The Ship Hotel
✓ Family-friendly harbourside pub restaurant with sea views
🏖️ 0.42 miles from Watch House Bay (Poor water quality)
Barry
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Dangerous knowledge for anyone on holiday with children: these Wales stays have a proper ice cream parlour or creamery within about a mile. You have been warned.
✓ Family-friendly harbourside pub restaurant with sea views
🏖️ 0.42 miles from Watch House Bay (Poor water quality)
Barry
🏖️ 2.71 miles from Llandudno West Shore (Good water quality)
Conwy, North Wales
£717 per break
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🏖️ 2.35 miles from Craig Du Beach Central (Excellent water quality)
Porthmadog, North Wales
£517 per break
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🏖️ 2.47 miles from Llandudno West Shore (Good water quality)
Conwy, North Wales
£627 per break
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🏖️ 2.12 miles from Llandudno West Shore (Good water quality)
Conwy, North Wales
£397 per break
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✓ Convenient stop near Cardiff Airport, three minutes by car
🏖️ 1.25 miles from Cold Knap Barry (Excellent water quality)
Barry
🏖️ 1.8 miles from Craig Du Beach Central (Excellent water quality)
Porthmadog, North Wales
£1,206 per break
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🏖️ 2.81 miles from Craig Du Beach Central (Excellent water quality)
Porthmadog, North Wales
£1,019 per break
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🏖️ 2.12 miles from Llandudno West Shore (Good water quality)
Conwy, North Wales
£343 per break
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🏖️ 2.73 miles from Aberffraw (Excellent water quality)
Rhosneigr and Aberffraw, North Wales
£373 per break
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🏖️ 2.79 miles from Craig Du Beach Central (Excellent water quality)
Porthmadog, North Wales
£357 per break
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Itineraries
Haunted Britain
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 Wales 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.