Ice Skating in London

Natural History Museum
Until Jan 20 2008 Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD
Bookings are being taken for skating sessions which start on Nov 10. The NHM has a 1,000-metre square outdoor rink, plus a smaller rink for children, in front of the museum. A Christmas fair alongside the ice features 38 stalls selling handmade jewellery, glassware, ceramics, toys and food.

Kew Gardens Ice Rink
Nov 14-Jan 6 2008 Kew Gardens, Kew Road, Surrey, Richmond, TW9 3AB
A 1,000-square-metre rink, with space for 250 to skate at a time, in front of the Temperate House. Go after dusk for the magical experience of walking through the gardens beneath floodlit trees. The ice rink café serves hot chocolate, mulled wine and festive snacks. Opens Nov 25, bookings being taken.

Tower of London Ice Rink
Nov 14-Jan 13 2008 Tower of London, Tower Hill, EC3N 4AB
The ice rink returns to the Tower Moat which offers skaters a grand view of the Tower. The Moat Café is nearby and ready with warming drinks. Bookings are being taken for skating sessions which begin on Nov 24.

Somerset House Ice Rink
Nov 21-Jan 27 2008 Somerset House, The Strand, London, WC2R 0RN

Greenwich Ice Rink
Until Jan 13 2008 Old Royal Naval College, College Approach, London, SE10 9LW
Bookings are being taken for sessions which start on Dec 8. For the fourth year, visitors can skate on a rink with views of the Queen's House and Greenwich Observatory and across the Thames to Canary Wharf. The rink measures 750 square metres and can accommodate 250 skaters per hourly session and there's an on-site café selling snacks.