With the glorious weather showing no immediate signs of disappearing behind a cloud, the sunshine has arrived just in time for the summer holidays.
Ice cream parlours dotted around the Essex seafront will be hoping to do some big business as tourists flock to the beaches. below we gather some of the ones with some high reputations:
Pop Up, Pop In, 15 Connaught Avenue, Frinton, CO13 9PN
Newly opened this summer, Pop Up, Pop In café does not lie far from the esplanade.
Beside the Sea Side, 9 Old Pier Street, Walton-on-the-Naze, CO14 8AW
This café serves home-made style ice creams. You can find them on the street closest to the sea front, ideally placed for doing decent business.
Rossi Original, 14 Western Esplanade, Southend, SS1 1EE
Rossi's Original Ice Cream is also produced nearby, with the brand priding itself on the fact that its products are made with real milk. Visitors who have enjoyed a fun-packed day at the adventure park may well cool down here.
Sweet Frog, 44 London Road, Southend, SS1 1NX
Sweet Frog offers an alternative to traditional ice cream parlours, with 15 flavours of non-fat yoghurt on offer. It is hugely popular in the US, but in the UK, Southend is the only place where you can find a store.
The Crafty Goat, Mersea Road, Abberton, CO5 7LG
An ice cream parlour and internet café that offers a garden area and arts and crafts activities for children. The ice cream is made from goats milk.
Mario's Place, Tenpenny Hill, Thorrington, Colchester,
Mario's is a restaurant which has a permanent and extensive ice cream board selection with flavours changed regularly.
Freewheeling Ice Cream, Clacton-On-Sea, CO15 1TX
Freewheeling Ice Cream started only this year,and operates in the form of a bicycle which tows a cabinet of ice creams. Although usually spotted along the sea front, this ice cream parlour is regularly on the move around Clacton-On-Sea so simply look out for the bright orange bicycle and flag it down for an ice cream.
