Ahoy
🏖️ 1.13 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
£1,060 per break
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Dangerous knowledge for anyone on holiday with children: these Dorset stays have a proper ice cream parlour or creamery within about a mile. You have been warned.
🏖️ 1.13 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
£1,060 per break
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🏖️ 1.13 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
£843 per break
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🏖️ 1.13 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
£1,139 per break
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🏖️ 1.08 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
£1,060 per break
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🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Bournemouth Pier (Excellent water quality)
Bournemouth, South West England
£1,825 per break
Check availability🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Bournemouth Durley Chine (Excellent water quality)
Bournemouth
🏖️ 1.18 miles from Lyme Regis Front Beach (Good water quality)
Axminster, South West England
£1,049 per break
Check availability✓ Short walk from the beach in a lively Victorian seaside resort
🏖️ 0.52 miles from Bournemouth Boscombe Pier (Excellent water quality)
Bournemouth
🏖️ 0.42 miles from Bournemouth Durley Chine (Excellent water quality)
Bournemouth, South West England
£4,957 per break
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🏖️ 0.5 miles from Bournemouth Boscombe Pier (Excellent water quality)
Bournemouth
🏖️ 0.41 miles from Bournemouth Durley Chine (Excellent water quality)
Bournemouth, South West England
£5,052 per break
Check availability🏖️ 0.6 miles from Bournemouth Boscombe Pier (Excellent water quality)
Bournemouth
🏖️ 0.68 miles from Bournemouth Boscombe Pier (Excellent water quality)
Bournemouth
🏖️ 0.35 miles from Eypemouth (Excellent water quality)
Bridport, South West England
£668 per break
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The independent parlours and farm creameries are the ones worth the walk — look for 'made on site' on each place's page, and expect honest seasonal hours outside summer.
Browse the ice cream & creameries themselves in our Eat & Shop Local guide, or see all holidays in Dorset for the full picture.
Yes — independent parlours and creameries from our Eat & Shop Local guide, not a freezer in a corner shop. Each has its own page with what it makes.
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What's on at each, with tickets and places to stay within walking distance.