Somerset House, London
For the fifth consecutive winter season, premier jeweller Tiffany & Co offer the opulent Skate at Someset House. Ticket prices start from £7.50 per skater. The large outdoor ice skating rink at Somerset House is set against the Tiffany & Co infrastructure of a 40-foot Tiffany Christmas Tree with Storytelling, inspired by the carousel in Central Park New York, Teatime with Tiffany and the signature Blue Box® and discover limited edition gifts for the season as well as elegant Tiffany jewellery, gourmet chocolates from Cocomaya, candy canes and lollypops of the Tiffany Shop at Somerset House, London.
The Eden Project
Outside Newquay in Cornwall, England, The Eden Project has brought back its successful outdoor ice skating risk with a new glacier theme open until February 2012. Admission prices are generally £5 for adults and £3 for children with admission to The Eden Project not included.
The Eden Project includes the world's largest rainforest in captivity housed in a 50-metre-tall Biome. The 2002 James Bond Film Die Another Day used The Eden Project in Cornwall England as a film location.
The Tower of London
London, site of the 2012 Olympics, has at its heart of the City the Tower of London with its striking fortress battlements. Located on the moat, the Tower of London open-air ice rink returns for the 2011-2012 winter season with daily ice skating available. Illuminated after dark, the Tower of London ice rink boasts a full-licenced bar offering traditional festive light bites menu and seasonal drinks of hot chocolate and mulled wine. Skating session prices for adults are £10.50 for off-peak and £12.50 for peak times. Child skating prices range from £8.00-£8.50. Family tickets offer better value for visitors in parties of 2 adults and 2 children to the Tower of London.
The Tower of London is the home of the Crown Jewels of the Monarchy. Its prominent role in English history includes becfoming the prison of the Princes in the Tower in the late 15th century and as home of the Royal Mint. The well-known Beefeater guards of the Tower can not be guaranteed to be found skating outdoors on the Ice Rink.
Hampton Court Palace
Ice at the Palace is this season's outdoor ice rink locatedd in from of Henry VIII's Tudor Hampton Court Palace. Open daily with the exception of Christmas Day, music and lighting contribute to outdoor skaters shining on ice. Sessions in the Christmas to New Year vacations are expected to sell out. Skating session prices for adults are £10.50 for off-peak and £12.50 for peak times. Child skating prices range from £8.00-£8.50. The ice skating risk itself is a temporary structure and adverse local weather may affect availability of skating at Hampton Court Palace outside London England.
Kew Gardens, London
Associated with Tropical Extravaganza, Conservation and Education, Kew Gardens Ice Rink is back this winter season 2011-2012 boasting capacity for 250 outdoor skaters per session on its 1,000-square-metre rink set up in front of the historical botanical Temperate House. Open to visitors beyond dusk who wish to skate, Kew Gardens' trees are floodlit for atmospheric edges through the outdoor ice. Adult skating prices are £13.90 with concessions charged £11.90 and accompanied under-17s able to enjoy free outdoor skating at Kew.
Susan Morris - Susan Morris, Scottish food and drink business manager, organic gardener, author and editor
