If you had to live near an ice rink?

[Raywayy]

If you had to live near an ice rink anywhere in the uk, where would you live? I want to move within walking distance of an ice pad and I have no connection to anywhere. Please can you hit me with your excellent suggestions? 🙏

Malvern in Worcestershire! The rink might be too small for you though.... lovely part of the country to live in though.

Swindon Ice rink is surrounded by housing.

Blackburn if you want somewhere very cheap

Dundee

There’s an ice rink in Billingham

Altrincham

You can’t be more wrong. There are non on the south coast except at Gosport near Portsmouth.

Yes!

Oxford had one but the area isn’t cheap.

Nottingham is one of the best and housing can be cheap depending upon where you live in Notts

Seconded - Nottingham has 2 Olympic size patches. There are a lot of apartments in the city too if you are looking for a flat share.

You can view the timetable for both patches for the next few weeks here - https://www.national-ice-centre.com/ - scroll right to the bottom for On Ice Schedule

Gosport? Although not as big as some of the others.

I blinked and missed that!! Used to take the DC there lots

I won't have a car and skating will be the sole reason for my move. I will be booking patch ice a lot so I won't always be there during the limited opening times. It's often very early in the morning so I don't want to be miles away with no car and buses unlikely to be running at those hours.

Ally Pally in North London. Beautiful area and a great-sized rink where professionals also train.

Nottingham 😊

Check Widnes… I think there’s still one there. Cheap property too.

There’s one near Elland Road in Leeds. Probably on the cheaper end housing wise, due to the area. It’s a planet ice rink, and the Leeds Knights play out of there.

I 2nd Ally Pally in Muswell Hill. When you're off the ice you can watch the stars of dancing on ice practising. Depends on housing budget though. A houseshare is about £850pm

https://planet-ice.co.uk/locations/widnes/

Came here to say this.

How early in the morning, Nottingham buses are good and start at 5 am, so you could have more choice of areas too.

Strange criteria. Unless you are professional?

I live in one of the main cities. My DDs go regularly. Surely the closest city to you has one?

Kinross

Although lots of rinks in Scotland prioritise curling over skating

I think Sheffield offer good monthly deals for patch ice.