Oldest UK Ice Rink: Any Guesses?
Willow Bode
2025-05-25 18:01:26
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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.
Carmelo Lesch
2025-05-19 14:54:56
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Queens Ice Club in Bayswater, which opened in 1930, is the only rink from that time still in use today.
Sid Stroman
2025-05-06 11:57:47
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The world's first artificial ice rink was made in London in December 1841. 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.
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