Bluewater opens 5 November and Greenwich 18 November; Streatham skates all year. Seven rinks near Bromley with 2026 dates, ticket prices and booking rules.

There is no ice rink in Bromley borough this winter, so most people here skate at one of three: the Queen’s House Ice Rink in Greenwich (opens 18 November, the nearest Christmas rink), the covered rink at Bluewater (opens 5 November) or Streatham Ice Rink, an Olympic-size rink open all year. Central London adds four more. Every entry checked against the rink’s own site on 2 November 2026.

We have not skated at any of these for this guide, and nothing here is a review. Each entry gives the dates, the prices the rink’s own booking page or website showed on 2 November, and the rules that catch families out: booking fees, skate aids and age limits. Prices on most seasonal rinks change by day and time, so the figure you see when you book may differ.

Closest to Bromley

1. The Queen’s House Ice Rink, Greenwich

An open-air rink in front of the Queen’s House, inside Greenwich’s UNESCO World Heritage Site and run for Royal Museums Greenwich by Tamarisk Events (per Visit South East England’s listing). The museum’s page gives the season as 18 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, 10am to 9pm, and mentions special sessions for toddlers, students and SEND families.

The booking page says each session is 45 minutes and that the rink is a 10-minute walk from Greenwich and Maze Hill stations. Londonist reports the rink has doubled in size this year with the same capacity, and that bookings can be moved up to 24 hours ahead.

Open 18 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, 10am to 9pm
Price adult £16.80 standard, £24.64 peak, £26.88 super peak; child £11.20, £19.60, £22.40; student £11.20; parent and mini skater £8.40; carers free (booking page, 2 November)
Booking online, 45-minute sessions
Address Romney Road, Greenwich, SE10 9NF
Website rmg.co.uk/queens-house/attractions/queens-house-ice-rink
Good for toddler sessions, SEND sessions, student sessions, 10 minutes' walk from Greenwich and Maze Hill stations

2. Streatham Ice Rink

The rink inside Streatham Ice and Leisure Centre, run by Active Lambeth, is a full Olympic-size sheet, 60m by 30m, and Active Lambeth says it “has been one of the coolest places to skate in London” for more than 80 years. Public sessions run “all throughout the day, 7 days a week”, each 60 minutes, and the centre advises booking online.

Skates are for hire from child size 7 to adult size 15, with penguin aids for children under 1.2m and snowman aids for taller ones. Trousers must be worn, and children under 8 need a skating adult with them.

Last year the clubs’ Christmas ice show was on 13 December; no 2026 date was published on 2 November.

Open all year, public sessions daily
Price public session price not printed on Active Lambeth's site; private lessons from £15 for 15 minutes
Booking online in advance advised, 60-minute sessions
Address 390 Streatham High Road, SW16 6HX
Website active.lambeth.gov.uk/activities/ice-skating
Good for all year, lessons, under-8s with a skating adult, carers of disabled skaters free

3. The Ice Rink at Bluewater

Bluewater builds its rink outside The Village, under a roof, so it is “undercover” whatever the weather. The centre’s page gives 5 November 2026 to 3 January 2027 with 45-minute sessions and skate hire included, open on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day; its booking system lists no sessions on Christmas Day.

There are parent and toddler sessions, quiet sessions, adult disco nights and a new Skate & Sing on five Wednesdays from 18 November (5pm, 6pm and 7pm), plus pay-on-the-door Skate to Donate sessions for the hospice charity ellenor at 8pm on 26 November and 10 December, minimum donation £5.

Open 5 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, closed Christmas Day
Price off peak £15 adult, £13 child, £46 family; peak and quiet sessions £17, £15, £56; £1.50 more per ticket on the day (booking system, 2 November)
Booking online; cheapest booked a day ahead, no booking fee
Address Bluewater, Greenhithe, DA9 9ST
Website bluewater.co.uk/en/the-ice-rink-at-bluewater
Good for covered rink, skate hire included, penguin and seal skate aids, parent and toddler sessions

Central London

4. Glide at Battersea Power Station

Glide is three interconnecting rinks around a Christmas tree beside the power station, plus a riverside skate trail through the trees, which the operator bills as “London’s only skate trail”. The season runs from 6 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, closed on Christmas Day.

A session lasts about 45 minutes with skate hire included. Glide prices each session separately and publishes no flat price list; what it does publish is a penguin skate aid at £6, a £290 season pass and, new this year, “Skate Mates” ice marshals at £30 a session for groups of up to 15.

Open 6 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, closed Christmas Day
Price varies by session, shown at booking; season pass £290; penguin aid £6
Booking online, about 45 minutes, skate hire included
Address Battersea Power Station, SW11 8DD
Website glidebatterseapowerstation.co.uk
Good for skate trail, accessible sessions, riverside

5. Skate at Somerset House

The rink in Somerset House’s 18th-century Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court, under a 40ft Christmas tree, sponsored again by Virgin Atlantic Holidays. Somerset House gives 11 November 2026 to 10 January 2027, the latest finish of any rink here.

Skate Lates with DJs run from 12 November with sessions from 8pm, there is a K-Pop Party on 23 November, and 90-minute Extended Skate Sessions run from 12pm on 11, 17 and 23 November. Skate School and a Kids Skate Club are also listed.

Open 11 November 2026 to 10 January 2027
Price adults £13 to £28.50; children £11 to £15; plus £1.50 fee per ticket
Booking online
Address Strand, WC2R 1LA
Website somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/skate-somerset-house
Good for lessons, Skate Lates, open to 10 January

6. Skate Leicester Square

Underbelly’s open-air rink circles the Shakespeare statue in the middle of Leicester Square, surrounded by its Christmas market, in its second year. It opened on 31 October and runs to 3 January 2027, closed on Christmas Day.

The booking page listed tickets “from £7.60”, plus a £3 transaction fee, on 2 November; prices change between off-peak and peak days.

Open 31 October 2026 to 3 January 2027, closed Christmas Day
Price from £7.60, plus a £3 transaction fee (booking page, 2 November)
Booking online
Address Leicester Square, WC2H
Website skateleicestersquare.co.uk
Good for cheapest start price, Christmas market, open now

7. Ice skating at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland calls its rink around the Victorian bandstand “the UK’s largest open-air ice rink”. It opens on 19 November and runs to 3 January 2027.

You need a ticket to enter the site as well, but Winter Wonderland says every £25 spent online on attractions in one transaction unlocks a free entry ticket. Bags go in a cloakroom at £2 an item, and phones and cameras are not allowed on the ice.

Electric wheelchairs can go on with the motor off.

Open 19 November 2026 to 3 January 2027
Price adult £12.65 off peak, £17.05 standard, £19.25 peak; child (3 to 12) £9.35, £11.55, £13.75; family £37.40 to £55; £1 to £4 more on the day; site entry extra
Booking online in advance
Address Hyde Park, London
Website hydeparkwinterwonderland.com/attraction/ice-skating
Good for wheelchair users, funfair day out, Ice Guide sessions £39.50

Not confirmed: the Winter Gardens at Beckenham Place Park

Last winter the Winter Gardens in Beckenham Place Park ran a covered ice rink with a funfair and market, from 22 November 2025 (delayed a week by a weather warning) to 4 January 2026. The park is BR3 by postcode but owned by Lewisham. On 2 November 2026 the park’s events listing still showed last season and visitwintergardens.co.uk had no 2026 dates. A new premises licence application for the event was on Lewisham Council’s register on 20 October, with representations open to 12 November; our sister site has the full story. We will add it here if dates are announced.

How we chose

These are the rinks people in Bromley borough search for, chosen on the public record rather than on taste: real ice within reach by car or a direct train, with a 2026 season and prices published by the operator. Dates, prices and rules come from each rink’s own website or booking system, read on 2 November 2026, with the Queen’s House operator taken from Visit South East England and its size change from Londonist. We left out Hampton Court Palace’s rink as a long cross-London trip from here, and Canary Wharf’s, which is not returning this year.

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For more on Christmas locally, see the Bromley Christmas market, the Christmas lights switch-on, Christmas trains and travel, Christmas dinner in Bromley and what’s on in Bromley this month. For the rest of the year, there are our guides to things to do in Bromley, days out near Bromley and soft play.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an ice rink in Bromley this Christmas?

Not in the borough itself, as of 2 November 2026. The nearest seasonal rink is the Queen’s House Ice Rink in Greenwich, open 18 November 2026 to 3 January 2027. The Winter Gardens rink at Beckenham Place Park, which is in Lewisham, ran last winter but has announced no 2026 dates. Streatham Ice Rink is open all year.

What is the cheapest ice skating near Bromley?

Skate Leicester Square’s booking page lists sessions from £7.60 plus a £3 transaction fee. Closer to home, Bluewater’s off-peak tickets are £15 for adults and £13 for children booked a day ahead, and the Queen’s House rink in Greenwich starts at £16.80 for adults and £11.20 for children on its booking page.

When does the Bluewater ice rink open in 2026?

Thursday 5 November 2026, running to Sunday 3 January 2027 with 45-minute sessions and skate hire included. Bluewater says it is open on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day; its booking system has no sessions on Christmas Day.