Oldest UK Ice Rink: What Is It?
Vern Muller
2025-05-19 13:27:12
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The world's first artificial ice rink was made in London in December 1841. The very small ice rink, measuring just 12ft by 6ft, was created in the most unlikeliest of places: in a seed-room in the grounds of a nursery near Dorset Square. The third rink, with 'a surface of 3,000 feet' was opened at the Baker Street Bazaar in Portman Square in 1844. This was the wonderfully named Glaciarium, decorated with painted alpine scenery, and featuring live music to skate by, courtesy of a resident 'promenade band'.
The world's first mechanically frozen ice rink was opened by John Gamgee in a tent within a gentleman's club, just off the King's Road in Chelsea, on 7 January 1876. In March, the latest Glaciarium moved to a permanent venue at 379 King's Road, where a rink measuring 40ft by 24ft (12.2m by 7.3m) was established.
Jaleel Botsford
2025-05-13 11:39:46
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Queens Ice Club in Bayswater, which opened in 1930, is the only rink from that time still in use today.
Nolan Dare
2025-05-05 05:56:10
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The Manchester Ice Palace was opened in 1910 and closed in 1967. It is Britain's oldest surviving ice rink structure, and at the time of its opening was the largest indoor rink in the country.
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