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Queens Ice Skating
There has been at ice rink at No 17 Queensway in London’s Bayswater since October 1930.Queens was the brainchild of the architect, builder, speculator & entrepreneur A.O. ‘Alfred Octavius’ Edwards, who amongst his many interests had a passion for ice skating. Queens was Edwards’ second ice rink, the first being ‘the Grosvenor Ice Skating Rink’ in what today is the Great Room in London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. Built long and narrow, 45 meters by 20 meters, Queens was never a championship rink but in its day did produce its fair share of champions. Queens has always been, and remains, a popular leisure destination and today retains the status of being the oldest rink in the country. Open daily throughout the year, and primarily catering for the recreational skater, Queens is still a popular training centre producing skaters of a high calibre, with many of them specialising in ‘ice dance’.
No one is too sure how long Queens Ice Dance Club (QIDC) has been in existence, but there’s certainly been dancing at Queens for half a century or more. Run as an autonomous ‘club’, QIDC aims to encourage compulsory dancing as a recreational sport and with a vast range of dances – from novice and junior through to intermediate and senior – QIDC is always looking for new members with a minimum entry of novice and junior standard.
QIDC sessions are every Tuesday evening from 7.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m., Membership is £15 for adults and £10 for under 16s, and entry every Tuesday to Dance Club is £7.00 which allows members to continue skating into the public session to 11.00 p.m.Ice Dance has always been encouraged at Queens and in addition to the Tuesday evening dance session there are also dance intervals during the Saturday and Sunday morning public skating sessions. The ice rink is open daily throughout year, except Christmas Day, from 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 p.m. Monday to Sunday. For the non skater there are twelve lanes of ten pin bowling.
Queens Ice Skating & Ten Pin Bowling can be easily reached either by bus, numbers 12, 94, 70 & 148 on the Bayswater Road or 7, 23, 27 & 36 on Westbourne Grove, or by underground exiting either at Queensway on the Central Line or Bayswater on the District & Circle Lines
For more information about skating, bowling and parties at Queens call 020 7229 0172 and for Queens Ice Dance Club 07775 945 405 or visit: http://www.queensicedanceclub.co.uk
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