Short answer: Truro's best ice cream is a short drive out: Callestick Farm makes its own on a working farm, with gluten-free options and plenty of outdoor seating. For a scoop by the water, the café at Loe Beach on the estuary.
Callestick Farm Ice Cream Parlour is a genuine working ice cream farm a short drive from Truro, and the parlour is where it all ends up: a long counter of flavours made on site, gluten-free options, and plenty of outdoor seating for when the queue gets long and the children get sticky. Callestick supplies ice cream to hotels and cafés across the county — this is the source.
Loe Beach is a little hidden estuary beach south of Truro, beloved of paddleboarders and swimmers, with a small café for a scoop on the sand. Calm water and a gentle shore make it one of the easier beaches in the county with small children.
Truro itself is better at coffee than cones — our flat city day and pushchair breakfast guide cover the centre's cafés. The smart plan is city in the morning, farm in the afternoon.
Both are seasonal-leaning: longer hours in summer, shorter from autumn. Loe Beach's café especially is weather-dependent. More in the Truro guide.
Small independents change hours with the seasons, and some close for a winter break — if one place is the whole plan, check before you go. Spotted something we've got wrong? Tell us and we'll fix it.
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