Admission
Ice skating is £9.80 for adults and £9.00 for juniors at the standard price; SK8 Saver, LiveMore and LiveWell card holders pay less, down to £4.60.
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Billingham Forum Ice Arena
Billingham Forum's rink, opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1967 and home of the Billingham Stars.
Public skating at Billingham Forum Ice Arena: the next 7 days
Monday 12 October
- · Simply Skate
- · Simply Skate
- · Make Your Move (Ladies Only, Ages 11+)
Tuesday 13 October
- · Simply Skate
- · Simply Skate
- · Simply Skate
- · Simply Skate
Wednesday 14 October
- · Simply Skate
- · Simply Skate
- · Simply Skate
Thursday 15 October
- · Simply Skate
- · Simply Skate
- · Family Freeze
- · Simply Skate
Friday 16 October
- · Simply Skate
- · Simply Skate
Saturday 17 October
- · Simply Skate
- · Simply Skate
Sunday 18 October
- · Simply Skate
- · Simply Skate
- · Simply Skate
- Address
- The Causeway, Billingham, TS23 2LJ
- Phone
- 01642 551381
- Website
- forumicearena.co.uk
Opened by the Queen in 1967
Billingham Forum Ice Arena sits inside the Forum leisure complex, which Queen Elizabeth II officially opened in October 1967 after construction started in 1960. On the same visit she unveiled Family Group, a statue by Edward Bainbridge Copnall, and in its first year the complex drew 20,000 to 25,000 visitors a week. Hockey followed: the Billingham Bombers formed in 1971, became founder members of the British Hockey League in 1982 as the Cleveland Bombers, and played in the top-flight Premier League in 1982-86 and 1990-94.
The Forum closed in 2009 for an £18.5m redevelopment that upgraded the ice rink, and it reopened in 2011; an estimated 200 people skated in the first hour. Spectators watch from a seated gallery served by a passenger lift. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council owns the arena and Tees Active manages it.
Hockey returned in 2011/12 with Billingham Stars, who play in the northern section of the English National Ice Hockey League's first division and won back-to-back league titles in 2023/24 and 2024/25, along with the 2025 Moralee Cup. Billingham Buccaneers play in the second division, the recreational Cleveland Comets play their games here, and the long-established Billingham Ice Skating Club stages the annual ice pantomime.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Skates & rentals
Skate hire is £3.55 at the standard price, or £3.45 with a SK8 Saver card.
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Booking & check-in
Simply Skate needs no booking: turn up and pay on arrival at reception.
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Skating with children
Children under 5 must be accompanied on the ice at all times by an adult aged over 16.
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Parking & arrival
Free car parking at the side and rear of the venue; the car park outside the main entrance needs no ticket but is limited to 90 minutes.
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Accessibility
Billingham Forum is wheelchair friendly, with lifts and ramps to all activity areas.
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Amenities
There are vending machines with sweets, snacks and hot and cold drinks in the ice arena and in the atrium.
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Rink rules
Children under the age of 5 years of age must be accompanied on the ice rink at all times by an adult (aged over 16 years of age).
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