Queens Ice & Bowl

London · Public skating times & prices

Opened as Queens Ice Club on 3 October 1930, the oldest surviving ice rink in London.

Public skating at Queens Ice & Bowl: the next 7 days

Sunday 11 October

  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)

Monday 12 October

  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)

Tuesday 13 October

  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)

Wednesday 14 October

  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)

Thursday 15 October

  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)

Friday 16 October

  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)

Saturday 17 October

  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)

Sunday 18 October

  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
  • · Public Skate (1-hour tickets)
Address
17 Queensway, London, W2 4QP
Phone
020 7229 0172
Website
queens.london
The street front of Queens on Queensway: a white canopy lined with bulbs reading QUEENS MEATLiquor Bar & Diner above the glass entrance doors, with passers-by at the door. — Queens Ice & Bowl
The street front of Queens on Queensway: a white canopy lined with bulbs reading QUEENS MEATLiquor Bar & Diner above the glass entrance doors, with passers-by at the door. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
The empty ice sheet in the basement hall, resurfaced, with the ice-resurfacing machine at the far side and the striped black-and-white wall and string lights around the edge. — Queens Ice & Bowl
The empty ice sheet in the basement hall, resurfaced, with the ice-resurfacing machine at the far side and the striped black-and-white wall and string lights around the edge. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

London's oldest surviving ice rink, open since October 1930

Queens Ice Club opened at 17 Queensway in Bayswater on 3 October 1930. Its architect and entrepreneur, Alfred Octavius Edwards, understood the rink would rival the indoor rinks of Richmond, Hammersmith, Streatham and Golders Green. As the skating craze waned after the Second World War most of those closed, which left Queens as the oldest surviving ice rink in London.

It was the first UK rink the BBC chose for televised ice skating as a sport. The rink has welcomed world and Olympic champions over the decades, and Princes William and Harry visited with Princess Diana when they were children.

The building has been adapted rather than replaced. Bowling lanes were added in 1994, and a major refurbishment in the winter of 2016 gave it a new identity as a skate, dine and bowl venue. The ice covers over 1,000 square metres, and the rink runs as an all-year-round indoor sheet.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Public skating starts from £8 on Monday and Tuesday, £10 for Late Skate sessions, £11.75 off peak and £13.75 at peak times; booking online is always cheaper.

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Skates & rentals

Skate hire covers classic single blade skates from infant size 4 to men's size 14.

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Booking & check-in

Public sessions can be booked online, which the rink says is always cheaper than turning up.

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Skating with children

Queens is an 18+ venue from 8pm every day, and the last under-18 entry is at 7pm.

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Parking & arrival

Queensway Q-Park, directly opposite, is the nearest car park. There is also on-street parking and an open-air car park at the rear; check restrictions and tariffs.

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Accessibility

The rink does not currently have a wheelchair lift.

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