Tower of London Ice Skating Rink

Saturday 24 November 2007 to Sunday 13 January 2008

Tower Hill, London
Tube: Tower Hill or Monument

Buy Tickets: 0844 847 1722 or click here to buy online

For the past 900 years the Tower of London – Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress on the Thames - has been the setting for some of the most significant events in British history. As well as being a state prison and place of execution, the Tower has been host to an arsenal, royal mint, royal zoo and jewel house. Now, following hugely successful Christmas and New Year Season Ice Skating seasons over the last couple of years, the Tower of London will once again be host to a magnificent real-ice rink situated in the dry moat beneath the Outer Curtain Wall of the Tower of London.

The ice rink has a capacity of 250 per hourly session. The Cafe Ice alongside the ice rink (no entrance charge) will serving warming drinks and festive snacks for those wanting to take it easy and relax after their skate or whilst watching others take to the ice.

The Tower of London has to be the most impressive and best-preserved medieval castle in any European capital. In 1988 the Tower of London, including its individual buildings which are themselves of exceptional architectural and artistic significance, was recognized by UNESCO as a setting of outstanding and universal value and designated a World Heritage Site. In the years since its foundation in the 11th century the Tower of London has stood as a vital symbol of national identity. In Tudor days, when the waters of the River Thames froze over, the Tower of London was a magnificent backdrop to many Frost Fayres where hawkers would set up their stalls to sell refreshments to those taking to the ice for fun and games. With the creation of the outdoor ice rink for seven weeks this winter visitors to the Tower of London will be able to experience a taste of these historic frost fayres for themselves – a truly memorable festive experience with the famous, and infamous, Tower of London as a spectacular backdrop.