Safety Code

Ice skating is great fun and by following these few simple steps can be a safe and enjoyable experience.

Clothes
Wear whatever you feel comfortable in. The air temperature is around 16 degrees, so warmer than you may think.

Gloves
Gloves are an optional extra to give you extra protection should you fall.

Skates
The general rule of thumb for which size skate to wear is half a size bigger than your normal shoe size and we have skates ranging from a child's 7 to an adult 13 & half.

Do's

• Do make sure your skates are correctly laced
• Do wear gloves
• Do make sure you skate in an anti-clockwise direction
• Do obey the ice marshals on duty
  

Dont's

• Don't sit or climb over the safety barrier
• Don't chip, throw or spray ice
• Don't skate at excessive speed
• Don't drink or eat on the ice
• Don't drop litter on the ice
• Don't carry children or young babies on the ice
• Don't skate in chains of more than two people
• Don't use mobile phones on the ice