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We are delighted to be hosting Martha’s Christmas Drive in Cinema on Sunday 6th December here in the fields of Solley’s Ice Cream Parlour, The Dairy, Ripple

We would like to invite you to join us here at Solley’s Ice Cream Parlour for our final weekend of the 2020 season. We have taken the decision to bring fo

We are delighted to announce that our Maize Maze is now open.

Look what’s back! 🚜 Tractor rides will now run daily (weather permitting), with tickets available from the Parlour. Each ride can take up to 10 people who

We’ve been awarded the Visit England “We’re Good to Go” industry standard, meaning that we have followed all guidelines & have the p

A big thank you to everyone who came and supported us over our re-opening weekend, it was so good to have you all back here enjoying ice cream with us! We are e

We are looking forward to welcoming you back at Solley’s Ice Cream Parlour which will be open every Saturday & Sunday from 11am – 4pm as of 4th

On Friday morning BBC Radio Kent joined Keith here on the farm to find out more about how the business has been affected by COVID-19 and how we have been adapti

The kits include: – A Napoli in a flavour of your choice (that’s 4.75 litres of ice cream – equivalent to at least 35 scoops!) – 10 waff

We’ve had a busy few weeks getting everyone fully stocked up Solley’s Ice Cream and undoubtably there’s going to be more than a few of you wit

UPDATE – As of 23rd March 2020 Solley’s Ice Cream & our Ice Cream Parlour will be closed until further notice in order to ensure the safety & we

We are now offering local home delivery of our full range of ice cream to local areas within 10 miles of Ripple, including Deal, Dover & Sandwich areas, as

Solley’s Ice Cream has been announced as a finalist in this year’s Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2020 as “Family Business o

UPDATE – Due to the weather warnings associated with Storm Dennis, we will be closed over the weekend of 15th & 16th February, and open Monday 17th &#

The votes have been counted and we are delighted to announce that Solley’s Ice Cream has reached the top 3 in this year’s Taste of Kent Awards for &

We are very excited to have been nominated in this year’s Taste of Kent Awards for “Kent Food Business of the Year”!  We now need your votes!

We will be opening the doors to Solley’s Ice Cream Parlour in the run up to Christmas, giving you the chance to stock up on all the Solley’s Ice Cre

Ice cream is not just for the summer and our special edition Christmas ice cream flavours are now available! Our Christmas flavours are limited edition and avai

We are very excited to have sponsored the Betteshanger Welfare U9’s Football club for the next two seasons.  The sponsorship has made kit for the 14 players

We would like to say a huge thank you to all who have visited us at the Ice Cream Parlour over the summer season in 2019.  It has once again been a brilliant y

September means the end of the season for us here at the Parlour, and so also time to pick our last Solley’s Selfie winner for 2019!  We loved these phot

Sunday 8th September saw us host our first farm festival, Solley’s Sundae, and we would like to say a big thank you to everyone who came and supported &#8

What an amazing summer it has been… full of sunshine, mini heat waves and therefore a lot of ice cream! It’s been a fantastic month here at the Ice

The results from the Great Taste Awards have now been announced, with Solley’s scooping a one star award for Lemon Meringue Ice Cream!  The judges commen

Brand new for 2019, we will be opening our Maize Maze here at Solley’s Ice Cream Parlour on Saturday 27th July 2019. As an arable farm, with over 300 acre

June has been a super busy here at the Parlour with Open Farm Sunday kicking off the month and the amazing Martha’s Music on the Farm to end it!  We&#821

Glorious sunshine greeted guests joining in the fun at this years Music on the Farm, held here in the fields of Solley’s Ice Cream parlour in Ripple. The day

We hosted our third annual Open Farm Sunday on 9th June 2019, with visitors coming to the farm to find out more about how our award-winning ice cream is made. O

The summer season is here which means our #SolleysSelfie competition has kicked off for 2019! Our lucky winner for April 2019 was “autumns_mummy” in

Solley’s Ice Cream Parlour opens its doors today (Saturday 6th April) for the summer ice cream season. We’ll now be open daily until the end of Sept

The finalists for the Taste of Kent Awards have been announced, with Solley’s Ice Cream as a finalist in the Kent Countryside category. The awards, which

On Sunday June 30th 2019 a fabulous one  day festival  in aid of Martha Trust is set to take place here in the fields of Solley’s Ice Cream Parlour in Ripp

The  finalists for Visit Kent’s Tourism Awards have now been announced, with Solley’s Ice Cream Parlour shortlisted in the ‘Hidden Gem’ category. Th

Our final month at the Parlour was a brilliant one with lots of visitors and a sunny month meaning that our tractor rides could continue right until the end of

A big thank you to all who have visited & supported Solley’s Ice Cream during our time at Kearsney Abbey.  We have now moved from the site and wish Dover

It's been another busy month for #SolleysSelfie entries with so many visitors to the Ice Cream Parlour throughout the beautifully sunny August... so yet again w

With the summer season slowly drawing to a close, there's just one month left to visit before our Parlour doors close for the season!

After another month packed full of #SolleysSelfie entries with lots of you heading up to the farm for the start of the school summer holidays, we've picked out

One of the key dates in our calendar is the Kent County Show, which we attended with three ice cream vans this year.  The weather was absolutely perfect and So

It’s been another brilliant month at the Ice Cream Parlour, with Open Farm Sunday kicking off the month and bringing you to the farm in your thousands! We alw

On Sunday 1stJuly 2018, a spectacular Prom in aid of Martha Trust took place at the new venue in the fields of Solley’s Ice Cream Parlour. A host of local act

Our newest addition to the Solley's fleet, our Kentish Ice Cream trailer headed out on its first adventures last weekend to take up residence at the Hadlow Coll

We hosted our second Open Farm Sunday at the Ice Cream Parlour on 10th June 2018 with huge support from visitors travelling from far & wide!

With two bank holidays in May as well as half term and lots of sunshine, we've had a super busy time here at the parlour.  We have loved seeing so many entries

April's #SolleysSelfie winner has been picked & this month features our very own Amber! Well done to Michelle who snapped her picture here at the Ice Cream P

Our #SolleysSelfie competition has launched for 2018 and we are very excited to announce our first winner, Robyn from Kent, who shared this photo of the kids en

We are very excited to now be offering tractor rides here at Solley’s Ice Cream Parlour, taking visitors on a short ride around the family farm.  Following t

We have been working hard to create some exciting new flavours and are pleased to announce that our summer seasonal flavours for 2018 will be lemon meringue pie

Our new website is now live! With lots of new and exciting changes going on at the farm, we felt we had to have a new website to match. Please do take a look ar

As chairman of Produced in Kent’s Members Group, Solley’s Managing Director, Keith Morrison, has joined the board of Produced in Kent as a non-executive dir

We are very excited to announce that Martha Trust will be joining us this summer, bringing Prom on the Farm to Solley’s.  All proceeds from this very special

The farm is now closed to visitors for the winter break, thank you to all who supported us during the summer season.  We’ve had a brilliant year and have lot