The Lee Valley Ice Centre is located in

Leyton Leyton () is a town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It borders Walthamstow to the north, Leytonstone to the east, and Stratford to the south, with Clapton, Hackney Wick and Homerton, across the River L ...

, in the

Lower Lea Valley The Lower Lea Valley is the southern end of the Lea Valley which surrounds the River Lea. It is part of the Thames Gateway redevelopment area and was the location of the 2012 Summer Olympics. A 2005 documentary ''What Have You Done Today, Mer ...

, London.

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ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

and public skating sessions are all available at the centre.

Redevelopment

There are plans to rebuild the centre, plans which would improve facilities but increase the footprint of the centre at the expense of public open space.

Public Skating

Lee Valley Ice Centre has public skating year round, seven days a week. Disco sessions occur every Saturday at 20:30 and birthday parties can be booked for the morning and afternoon session on weekends.

Synchronised Skating

There are currently five synchronised skating teams training at Lee Valley Ice Centre, adult (Orion), elementary (Stardust), juvenile (Supernova), preliminary (Phoenix), and mixed age (Aura).

Ice Hockey

The Lee Valley Ice Centre is home to the

Lee Valley Lions The Lee Valley Lions are an ice hockey team based in Leyton, East London where they play at the Lee Valley Ice Centre. They are the senior Ice Hockey team at the rink, with other users including the affiliated Lee Valley Lions Junior Ice Hock ...

, an amateur side competing in the English National Ice Hockey League. It used to also be home to the

London Racers The London Racers was a British ice hockey club based in London, England formerly members of the Elite Ice Hockey League. Although founded in 2003, it claimed to be a successor of the Harringay Racers club established in 1936. Due to a lack of ...

, who competed in the top-level

British Elite Ice Hockey League The Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), sometimes referred to as the British Elite League or, for sponsorship reasons, the Viaplay Elite League, is an ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Formed in 2003 following the demise of the Ice Hockey ...

. The

controversially withdrew from the

after the club decided that the rink was not safe enough for "elite" level ice hockey. This was not backed up by any official report and was highly disputed by the park authority. It is thought the safety "problem" was used as a smokescreen to mask the team's financial problems. The

and the Junior programme continue to the current day.

Additional information

The music video for Sugar Coated Iceberg by

The Lightning Seeds The Lightning Seeds (also known as Lightning Seeds) are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1989 by Ian Broudie (vocals, guitar, producer), formerly of the bands Big in Japan, Care, and Original Mirrors. Originally a studio-based s ...

, which featured on their 1996 album

Dizzy Heights ''Dizzy Heights'' is the fourth studio album by British alternative rock band The Lightning Seeds, released in 1996, and reached No. 11 in the UK Albums Chart. It was re-issued in Sony Mid Price range in August 1999. Writing and recording ''Diz ...

, was filmed inside Lee Valley Ice Centre. Dancing On Ice rehearsals are also occasionally filmed inside Lee Valley Ice Centre.

References

External links

Lee Valley Ice CentreLee Valley ParkLee Valley LionsLondon RacersLee Valley Synchronised Skating
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