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Walking through your neighbourhood you see the perfect spot. A clearing in the park behind your house that’s just the right size for an outdoor skating rink. You want to take charge, but don’t know how to do it and if it is even legal?

The answer is yes you can, with help of the Neighbourhood-Managed Ice Rink program! London’s winters provide the perfect match for outdoor skating. Outdoor rinks are community winter gathering spots, places where the scraping of ice and skate blades match the sound of laughter. The hometown, outdoor rink is iconic. Where communities can gather on the weekend to drink hot chocolate and create bonds with neighbours. This is London at its best.

Every winter, as weather permits, select parks across London become home to Neighbourhood-Managed Ice Rinks that provide residents an opportunity to enjoy outdoor skating in their local community. Rinks are built, operated, and maintained by dedicated community volunteers who donate their time to provide a family-friendly recreation activity for their community. Neighbourhood-Managed Ice Rinks are generally open between January to March depending on the weather. These rinks are natural, meaning freezing of the ice occurs from cold ambient temperatures as opposed to artificial ice rinks which are refrigerated and mechanically frozen.

For more information about the Neigbourhood-Managed Ice Rink program, please visit: london.ca/icerinks

For information related to indoor public skating, Storybook Gardens, Victoria Park and Convent Garden skating, please visit the City of London’s skating page.

2024 List of Neighbourhood-Managed Ice Rinks

  • AL Furanna Park

  • Belvedere Park

  • Cedar Hollow Park

  • Dalkeith Park

  • East Lions Park

  • Ed Blake Park

  • Mornington Park

  • Odessa Park

  • Riverbend Park

  • Talbot Park

  • University Heights Park

  • Wortley Village Green Park
 

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