Snugburys
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Snugburys is an ice-cream manufacturer based at Park Farm[1] (also known as Snugbury’s Ice Cream Farm) in Hurleston near Nantwich in the United Kingdom,[2] near to the Llangollen Canal.[3]
The company was founded in 1986 and operates out of a Cheshire farm (with associated farm shop). As of 2017[update] it is visited by around 200,000 people per year.[4] They opened a new ice cream shop in the barn on the site in 2011,[3] and they have three ice cream vans.[5] They produce around 35 flavours of ice cream.[6]
Straw sculptures
Snugburys have been making straw sculptures since 2002, starting with a sculpture for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in nearby Manchester.[7] They take eight people several months to assemble.[2] They are reinforced with steel, and are constructed to attract visitors to the farm and to raise money for charity.[1]
| Photo | Year | Subject | Notes |
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| 2002 | Commonwealth Games[7] | Nicknamed "Cone-Wealth Games 2002".[7] | |
| 2003 | Dinosaur[7] | Nicknamed "Coneastrawus". Idea by Liz Considine, made by Mike Harper.[7] | |
| 2004 | Angel of the North[7] | Nicknamed "Angel from the North West". Donations supported Hope House.[7] | |
| 2005 | Millennium Wheel[7] | Made of steel and straw.[7] | |
| 2006 | Sputnik[7] | Nicknamed "The Snugnik Rocket".[7] | |
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2007 | Lovell Telescope[7] | Nicknamed "Dish of the Day". Subject was decided by a competition, and celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Lovell Telescope and the space age.[7] |
| 2008 | Windmill[7] | ||
| 2009 | Big Ben[7] | ||
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2010 | Meerkat[7] | |
| 2011 | Polar bear[7] | ||
| 2012 | Olympic cyclist[7] | ||
| 2013 | Dalek[7] | Nicknamed "Dalick". Marking the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.[7] | |
| 2015 | Cowboy on horse[7] | 20 feet (6.1 m) tall. Made of steel with copper.[7] Donations went to Riding for the Disabled.[1] | |
| 2016 | Peter Rabbit[7] | 38 feet (12 m) tall, 8 tonnes (8,000 kg). Accompanied by a 10 feet (3.0 m) carrot, 10 foot ears, and giant plastic blue jacket. Took 1,000 man-hours to create.[7][1] Created to celebrate the 150th birthday of Beatrix Potter, and donations went to The Children's Adventure Farm Trust. Destroyed by fire at 5.30pm on 2 February 2017.[2] |
References
- ^ a b c d "Snugbury's near Nantwich unveils Peter Rabbit straw sculpture". Stoke Sentinel. 9 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Firefighters investigate cause of blaze which destroyed Snugburys' Peter Rabbit straw sculpture". Crewe Chronicle. 3 February 2017.
- ^ a b "The Ice Cream Shop". Snugburys. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Snugburys - The Home of Ice Cream". Snugburys. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Outside events". Snugburys. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Flavours". Snugburys. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Sculptures". Snugburys. Retrieved 5 February 2017.