Swales Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream

 

Who we are...
Swales Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream is the area’s largest farm-based dairy ice cream producer and mobile retailer. We are a family business, owned and run by Gary and Mandy Rogers, who have been working in the dairy ice cream industry for over 17 years.

Where we live…
There is no better location for Swales Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream than Calm Slate Farm in Halton East, near Bolton Abbey. Surrounded by the unrivalled scenery of Yorkshire Dales, we have a superb 120 acre working farm with a modern and efficient ice cream production facility, plus, plenty of storage and housing for our 50 branded vehicles, supplies and equipment. The farm also encompasses a delightful family home for Gary, Mandy and our four children, housing for our pedigree Charolais herd and basically enables us to fit everything that we need under one roof; home, farming, manufacture and retail.

What we make...
At Swales Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream we manufacture 1,200 delicious litres of farm-made dairy ice cream per hour and then sell it to our many customers through a variety of tailor made services.

What’s in it...
Good fresh local ingredients; milk, cream, sugar and butter. At Swales we work in partnership with seven farms in the Yorkshire Dales to ensure that our raw ingredients travel less miles, are fully traceable at source and that the animals and their environment are very well looked after.

Why we do it...
There is nothing that we do not know about ice cream. It’s our business and equally; it’s our passion. So its simple, we do it because we love it and because we can offer great tasting locally produced dairy ice cream at an excellent price for the many others who love ice cream too.

 

 
In the news

Yorkshire Dales makes its way to Mongolia

A third of the way around the world, through 20 countries, over 7 mountain ranges, through 3 deserts, meeting bandits, camels and AK47s - that's the plan for one of our ice cream vans!

This summer, we've sponsored three crazy guys to take part in the Mongol Rally, a charity event where 200 teams are challenged to travel from London to Mongolia in a vehicle with a one litre engine or less.

We have provided the guys with a fully functioning ice cream van and all the delicious ice cream they need to whip up a great '99. From 50 degree deserts to freezing mountain ranges, nothing shall stop their mission to deliver our tasty ice cream to the most remote corners of the globe.
Charities who will benefit are Mercy Corps Mongolia and Hope and Homes for Children.

You can keep up with their progress at www.icecreamadventure.co.uk