We checked 7 ice rinks near Windsor, from Windsor on Ice to Hampton Court Palace, for 2026 dates, prices and age rules. Updated November 2026.

There are 7 ice rinks within about 45 minutes’ drive of Windsor in 2026, and this guide puts them in one place with dates, prices and age rules. Windsor on Ice is on the doorstep, Slough Ice Arena is the nearest open all year, and Hampton Court Palace has the setting. Every entry checked against the rink’s own site on 5 November 2026, except where it says otherwise.

We have not skated at any of these for this guide, and nothing here is a review. Each entry gives what the rink’s own website or booking system showed, and the rules that catch families out: who has to skate with children, and whether skate hire is extra. Christmas rinks can price by day and time, so the checkout figure may differ. Distances and drive times are approximate, from Windsor town centre with no traffic.

Christmas rinks

1. Windsor on Ice

A real-ice rink with a fairground in Alexandra Gardens, a short walk from both Windsor stations, running from Friday 13 November to Sunday 3 January. Opening night is 5pm to 9pm, and the rink closes to the public from 3pm on Thursday 19 November for a gala night.

Tiny Tuesdays run on 17 and 24 November and 1, 8 and 15 December, and access sessions for disabled skaters run on Wednesday mornings. Santa visits on 12, 13, 19, 20 and 24 December, from 12pm to 5pm.

The minimum age on the ice is 4, and under-12s must have an adult with them. The calendar’s rows for 21 and 22 December print a 10pm start, which looks like a slip for 10am.

Our Windsor on Ice page has sessions, discounts and parking in full.

Open 13 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, closed Christmas Day; term-time weekdays 12pm to 9pm, Tuesdays from 1pm; weekends and from 19 December 10am to 9pm; fairground from 4pm on weekdays, 11am at weekends and in the school holidays
Price adult £17; child (17 and under) £15; family of four £56; four adults £64; four children £56; registered disabled skater £15, carer free; all plus £1.50 booking fee; skate aids £6.50 to £12.50
Booking online; email boxoffice@windsoronice.com for large groups; arrive 15 to 20 minutes early
Address Alexandra Gardens, Barry Avenue, Windsor, SL4 3HY
Parking pay and display beside the gardens, entered from Alma Road
Website windsoronice.co.uk
Good for fairground, Santa visits, Tiny Tuesdays for young children, access sessions, walk from the station

2. Hampton Court Palace Ice Rink

An outdoor rink at the palace, about 15 miles and 31 minutes from Windsor, from Friday 20 November to Sunday 3 January. Sessions last up to 45 minutes, and the rink asks skaters to arrive 30 to 40 minutes before theirs.

It warns that the ice can develop a thin layer of water, and the whole site is cashless. Children under 3 are not allowed on the ice.

Under-13s must have an adult (18 or over) on the ice with them, with their own ticket, and one adult can supervise up to five children. Weekdays before 3pm are its quietest sessions.

It does not say which days count as peak.

Open 20 November 2026 to 3 January 2027; closed Christmas Day; first session 10am, last 8pm (Historic Royal Palaces, read in October)
Price adult (13+) £19.50 off peak, £21.50 peak; student £18, £21.50; child (3 to 12) £14.50, £16; family of four £59.50, £65.50; wheelchair user £15, carer free; skate aid £6, for children under 140cm
Booking online; student ID needed on the day
Address Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, KT8 9AU
Website hamptoncourtpalaceicerink.co.uk/opening-times-prices
Good for palace setting, family tickets, free spectating, cloakroom, wheelchairs on the ice

3. Reading Winter Wonderland

A real-ice rink under a 900 square metre clear dome on Hills Meadow, Caversham, about 21 miles and 29 minutes from Windsor. It sits inside a free-to-enter Christmas fair with rides, a German bar and a grotto, and the organiser says the ice has been enlarged to 560 square metres this year.

The fair runs from Saturday 7 November to Sunday 3 January. The booking calendar, read on 20 October, showed 45-minute sessions on the hour, with the last at 9pm, and six on Christmas Day.

We could not read the skating-only price at checkout, so the figure below comes from the What the Redhead Said family blog. The organiser’s FAQ still lists older wristband prices, so go by its home page.

Open 7 November 2026 to 3 January 2027; fair Mon to Fri 3pm to 10pm, Sat and Sun 11am to 10pm, daily 11am to 10pm from 15 December; Christmas Day sessions 12pm to 5pm (booking calendar, 20 October)
Price £24 four-hour ride wristband plus £5 to add skating; skating only from £14.48 adult, £12.73 child, family from £48.28, plus booking fee (What the Redhead Said, not confirmed by the rink); skate aid £5
Booking online, or on the day if places remain; the organiser says skating often sells out
Call 07768 857857
Address Hills Meadow, George Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8DH
Parking pay and display on site
Website readingwinterwonderland.co.uk/ice-rink
Good for covered rink, Christmas Day sessions, skate aids, fairground, Santa's grotto, small dogs on a lead

4. Skate the Estate, Yattendon

A rink in the Forestry Yard on the Yattendon Estate in West Berkshire, about 33 miles and 39 minutes from Windsor, from Friday 20 November to Sunday 3 January. Earlybird prices end on 19 November, after which an adult pays £20 in advance or £21 on the day.

Gloves must be worn at all times on the ice, and dogs are welcome on the estate. A ticket fee is added at checkout, at £1.17 on an adult earlybird ticket and £1.04 on a child’s.

Open 20 November 2026 to 3 January 2027; to 11 December Mon to Thu 2pm to 7pm, Fri and Sat 10am to 8pm, Sun 10am to 7pm; from 12 December Sun to Thu 10am to 7pm, Fri and Sat 10am to 8pm; 24 December 11am to 6pm; 26 December 10am to 6pm; closed Christmas Day
Price adult (16+) £18 earlybird, £20 advance, £21 on the day; child (15 and under) £16, £18, £19; family of four £58, £66, £70; family of five £72, £82, £87
Booking online; ticket fees apply
Address Forestry Yard, Yattendon Estate, RG18 0XB
Parking free on site
Website skatetheestate.ticketsrv.co.uk/tickets/1
Good for free parking, dogs on the estate, family tickets

5. Chiltern View Ice Rink, Stoke Mandeville

A rink at Chiltern View Garden Centre, about 26 miles and 43 minutes from Windsor. Sessions last 40 minutes and start hourly, and the rink asks skaters to arrive 30 minutes early.

The timetable, updated on 3 November, runs from 21 November to 5 January, with no regular sessions on 25 December or 1 January. A separately ticketed opening night is on 20 November.

Another of our titles has read two more rules on its site: under-13s need an adult skater with them, and support is by email only.

Open 21 November 2026 to 5 January 2027; first session 9am to 12 noon and last start 3pm to 7pm, depending on the date; closed 25 December and 1 January
Price tickets from £10 for 40 minutes; skate aid £5, booked separately
Booking online by date and session; email info@chilternviewicerink.co.uk
Address Chiltern View Garden Centre, Wendover Road, Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, HP22 5GX
Website chilternviewicerink.co.uk/skating-times
Good for winter bar, skate aids, Santa experience, VR sleigh ride

Open all year

6. Slough Ice Arena

An indoor rink on Montem Lane run by Everyone Active, about 3 miles and 7 minutes from Windsor, with public skating on every day of the week. Prices sit behind Everyone Active’s booking system, so these come from the timetable another of our titles read on 1 November, when no Christmas holiday timetable had been published.

That read also listed an Ice Disco on Fridays from 8.45pm at £8.30, and an adult and child session for under-fives on Wednesdays at 10.30am. Under-8s must have an adult with them.

The centre lists a raised viewing platform with a wheelchair lift, and ramp and lift access to the rink.

Open all year; public sessions daily, days and times subject to change
Price adult £6.50 off peak, £13 peak; junior £6.50 off peak, £10.85 peak; skate hire extra (Everyone Active timetable, 1 November)
Booking online through Everyone Active; spaces are limited
Call 01753 969710
Address Montem Lane, Slough, SL1 2QG
Website everyoneactive.com/centre/slough-ice-arena
Good for indoor, ice disco, under-5s session, over 30 skate aids, viewing platform

7. Ozone Ice Rink, Bracknell

A training rink on Western Road, about 12 miles and 21 minutes from Windsor, and about 5 miles and 10 minutes from Ascot. Public sessions last 60 minutes and must be booked online, and every skater needs a completed waiver.

The rink’s site blocked our check on 5 November, so these details come from another of our titles’ read on 4 November. That read found colour-changing lights run in Christmas holiday sessions from 12.45pm, with a warning for people with a photosensitive condition.

Open all year; sample booking dates show Tuesday 7.15pm, Saturday from 12.05pm and Sunday from 12pm; 26 December 11.30am to 4.30pm; 1 January 11.30am to 2pm; no sessions on Christmas Day
Price single entry £14; three sessions £39; skate hire £2.50; A-frame skate aids free (read 4 November)
Booking online only; no refunds, but dates can be changed up to 48 hours before; arrive 15 minutes early
Call 01344 453005
Address Unit 4, Western Trade Centre, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RW
Website ozonerink.co.uk/public-sessions-disco-sessions
Good for on-site parking, free skate aids, learn to skate

How we chose

These are the rinks within about 45 minutes of Windsor with published 2026 dates or current prices. Dates, prices and rules come from each rink’s own website, price list or booking system, except where an entry says otherwise. Our search found no public rink announced for Maidenhead, Ascot, Eton, Datchet or Cookham this Christmas. Guildford Spectrum, about 25 miles away, is left out because its price appears only inside its booking system, which we could not read, and it has no public skating from 9 to 13 December. Planet Ice Basingstoke, about 34 miles away, is left out on distance, though it is the nearest we found with a Christmas Day session on its own site, from 10am to 12pm at £10. Lapland UK at Ascot includes skating in its ticket, but Visit Windsor’s listing says the 2026 season is sold out. Run a place that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@windsortoday.co.uk. Taken a good photograph of any of these places? Email it to newsdesk@windsortoday.co.uk and we will add it with your name as the credit.

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Frequently asked questions

Is there an ice rink in Windsor?

Yes. Windsor on Ice runs in Alexandra Gardens from Friday 13 November 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027, closed on Christmas Day. An adult pays £17 and a child £15, plus a £1.50 booking fee. The nearest rink open all year is Slough Ice Arena on Montem Lane, about 3 miles from Windsor.

Is there an ice rink in Maidenhead or Ascot?

We found no public rink announced in Maidenhead for Christmas 2026. Windsor on Ice is about 6 miles from Maidenhead. Ascot is about 5 miles from Ozone Ice Rink in Bracknell. Lapland UK at Ascot includes ice skating in its ticket, but Visit Windsor’s listing says the 2026 season is sold out, so it is not a rink you can walk into.

Which ice rink near Windsor is open on Christmas Day?

Windsor on Ice, Hampton Court, Chiltern View, Skate the Estate and Ozone have no sessions on 25 December. Reading Winter Wonderland’s booking calendar, read on 20 October, listed six sessions from 12pm to 5pm. Slough Ice Arena had no Christmas timetable when last read on 1 November.