cheapest but usually enormous sizes that makes the trip worthwhile. Sizes this weekend seemed hugely variable. Some usual staff who gave good sizes and some newer staff who gave small/normal size scoops. They are huge but that makes them worth the trip and £4.50! Hope they get back to where they were

Top range of ice creams served in a classic Lakes village.. great place to refresh yourself and people watch as you unwind after a long (or short) walk in the surrounding hills..

We both treated ourselves to a lovely ice cream from here while staying in Hawkshead. There were so many flavours to choose from, probably the nicest ice cream I had ever had.

This strawberry cone evoked many fond memories of halycon days in the English countryside. Would come back for another cone if I ever returned to the Northern Lakes!

lovely little icecream shop with various flavours, toppings, and cones available. also dog ice cream available too. it is quality in taste, and the service is amazing.

The ice cream and toppings were amazing and the seating was very comfortable and good quality. We were served quickly and politely and the atmosphere was great.

We popped in today for ice cream with our 2 boys. Selection was brilliant and portion size was super generous. The staff were lovely, very friendly and very kind. Highly recommend a visit if in the area!

Amazing ice-cream selection and wonderful lady who was very kind and chatty. Huge portions that were delicious . Will definitely go back when we are next in the area.

Was OK Was OK. Was surprised so well rated. Not handmade local icecream that we know of? Good selection of flavours. Generous portion. Quite expensive. Didn’t actually taste of cream. Full of sugar.

Pricey but worth it. Big scoops, quick service, lots of choice. Rum and Raisin was delicious. A big treat after a long walk.

The little ice cream shop in Hawkshead is honestly the cutest ice cream parlour i have ever been to and serves delicious ice cream !! We go to the Lakes a couple of times a year and stay around the area and never miss a...

Lots of choice. Lovely, creamy, tasty ice cream and a large selection of cones. Don’t eat beforehand because you need room for an ice cream from here!

A great little find in this gem of a village. Lots of choice, friendly service and wonderful tasting ice cream.

Fantastic icecream. Good service (from two very young boys). Decent portions. Great choice of flavours. Benches outside. Fab option of toppings. Really good. Reasonably priced. A little hidden gem. Parking on car park near by for about £4.

Delicious ice cream! After a long hike it was very welcome on a hot day. Each of us had one scoop in a cone which was a very generous size. The only problem was how to choose from the amazing variety of flavours!

Huge ice creams in lots of great flavours. Our 8 year old had a cooking monster (bubblegum with Oreo’s) which apparently was ‘so good I don’t know what to say’.

This shop is incredible! Would recommend so much if anywhere close! There is loads of weird but wonderful flavours available that are all just incredible, customer service was great when I unfortunately dropped my ice cream (which I was super annoyed about) so went back...

I should have a degree in Ice Cream. I have eaten it all over the world. The best Marzipan Ice Cream was in Verona but we weren`t in Verona, we were in Hawkshead. The selection of mouthwatering flavours in this ice cream parlour is immense....

I have heard people talk about ice-creams 'the size of a baby's head' and always assumed they were guilty of wild exaggeration but perhaps they had been to The Little Ice-cream Shop in the lovely village of Hawkeshead. The large selection of varied and interesting...

Lovely little quaint ice cream shop with loads of different and unusual flavours. I had a cherry one but my partner had the Rocky Road. Absolutely delicious. A must visit if you like ice cream and are in the area.

Absolutely fabulous ice cream, not too expensive. Only criticism, please put out a bin so punters don't drop your litter at local pubs and cafes.

Oh my gosh what a find for ice cream lovers like myself , all I can say about my 3 scoop tub with topping and flake is “ work of art “ and I did it the justice it deserved. Fabulous ice cream with some...

Such a treat to visit here. Lots of variety and imaginative flavours. If you like icecream you MUST visit here!!

I had one scoop of the biscoff ice cream and it’s safe to say it was one of the best I’ve had. Very creamy and definitely one scoop is enough!

The best ice cream in the world & always provide a 10/10 service. They also post very entertaining memes on instagram too!

We are from Manchester and visit the lakes regular and we discovered the hawkshead little ice cream shop a few years ago. It's now become a birthday tradition to come for an ice cream. The Malteser crunch was amazing on our latest visit. The flavour...

Superb selection of ice cream. We had ours in a cone, I had chocolate indulgence and my wife had raspberry twist. I loved the chocolate but have to say the other was much nicer.

Never miss out on a special treat Everyone’s ice cream, no matter what flavour was delicious The choice of flavours and verity Were amazing some of which l have never seen before I had the carrot cake fantastic as was the Bounty Best ice cream...

This little shop was great. A large choice of ice cream flavours and sprinkles, plus a free wafer. I had the white chocolate and the Malteser one and both were great - though it was a shame the white chocolate didn't have any white chocolate...

Oh wow. No visit to the Lake District would be complete without ice-cream and this one is by far the best. The huge queue outside says it all. Well I worth the wait.

If you are in Hawkshead you must go here! Fantastic ice cream, great flavours and ENORMOUS portions!! A great find.

Lovely extravagant ice-cream, don't miss if you are in Hawkshead, also very instagrammable. Lovely experience.

What a place. Hawkshead is beautiful but you have to have an ice cream to complete the visit and The little ice cream shop is the place to get it. We can't manage two scoops as one scoop is huge but we did see someone...

We stopped by for a quick ice cream during a bike ride and were so pleased we made it part of our route! They have a great selection of flavours and we thoroughly enjoyed our ice creams - they’re also very generous with their scoops!

Incredibly good ice cream in a large range of flavours (all labelled to say if they were GF). Gluten free cones also available on request, so great for our coeliac daughter. One of the two best ice cream shops I have ever visited.

I have no words how good this ice cream was. I went here twice the first time I had cookies and creme and I was just amazed the taste was soo good. The second time I had Two scoops because i just couldn’t resist it!...

After reading the reviews on here we decided to treat the kids to a nice big ice cream on our last day visiting the lakes. Menu made it hard to chose but like I told our girls I don't think you can really go wrong....

An adorable little ice cream shop with the biggest and most delicious ice cream! Highly recommend this place!

We visited a couple of days ago and were not disappointed. Scoops were incredibly generous and well priced, there is a fantastic range of cones and amazing flavours (including vegan options and more niche flavours, like lemon cheesecake and kendal mint cake). Excellent service! Would...

A regular queue always seemed to be outside waiting for ice cream so we thought this was a good sign! It didn't disappoint. Lots of wonderful different (as well as unusual) flavours - Key Lime Pie; carrot cake; pear & caramel; Kendal Mint Cake! They...

And massive ice cream cones. One way system in place and card payments only when we went. Sat outside to eat them. Interesting range of flavours too

Huge portions, amazing service, incredibly flavours! Fully recommend visiting, had the Nutella flavour.

Great range of flavours and massive portions, we thought £2.99 for a single scoop seemed dear but many places would call them double and in waffle cones so overall good value, chocolate, vanilla, salted caramel and lemon cheesecake all delicious

Superb ice cream. Decent value for money. Get stuck in. They should expand. Hawkshead is a nightmare for getting any lunch so ice cream is probably your best lunch option. Coffee and Walnut is fantastic.

We stopped here on a visit to Hawkshead and had the most delicious icecream... a great variety of flavours. We even had a tub of icecream for our dog. Recommend.

We made a detour to Hawkshead today due to the glowing reviews here and were not disappointed. There are a good range of flavours on offer and the mix of ice creams and sorbets should keep everyone happy. There is even ice cream for dogs!...

If BOJO doesn't have to follow his rules, Why should we? I will not hand my bank card over to a couple of 10 year olds to visit an ice cream shop?

Usually a long queue here which speaks volumes. The ice creams come in many different flavours so there is something for everyone. The seating area is a nice place to sit and eat your ice cream and watch people go by. We had. White chocolate...

There was a large selection of delicious flavours and the portion sizes were generous. The prices were also very reasonable in relation to the quality of the ice cream. The shop itself was very aesthetically pleasing, clean and instagramable. Would visit again for sure!

Stumbled across this place on a lovely sunny day and it was incredible- possibly some of the best ice cream we’ve ever had, and the scoops are enormous! A huge variety of fun flavours and lots of different cones. Really, really excellent! I would recommend...

Amazingly big and tasty ice creams and great for gluten free with gluten free waffle cones and gluten free ice creams labelled! One thing that might be better would be to note the gluten free flavours on the sign outside as if it’s busy you...

Excellent shop, huge range of flavours and generous portions. Highly recommend this place, perfect treat when visiting Hawkshead!

Just brilliant! Warm afternoon and stumbled across The Little Ice Cream Shop. Amazed by flavours available. Recommend Run and Raisin, Mango (vegan) or Key Lime Pie, but really impressed by frozen dessert available for family dog. COVID measures clearly displayed and followed. A definite for...

Lovely ice cream and huge portions of it! Lots of flavours to suit all tastes, and a dazzling range of cones and toppings to eat it in. Great to sit and eat or enjoy while wandering around Hawkshead. And incredibly reasonably priced, to boot!

Honestly one of the best ice creams I have had in the UK. So many delicious flavours to choose from including ones with a local twist such as 'mintcake' and even a dog friendly option. The scoops are HUGE! Highly recommended a visit

The best ice cream in the area!! Really delicious ice creams and VERY generous portion size!! They had gluten free cones which I have never seen before in years being gluten free (and I do love ice creams)! They had a range of unique flavours...

The Little Ice Cream Shop in Hawkshead is awesome. Excellent choice of flavours. Brilliant value for money and the ice cream tastes amazing. Genuinely some of the most wholesome and ‘clean’ ice cream I’ve ever had, by that I mean I didn’t feel yucky after...

This is an ice cream lovers paradise. The choices were great and it took me all my time to decide on only 2 flavours. I got rocky road and salted caramel both were delicious. My husband got strawberry cheesecake and black cherry . The portions...

If you are in Hawkshead do not pass up this opportunity! These ice creams are massive. Go for two scoops if you are hungry!! Just amazing!!!

We read about the Little Ice Cream Shop online so paid a visit before going onto Hill Top House. We were lucky as there was so queue so were served very quickly! Delicious ice cream - we went for chocolate and white chocolate on a...

We had heard good things about the ice cream here so decided to join the large queue and see what all the fuss was about. They had a large selection of flavours and cones so it was difficult to choose just 2! I had a...

Yummy - so much choice of flavours and cones. Generous portions. Vegan and gluten free catered for. Great Covid control.

At last...... a portion of ice cream as generous as it is delicious. Excellent range of flavours and so good we’re going back today

Happiness on a cone! TLICS is the place to go in the lakes for an ice cream, so many flavors to choose from I wish I could have them all! Such a friendly experience and felt so welcome by staff. Cant wait to visit again...

Very talkative group of people, always helpful. Lovely little shop, very befitting name for the business and a great range of ice cream.

When I found out they were doing a short term opening whilst lockdown was lifted, I couldn't resist going with the family (taking precautions of course) and enjoying their own flavoured variants of ice cream. Spoilt for choice and great price range given the custom...

If you visit Hawkshead, you HAVE to visit The Little Ice Cream Shop. The flavours and sizes of Ice Creams are immense. My 3 kids absolutely loved them. The young lady serving in the shop was very friendly and pleasant. Fantastic ice cream shop...!!

Lovely place. Huge serving. Fabulous selection of flavours. Great selection of cones and toppings. One, two or even three scoops. Place to sit outside and soak up the atmosphere of the village. A must visit.

With a great range of ice creams to pick from and an efficient one way system to the outdoor sitting area this was a great place to sit and watch the world go by. Some flavours did not attract me but the Kendal Mint Cake...

Yummy ice cream, lots of flavours. Very reasonable prices for generous ice cream scoops. Our dogs were huge fans of the doggie ice cream too!

One of the tastiest ice creams that I have eaten. Loads of flavours to choose from and very friendly staff. Definitely recommended

Wow! The ice cream is amazing, portions very generous and service with a smile! Will be back for more!

I have visited TLICS many times on our visits to Hawkshead. The flavours are amazing, the portions are generous and the staff are really friendly. The best ice cream I’ve ever had (and I’ve eaten a lot!). It’s the first place my girls want to go when we’re on holiday. Looking forward to our next visit.

This was my first trip to the Windermere Little Ice Cream Shop and it absolutely beat my expectations - the ice cream was amazing!! Loads of different flavours of ice cream and cones, and lots of toppings too! Great sized portions, and really good value for money - highly recommend a visit, you won’t be disappointed!

The Little Ice Cream Shop will not disappoint. Such a gem we plan our Lake District walks around ending them near Windermere or Hawkeshead! The flavours are to die for and there are many toppings and cones to choose from too, including gluten free (which makes my coeliac daughter most happy). The portions are generous and good value for the size and quality. Friendly service too, can’t fault TLICS :)

Saw your Insta story, and wanted to write a review to flush out that ridiculous 1 star, troll of a review that person wrote.I’m from Kendal, and visit your shop in Windermere and Hawkshead every now and again. I can honestly say your Ice Cream is on par with big world brands like Ben and Jerries and Haagen Dazs, with an awesome selection to choose from. Massive portioning too (how can you complain about this? ). Such a cool, unique business to have in the Lake District. You can tell the owners have put their passion, love, and care into the business, which very obviously shows.

We were on holiday in Hawkshead for a week and we visit this little gem at least 3 times. All 4 of us chose different flavours each time (there is so many to choose from!). They are delicious and so creamy! Its definitely worth a visit!!

Visiting this ice cream shop is a MUST if you’re in the Lakes! The staff are lovely and welcoming and the ice cream is honestly to die for. So many amazing flavours, tons of cone options and generous portions... everything you want and more! If you have a dog, make sure to get them a doggo ice cream too. My springer loved it! Can’t wait to visit again

My favourite place to visit everytime we are in the lakes. Love the ice cream and the portions are amazing. My most recent love is key lime pie, can’t wait to visit again soon

Great ice cream. I had Bounty and it was delicious. Very generous portions. Plenty of seating even on a dry July day. COVID safe. Highly recommend 😋

What a lovely treat after a long hot walk. Good ice cream not to sweet, and huge portions great value for money in the lakes. Great variety of different flavours, and my kids enjoyed the pineapple sorbet too. Only constructive feedback would be there was no outside bin for your rubbish such as tubs and napkins, we visited at the end of a busy day and outside has not been cleared up. Would visit again.

They claimed that the ice cream had different flavours but in reality this wasn't the case! Over priced, over portioned and no discernible flavour! It was like they had bought some tubs of soft scoop from the wholesalers and resold at excessive prices to gullible punters, shame on them all.

Had the best salted caramel icecream ever and the printed wafer was a lovely touch. Huge portion and lovely waffle cone.

Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! The best ice cream I have had by far! Carrot cake flavour was delicious. They serve huge portions in decorative cones. Just yummy!

We visited here after a day at Grizedale, and OMG, so glad we did! Expect a queue, especially in the summer months - but the perseverance is worth it. We visited yesterday with covid restrictions in place. There was a vast list of flavours to choose from - as well as the usual flavours there was also bounty, Kendal mint cake, snowies, coffee and walnut, pear and caramel. The decision was a difficult one, followed by which cone to have - one dipped in chocolate with either smarties, honeycomb or sprinkles, or a plain waffle one. They do cups too and a smaller bambino options. We opted for one white chocolate, one key lime pie and one salted caramel. Be warned, these ice creams are generous in size - easily could be shared if you wanted to that is :-).I had the key lime pie and as someone who normally wouldn’t have an ice cream, this was gorgeous. So refreshing too! Our daughter was less keen on the white chocolate - fortunately it wasn’t too sweet as I’d expected it would be, but for her she said it didn’t taste like chocolate. She was happy to share with my husband and I so all was not lost.

Absolute perfection! So many flavours and huge portions, it brightened up our very rainy walk round beautiful Hawkshead, thank you we loved it!

We visited this ice cream shop when we saw so many people with enormous ice cream cones, while we walked around Hawkshead. We had to visit and opted for tubs of the salted caramel and rum and raisin. They were massive and tasted lovely. Tip: if you get a tub you get loads! Nice outside seated area too.