Phillip Swimming and Ice Skating Centre

Public skating at Phillip Swimming and Ice Skating Centre: the next 7 days

Monday 12 October

• 10:00–11:30 am · Public Skating
• 1:00–2:30 pm · Public Skating
• 4:00–5:30 pm · Public Skating

Tuesday 13 October

• 10:00–11:30 am · Public Skating
• 1:00–2:30 pm · Public Skating

Wednesday 14 October

• 10:00–11:30 am · Public Skating
• 1:00–2:30 pm · Public Skating
• 4:00–5:30 pm · Public Skating
• 8:15–9:45 pm · Public Skating

Thursday 15 October

• 10:00–11:30 am · Public Skating
• 1:00–2:30 pm · Public Skating
• 4:00–5:30 pm · Public Skating

Friday 16 October

• 10:00–11:30 am · Public Skating
• 1:00–2:30 pm · Public Skating
• 4:00–5:30 pm · Public Skating
• 8:30–10:00 pm · Public Skating

Saturday 17 October

• 10:00–11:30 am · Public Skating
• 1:00–2:30 pm · Public Skating
• 8:00–9:30 pm · Public Skating

Sunday 18 October

• 10:00–11:30 am · Public Skating
• 1:00–2:30 pm · Public Skating

Canberra's Olympic-size rink, whose refrigeration heats the neighbouring pools

The ice rink opened to the public in October 1980 on the same site as the Phillip pool, with its opening ceremony in May 1981. The site had been leased to Glencora Pty Ltd in 1979, and the lease submission planned an Olympic-size rink; the heat from the rink's refrigeration system is used to warm the surrounding pools.

Today the centre advertises an Olympic-size facility with 1,500 square metres of ice and room for up to 250 skaters, with public sessions every day. It is the home of the CBR Brave in the AIHL and of the Canberra Pirates women's team, and it hosted the Canberra Knights from 1981 to 2014.

It is the older of the two ice rinks in the ACT. In August 2014 the ACT sports minister rejected a proposal to build a second rink beside the planned Molonglo Valley swimming complex, and the ACT Ice Skating Association's events and competitions are still held on this ice.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.