Welcome to Christmas Ice Rinks, providers of bespoke real ice, top quality ice rinks to public and private sector organisations across the UK for over 20 years.

Read more about our 300m² outdoor ice rink installation at Gloucester Quays, our work with Derby City Council since 2011, and our partnership with Warwick Castle.

Real ice rink hire – why have one?

Why do so many councils, landlords, visitor attractions, and businesses choose to install a temporary real ice rink?  Read the top three reasons that our clients have shared with us on their thinking behind their decision in the last thirteen years.

Hire prices – how much do they cost?

Every temporary ice rink hire installation is different. We use our experience in doing everything we can to mitigate the costs so that the project fits into whatever budget you have allocated from it. From time to time, it may even be possible to install a real ice rink on a temporary basis for free for public sector clients. For private sector clients, work with us to draw up a business plan to make a return on your investment.

Hire an ice rink – how does it work?

Our experienced team have been providing our public and private sector clients with world-class temporary ice rinks which attract visitors and encourage spending in the wider community. If you’re considering a real ice rink for your prime location this Christmas or at any time of year, what do you need to know about how it works?

About Us

For over 13 years, we have worked with councils, BIDs, and private sector companies to install beautiful, engaging, and safe outdoor real ice rinks that have drawn in hundreds of thousands of additional visitors to our clients.

Centrally managed by a talented, creative, and compliance-aware team led by an experienced managing director, we oversee real ice rink installation from planning to running to dismantling.

Contact us to find out more

Please contact our expert and experienced team on 07870 568 481 if you have any questions about our outdoor ice rink hire and rink installation services for your festive event.

We look forward to speaking with you.

Welcome to Christmas Ice Rinks, providers of bespoke real ice, top quality ice rinks to public and private sector organisations across the UK for over 20 years.

Read more about our 300m² outdoor ice rink installation at Gloucester Quays, our work with Derby City Council since 2011, and our partnership with Warwick Castle.

Real ice rink hire – why have one?

Why do so many councils, landlords, visitor attractions, and businesses choose to install a temporary real ice rink?  Read the top three reasons that our clients have shared with us on their thinking behind their decision in the last thirteen years.

Hire prices – how much do they cost?

Every temporary ice rink hire installation is different. We use our experience in doing everything we can to mitigate the costs so that the project fits into whatever budget you have allocated from it. From time to time, it may even be possible to install a real ice rink on a temporary basis for free for public sector clients. For private sector clients, work with us to draw up a business plan to make a return on your investment.

Hire an ice rink – how does it work?

Our experienced team have been providing our public and private sector clients with world-class temporary ice rinks which attract visitors and encourage spending in the wider community. If you’re considering a real ice rink for your prime location this Christmas or at any time of year, what do you need to know about how it works?

About Us

For over 13 years, we have worked with councils, BIDs, and private sector companies to install beautiful, engaging, and safe outdoor real ice rinks that have drawn in hundreds of thousands of additional visitors to our clients.

Centrally managed by a talented, creative, and compliance-aware team led by an experienced managing director, we oversee real ice rink installation from planning to running to dismantling.

Contact us to find out more

Please contact our expert and experienced team on 07870 568 481 if you have any questions about our outdoor ice rink hire and rink installation services for your festive event.

We look forward to speaking with you.

Every real ice rink hire installation is different. From the start, our team will provide you with estimates on your proposal, amending it every time we get more information about what it is you want from a real ice rink installation and the benefits you want it to deliver.

At the same time, we’ll use our 13+ years of experience in doing everything we can to mitigate the costs so that the project fits into whatever budget you have allocated from it.

From time to time, it may even be possible to install a real ice rink on a temporary basis for free. The Christmas Ice Rinks managing director and his team have many connections across a wide range of sectors experienced in exploiting the commercial opportunities a real ice rink brings so that upfront and ongoing running costs are either partly or wholly offset by income from other sources.

What adds to the cost?

• Size of the real ice rink
• Length of time of hire
• Staffing levels and security
• Booking systems and marketing
• Fuel management

What brings down the cost?

• Sponsorship and advertising opportunities
• Contributions from tenants
• Local Enterprise Partnerships and Business Improvement District organisations
• User fees

Work with the Christmas Ice Rinks team and we can put together a convincing and cogent business plan to your public or private sector organisation for the installation of a footfall-generating, publicity-raising, consumer-focused temporary real ice rink facility.

For over 15 years, Christmas Ice Rinks have worked with councils, BIDs, and private sector companies to install beautiful, engaging, and safe temporary real ice rinks that have drawn in hundreds of thousands of additional visitors to our clients.

Centrally managed by a talented, creative, and compliance-aware team led by an experienced managing director, we oversee real ice rink installation from planning to running to dismantling. Our service is flexible and what we provide you can be made to fit easily around your current staffing, space, and infrastructure.

We offer skate exchanges fully equipped housed in hard wall structures. Everything we install at your prime location can be fully branded and our outdoor ice rink installation team are used to working within any space available to provide visitors and customers unlike with a magical and unforgettable experience.

So, if you are looking for an outdoor ice rink company, you have come to the right place.

If you’re interested in discussing the next steps, please contact us, we would be delighted to discuss your real ice rink requirements.

The Christmas Ice Rinks team have been providing our public and private sector clients with world-class temporary real ice rinks which attract visitors and encourage spending in the wider community for over 13 years.

If you’re considering a real ice rink for your prime location this Christmas or at any time of year, what do you need to know about how it works?

Project managed from the start:

Installing a temporary, real ice rink begins weeks before the work starts. You’ll be assigned a project manager who, working with you, will do all the necessary ground work needed to provide a firm quote for our service as quickly as possible when s/he has all the information they require.

Your project manager stays with you right from the quote stage through the installation to the operation and the final dismantling.

Deciding the size of your real ice rink

How can you get the most ice rink for the space you have available while, at the same time, maximising revenue opportunities, encouraging participation, and ensuring that visitors and staff can operate in an environment with the highest health and safety standards?

During the quotation process, we’ll provide you with detailed plans and proposals for you and other decision makers within your organisation to consider. In addition to the ice rink, you can, at the same time, decide on other structures and features you want – speak to our team to find out what we can offer.

Ground at the location

Part of the consideration behind the size of the Christmas ice rink we install for you is based on the state of the ground in your prime location. We will always install a levelling sub-based to provide a flat, non-sloping surface for the most enjoyable and predictable user experience.

Choose what else you require to make the perfect experience

Every client has their own ideas about providing customers and visitors with the perfect skating experience. Let us know what you have in mind and, if we can’t organise it ourselves, we’re certain to know a trusted and qualified supplier we can recommend and, if necessary with your prior approval, sub-contract.

Access to water and other services for maintenance

We will need access to water and other utilities when we’re on site. If you put us in touch with your current supplier, we can take care of all the necessary arrangements with your permission.

Ongoing support

We can provide as much or as little support to all aspects of running your Christmas ice rink from ticketing to marketing to sponsorship to security. Our service is completely flexible and we can provide staffing and support to the level required.

When the ice rink is closed, we maintain the surface of your rink using either motorised re-surfacers or snow scrapers, depending on the size of your installation.

Dismantling

At the end of the hire period, our experienced construction team will dismantle all of the structures used in your temporary real ice rink hire installation making sure that the area is left as we found it prior to putting up your rink.

Contact us to find out more

To find out more on how we’d install your rink and the other options on offer, call or email Christmas Ice Rinks as soon as you can.