News & Updates № 2021
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Over 25,000 members share new products, honest reviews, local discounts, and the best summer finds every single day. It is free, it is friendly, and the feed never gets boring.

Published2021
FounderMaya Thornton
Our addressSilvercliff Walk Ice Cream Commun…
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  1. No sponsored posts or paid placements in the feedp.03
  2. Manual moderation by members who were regulars before they became modsp.05
  3. Posting guidelines written by the community, not by a brandp.07
  4. Every giveaway is funded by the group admins, not by product sponsorsp.09
  5. The weekly poll topic is chosen by member nominations every Wednesdayp.11
  6. New members get a welcome post with a pinned guide to the best threadsp.13
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The number of distinct ice cream products reviewed by community members since the group launched in January 2021.

01 — How This Community Started

How This Community Started

Maya Thornton started the Silvercliff Walk Facebook group in the summer of 2021 after a particularly good afternoon at a small parlour near the coast. She had taken a photo of a brown butter and honeycomb scoop, posted it to her personal feed, and got more comments than anything she had ever shared before. People wanted to know where it was, what it cost, whether the waffle cone was house-made. That response told her something. There was appetite, so to speak, for a dedicated place to talk about this stuff seriously.

The group grew slowly at first, mostly friends of friends and a few local food bloggers who found it through shared posts. The turning point came in February 2022 when a member posted a side-by-side comparison of twelve supermarket vanilla ice creams, ranked by ingredient list and texture. It went semi-viral within the food community on Facebook, and the group gained around 4,000 members in a single week. Maya had not planned for that. She recruited three moderators from the existing membership and they built the posting guidelines together over a long weekend.

Be specific. A post that says 'this was good' gets a gentle nudge.
02 — Featured Community Posts

Featured Community Posts

Our products — Featured Community Posts
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E01 The Vanilla Benchmark Review
Maya Thornton's original side-by-side comparison of twelve supermarket vanilla ice creams…
Free to read
E02 Summer 2026 Limited Edition Tracker
A running thread updated by members as new seasonal flavours appear in stores and parlour…
Free to read
E03 Best Dairy-Free Finds of 2025
A curated post compiled from member submissions over six months. Covers oat-milk, coconut…
Free to read

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Exclusive Promotions

Members share discount codes, BOGO deals, and limited-time offers from local parlours and national brands before they hit the public. If there is a deal on a pint of salted caramel, someone in the group already knows about it.

Early Access to New Products

When a new flavour drops at a major chain or a small-batch maker ships their first batch, our members are the first to taste and report back. No PR spin, just honest first impressions.

Member Recommendations

Looking for the best soft-serve in your city, or a dairy-free option that actually tastes good? Post a question and get a dozen genuine answers within the hour. The group has members from across the country.

With respect

“I found a salted caramel gelato at a small place in Bristol because someone posted about it here. Drove forty minutes. Worth every mile.”

— Rachel D., Member since 2022
“The dairy-free thread alone is worth joining for. I have coeliac and the members are genu…”
Tom H.
News & Announcements

News & Announcements

2026-05-20

How to Actually Find the Best Ice Cream Deals in the UK

The gap between when a supermarket marks down a product and when a deal site publishes it is usually 48 to 72 hours. By then the stock is often gone. The people who find the best ice cream deals in the UK are not using cashback apps. They are in communities where members post in real time.

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2026-04-15

A Practical Guide to Dairy-Free Ice Cream in the UK

The dairy-free ice cream category in the UK has changed significantly since 2020. The early options were mostly coconut-base products that tasted more of coconut than of anything else. By 2026, oat-milk and cashew-base products have caught up in texture and flavour complexity. The Silvercliff Walk community has reviewed over 80 dairy-free products since 2021.

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2026-06-05

How We Track Summer Limited Edition Ice Creams

Every summer, ice cream brands release limited edition flavours that disappear by September. Some are genuinely worth seeking out. Others are marketing exercises that taste like the idea of a flavour rather than the flavour itself. The Silvercliff Walk summer tracker exists to tell the difference, in real time, using member reports from across the UK.

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