I live and work in London so I skate at little old Queens!

I also skate at Bracknell. I live in west Reading and work in north Reading, so it is closest, though it doesn't feel that way when stuck in Reading traffic trying to arrive in time for the morning patch session.

Which is one reason why I live in west Reading, and skate mostly in Oxford... Bracknell is closer, but I started skating at Oxford because it was the easiest rink to get to by train.

I didn't know there were two other west Reading skaters on the board.

I'm also in Reading and I skate in Basingstoke. When I first started they had the best times which suited my then job (have since changed but am totally settled there), and I can get there easily before and after work.

Any more info on skating in Scotland, particularly Glasgow?

The nearest ice rink to Glasgow is at a shopping mall called Braehead. They have a little round rink for public sessions (although this was closed the last time I was there) and an olympic sized rink which I believe is now open more regularly due to the closure of Paisley ice rink. There is also an ice rink in the East Kilbride shopping mall, Time Capsule in Coatbridge, and a couple of rinks in Ayrshire. You have touched on a sore point as I think it is ridiculous that a city the size of Glasgow does not have even one ice rink - ok rant over

The Edinburgh rink has nice ice. Olympic size. It's in Murrayfield, 20min bus from the city centre. Out in the direction towards Glasgow. Right next to the rugby stadium. If you're going to be in the area it's worth stopping by if it's open, public session times are on their website. Costs between £3.50-4 on weekdays. The ice is groomed before every session. Of course it's still really crowded at weekends.

i'd say where i skate but i wanna be anonymous! My rink is good in that the prices are okay and its open everyday of the year pretty much. it also seems more busy compared to when i first started two years ago.

a lot of people joke about my rink not having changed in decades

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I have heard that it's very cold there, though. But I know some seriously nice people who skate there, and hope to visit there one of these years.

While on the subject of Scottish rinks, Dumfries is nice, but very wide, you have to have practice ice before competition so you know where you're going to be during your programme. And there was a rink on the Ayrshire coast somewhere that was on two levels, with a ramp up and down again. I promptly sat very hard on my tailbone trying to come down the ramp. Sigh.... and the rest of it was a very odd shape if you wanted to practice dance on it, which we did!

Inverness, right the other end of the country (is it the most northerly rink in the British Isles?) is small, but friendly. We used to skate at Aviemore, but the rink there closed some years ago.

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Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

I would imagine an Inverness rink requires no cooler units to freeze the ice

The furthest north I have ever been was Bythe in Nothumberland and that was farrrr too cold for my liking

Currently:

Lea Valley on Thursday nights, which is 30 mins away if I time the buses right

Aim:

Lea Valley @ weekends
Streatham On Tues + Wed evenings

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Skate at: Lee Valley
Date started: October 2008
Level: 6 (UK skate levels)

Aiming for Figure club

I skate at Ally Pally, which is approximately 15-20 mins by car. On Sundays I skate at Lea Valley, because there is flat ice, but it is 1.5 hour by bus.