THE Little Ice Cream Shop has opened its third store in Bowness - joining its existing outlets in Windermere and Hawkshead. 

Originally set up by actor Amy McPherson in 2016 as a means to make enough money to move to London, the Hawkshead store became enough of a success for her to open up another outlet in Windermere with her family two years later - and now on Ash Street in Bowness.

The Little Ice Cream Shop offers a wide range of flavoursThe Little Ice Cream Shop offers a wide range of flavours (Image: The Little Ice Cream Shop)

Amy, 27, said: "We've always loved Bowness - we saw an opportunity there. We have been so popular it made sense to keep spreading the word."

The best selling ice cream on opening weekend was white chocolate and caramelised pecan. 

She said the weekend went 'really, really well - amazingly.' The sunny weather after months of rain helped drive sales, she said.

"There's a lot of people who already know us," Amy added. The store has become famous on social media with some of the videos on TikTok achieving nearly 300,000 views. 

When asked what made the shop unique, Amy said: "I think probably our portion sizes. It's value for money. We're changing our flavours constantly - being funny on social media." 

Owner Amy McPherson initially set up the business as a means to support a move to London for her acting careerOwner Amy McPherson initially set up the business as a means to support a move to London for her acting career (Image: The Little Ice Cream Shop)

Amy had more exciting news to share - a potential fourth Little Ice Cream Shop but not in the Lakes, or even the UK. 

She said that they are planning on opening up a new store in Los Angeles 'within the next year.' Amy spends much of her time in the United States doing acting work. At the time of the interview she was in Florida and was about to head to California. 

The shop has become known for its sense of humour, expressed in its wide rotating range of ice cream flavours. 

In February the shop made a flavour of ice cream inspired by the hit Emerald Fennell film Saltburn. 

"Young people have just found it really funny. We always switch our flavours up. I don't really relate to your traditional ice cream flavours," she said at the time.