# Snugburys

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{{Short description|English ice cream manufacturer}}
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| image = Snugbury's Ice-Cream Farm - geograph.org.uk - 220957.jpg
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| website = {{URL|http://www.snugburys.co.uk/}}
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'''Snugburys''' is an English [ice cream](/source/ice_cream) manufacturer based at Park Farm in [Hurleston](/source/Hurleston), near [Nantwich](/source/Nantwich), in the county of [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire). Snugburys makes over 35 flavours of ice cream. In addition to ice cream production, Snugburys also regularly produces large sculptures made of steel-reinforced straw.

== Location ==
Snugburys operates out of a Cheshire farm (with associated [farm shop](/source/farm_shop))<ref name="snugburys" /> called Park Farm<ref name="StokeSentinel_9Aug16" /> or Snugbury's Ice Cream Farm.<ref name="CreweChronicle_3Feb17" /> It is located on Chester Road<ref name="StokeSentinel_4Feb17" /> in [Hurleston](/source/Hurleston) near Nantwich in the United Kingdom,<ref name="CreweChronicle_3Feb17" /> near to the [Llangollen Canal](/source/Llangollen_Canal).<ref name="snugburys_shop" /> In February 2019 Snugburys opened their second location in Chester, called Snugburys on the River.

== History ==
thumb|right|The ice cream shop at Snugburys
[[File:At Dunham Massey 2024 071.jpg|thumb|right|Ice cream van at [Dunham Massey](/source/Dunham_Massey) in 2024]]
thumb|right|Outlet at Dunham Massey in 2024
The business was founded in 1986.<ref name="snugburys" /> It was converted from a dairy farm to an ice cream factory by Chris and Cheryl Sadler.<ref name="StokeSentinel_16Feb16" /> It opened a new ice cream shop in the barn on the site in 2011,<ref name="snugburys_shop" /> and has three [ice cream van](/source/ice_cream_van)s.<ref name="snugburys_events" /> They opened an ice cream parlour in the Lakeside Cafe at [Trentham Estate](/source/Trentham_Estate) in 2016.<ref name="StokeSentinel_29Mar16" /> Snugburys produces around 35 flavours of ice cream,<ref name="snugburys_flavours" /> which have included flavours like damson and [sloe gin](/source/sloe_gin) and toffee crumble.<ref name="Telegraph_8Oct12" /><ref name="Nantwich_31Jul15" />

The business was taken over by the Sadlers' daughters Hannah, Kitty, and Cleo when their parents retired in 2016;<ref name="StokeSentinel_16Feb16" /> the sisters became directors of the company in November 2015.

In 2020, Snugburys launched their drive-thru at their Nantwich site in response to the Covid pandemic, offering take home tubs of ice cream.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheshire's Snugburys reopening as drive-thru ice cream parlour |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/cheshires-snugburys-reopening-drive-thru-18405182 |website=Cheshire Live}}</ref>

== Straw sculptures ==
Snugburys has been making straw sculptures since 1998, when its first straw sculpture portrayed the [Millennium Dome](/source/Millennium_Dome).<ref name="atlas" /><ref name="Chronicle_18Sep12" /> The sculptures are reinforced with steel, and are constructed to attract visitors to the farm and to raise money for charity.<ref name="StokeSentinel_9Aug16" /> In 2015 the [Guinness Book of Records](/source/Guinness_Book_of_Records) included mention of Snugbury's straw Dalek as the "Largest Dalek sculpture".<ref name="Guinness2015" /> The sculptures are created by Mike Harper of Harbrook Engineering.<ref name="Cheshire_14Jul19" />

=== List of sculptures ===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Photo !! Year !! Subject !! Notes
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| || 1998 || [Millennium Dome](/source/Millennium_Dome)<ref name="atlas" /> || Nicknamed "Millennium Cone"<ref name="Chronicle_18Sep12" />
|-
| || 2002 || [Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || Nicknamed "Cone-Wealth Games 2002".<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" />
|-
| || 2003 || [Dinosaur](/source/Dinosaur)<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || Nicknamed "Coneastrawus". Idea by Liz Considine, made by Mike Harper.<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" />
|-
| || 2004 || [Angel of the North](/source/Angel_of_the_North)<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || Nicknamed "Angel from the North West". Donations supported [Hope House Children's Hospice](/source/Hope_House_Children's_Hospice).<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" />
|-
| || 2005 || [Millennium Wheel](/source/Millennium_Wheel)<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || Made of steel and straw.<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" />
|-
| || 2006 || [Sputnik](/source/Sputnik)<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || Nicknamed "The Snugnik Rocket".<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" />
|-
| 100px || 2007 || [Lovell Telescope](/source/Lovell_Telescope)<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || Nicknamed "Dish of the Day". Subject was decided by a competition, and celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Lovell Telescope and the space age. Weighed 6 tonnes, with a {{convert|32|ft|m}} diameter dish. Donations went to [Kids Company](/source/Kids_Company).<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" />
|-
| || 2008 || [Windmill](/source/Windmill)<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || 
|-
| || 2009 || [Big Ben](/source/Big_Ben)<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || Celebrated the 150th anniversary of the clock tower. Featured a working, illuminated clock.<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" />
|-
| 100px || 2010 || [Meerkat](/source/Meerkat)<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || {{convert|36|ft|m}} tall,<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> built on a {{convert|6|ft|m}} base. Had illuminated eyes.<ref name="Stoke_22Jul10" /> £2,880<ref name="Cheshire_14Jul19" /> of donations went to [Railway Children (charity)](/source/Railway_Children_(charity)).<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" />
|-
| || 2011 || [Polar bear](/source/Polar_bear)<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || {{convert|38|ft|m}} tall, 9 tonnes (3 tonnes of straw). Donations went to [The Children's Adventure Farm Trust](/source/The_Children's_Adventure_Farm_Trust).<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" />
|-
| 100px || 2012 || Olympic [cyclist](/source/cycle_sport)<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || Representing British cycling [Olympians](/source/Olympic_Games). {{convert|35|ft|m}} tall (the bike was {{convert|8|ft|m}} tall), weighing 7 tonnes. Took 17 man-weeks to construct. The curve represented the [Manchester Velodrome](/source/Manchester_Velodrome). Donations went to the cyclists and chosen charities.<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" />
|-
| 100px || 2013 || [Dalek](/source/Dalek)<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || Nicknamed "Dalick". Marking the 50th anniversary of [Doctor Who](/source/Doctor_Who).<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> {{convert|35|ft|m}} tall made of 6 tonnes of straw, 5 tonnes of steel, and 700 man-hours.<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> £3,000 of donations<ref name="Cheshire_14Jul19" /> went to [Cancer Research UK](/source/Cancer_Research_UK),<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> as the father of one of the company's staff was being treated for cancer.<ref name="snugburys_dalick" /> The head and [plunger](/source/plunger) of the sculpture moved,<ref name="chester_1Aug13" /> and it played back "Exterminate!"<ref name="snugburys_dalick2" /> Mentioned in the 2015 Guinness Book of Records.<ref name="Guinness2015" />
|-
| 100px || 2015 || [Cowboy](/source/Cowboy) on horse<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || {{convert|20|ft|m}} tall. Made of [weathering steel](/source/weathering_steel) with copper.<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> Donations went to [Riding for the Disabled](/source/Riding_for_the_Disabled).<ref name="StokeSentinel_9Aug16" />
|-
| 100px || 2016 || [Peter Rabbit](/source/Peter_Rabbit)<ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> || {{convert|38|ft|m}} tall, {{convert|8|tonnes|kg}}. Accompanied by a {{convert|10|ft|m}} carrot, 10 foot ears, and giant plastic blue jacket. Took 1,000 man-hours to create.<ref name="StokeSentinel_9Aug16" /><ref name="snugburys_sculptures" /> It was created to celebrate the 150th birthday of [Beatrix Potter](/source/Beatrix_Potter), and donations went to [The Children's Adventure Farm Trust](/source/The_Children's_Adventure_Farm_Trust). It was destroyed by fire at 5.30pm on 2 February 2017 in a suspected arson attack,<ref name="CreweChronicle_3Feb17" /><ref name="Telegraph_3Feb17" /> and a fundraising campaign to rebuild it was subsequently launched.<ref name="StokeSentinel_4Feb17" /> It was rebuilt in 2017, and stood at the site until 2019.<ref name="Cheshire_14Jul19" />
|-
| || 2019 || [Bumblebee](/source/Bumblebee)<ref name="Cheshire_9Aug19" /> || {{convert|40|ft|m}} high, made of straw and black-dyed wood, donations go to the [Bumblebee Conservation Trust](/source/Bumblebee_Conservation_Trust).<ref name="Cheshire_9Aug19" />
|-
| || 2024 || [Paddington Bear](/source/Paddington_Bear)<ref name="Paddington_2024" /> || {{convert|50|ft|m}} high. Metal, willow, straw, supporting the [MPS Society](/source/MPS_Society).<ref name="Paddington_2024" />
|}

== References ==
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<ref name="snugburys">{{cite web | url=http://www.snugburys.co.uk | title=Snugburys - The Home of Ice Cream | publisher=Snugburys | accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="snugburys_shop">{{cite web | url=http://www.snugburys.co.uk/ice-cream-shop.html | title=The Ice Cream Shop | publisher=Snugburys | accessdate=5 February 2017 | archive-date=2016-12-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227010327/http://www.snugburys.co.uk/ice-cream-shop.html | url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="snugburys_events">{{cite web | url=http://www.snugburys.co.uk/outside-events.html | title=Outside events | publisher=Snugburys | accessdate=5 February 2017 | archive-date=2017-05-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506005918/http://www.snugburys.co.uk/outside-events.html | url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="snugburys_flavours">{{cite web | url=http://www.snugburys.co.uk/content/flavours | title=Flavours | publisher=Snugburys | accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="snugburys_sculptures">{{cite web | url=http://www.snugburys.co.uk/content/sculptures | title=Sculptures | publisher=Snugburys | accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="CreweChronicle_3Feb17">{{cite news | url=http://www.crewechronicle.co.uk/news/firefighters-investigate-cause-blaze-destroyed-12550405? | title=Firefighters investigate cause of blaze which destroyed Snugburys' Peter Rabbit straw sculpture | work=Crewe Chronicle | date=3 February 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="StokeSentinel_9Aug16">{{cite news | url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/snugbury-s-near-nantwich-unveils-peter-rabbit-straw-sculpture/story-29600258-detail/story.html | title=Snugbury's near Nantwich unveils Peter Rabbit straw sculpture | work=Stoke Sentinel | date=9 August 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810152329/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/snugbury-s-near-nantwich-unveils-peter-rabbit-straw-sculpture/story-29600258-detail/story.html | archivedate=10 August 2016 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="StokeSentinel_16Feb16">{{cite news | url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/s-sister-act-snugburys-trio-parents/story-28737785-detail/story.html | title=It's a 'sister act' at Snugburys as trio take over from parents | work=Stoke Sentinel | date=16 February 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

<ref name="StokeSentinel_29Mar16">{{cite news | url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/trentham-estate-welcomes-city-s-snugburyice-cream/story-28986459-detail/story.html | title=Trentham Estate welcomes the city's first Snugburys ice cream parlour | work=Stoke Sentinel | date=29 March 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

<ref name="Telegraph_3Feb17">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/03/forty-footpeter-rabbit-statue-built-markbeatrix-potters-150th/ | title=Forty-foot Peter Rabbit statue built to mark Beatrix Potter's 150th anniversary burnt down in suspected arson | work=The Daily Telegraph | date=3 February 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="StokeSentinel_4Feb17">{{cite news | url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/could-38ft-peter-rabbit-destroyed-in-arson-attack-at-snugburys-be-restored-rebuildtherabbit/story-30111469-detail/story.html | title=Could 38ft Peter Rabbit destroyed in arson attack at Snugburys be restored? #RebuildTheRabbit | work=Stoke Sentinel | date=4 February 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

<ref name="atlas">{{cite web|title=Giant Straw Sculptures of Snugburys Ice Cream Farm|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hurleston-farm-giant-straw-sculptures|website=Atlas Obscura|accessdate=10 March 2017|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Telegraph_8Oct12">{{cite news|title=The 50 finest food shops outside London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9587179/The-50-finest-food-shops-outside-London.html|work=Telegraph.co.uk|language=en | date = 8 October 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Nantwich_31Jul15">{{cite news|title=People go crackers for Snugburys cheese ice cream!|url=http://thenantwichnews.co.uk/2015/07/31/people-go-crackers-for-snugburys-cheese-ice-cream/|work=Nantwich News|date=31 July 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Guinness2015">{{cite book|title=Guinness World Records 2015|date=11 September 2014|publisher=Guinness World Records|isbn=9781908843708|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rBd4BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT96|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Chronicle_18Sep12">{{cite news|title=New starter Catherine swaps ice cream for oats at Mornflake in Crewe|url=http://www.crewechronicle.co.uk/news/business/new-starter-catherine-swaps-ice-5600572|work=Crewe Chronicle|date=18 September 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Stoke_22Jul10">{{cite news|title=Giant meerkat catches eye of motorists|url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/giant-meerkat-catches-eye-motorists/story-12584014-detail/story.html|work=Stoke Sentinel|date=22 July 2010|language=en}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

<ref name="snugburys_dalick">{{cite web|title=DaLICK - Who's for ice cream? {{!}} Snugburys|url=http://www.snugburys.co.uk/content/news/dalick-whos-for-ice-cream|website=www.snugburys.co.uk|accessdate=10 March 2017|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="chester_1Aug13">{{cite news|title=Giant Dalek invades Cheshire countryside|url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/35ft-straw-dalek-unveiled-snugburys-5407929|work=Chester Chronicle|date=1 August 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="snugburys_dalick2">{{cite web|title=DaLICK is king of the cones - Raising over £3000 for Cancer Research UK {{!}} Snugburys|url=http://www.snugburys.co.uk/content/news/35-ft-dalek-is-king-of-the-cones|website=www.snugburys.co.uk|accessdate=10 March 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312074644/http://www.snugburys.co.uk/content/news/35-ft-dalek-is-king-of-the-cones|archive-date=2017-03-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Cheshire_14Jul19">{{cite news |last1=Ellams |first1=Barry |title=SEVEN times Snugbury's straw sculptures blew us away - but what will come next? |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/snugburys-seven-straw-wonders-blew-16581638 |work=chesterchronicle |date=14 July 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="Cheshire_9Aug19">{{cite web |last1=Lucia |first1=Carmella de |title=The new Snugburys sculpture that's replaced Peter Rabbit |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/revealed-snugburys-finally-unveil-brand-16725385 |website=chesterchronicle |date=9 August 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="Paddington_2024">{{cite web |last1=Cream |first1=Snugburys Ice |title=Paddington Sculpture at Snugbury's Ice Cream Nantwich |url=https://snugburys.co.uk/2024/08/14/paddington-sculpture-at-snugburys/ |website=Snugburys |access-date=7 September 2024 |date=14 August 2024}}</ref>

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