News on Lee Valley Ice Centre

The Lee Valley Ice Centre has reopened its doors to skaters after a short closure over the summer. During this time essential repairs, including construction of a new ice pad – the skating surface, a new cooling system and rink barrier were completed. These works will enable us to ensure we can keep the centre open while we progress our plans for a new twin pad ice centre.

The repairs will create an improved skating surface and the methods we are using means everything we are installing can be reused in both a temporary and permanent new venue, providing value for money.

Commenting on the reopening Alan Seabrook, General Manager at Vibrant Partnerships which manages Lee Valley Ice Centre, said:

“We’re really pleased that we’ve been able to swiftly complete this essential refurbishment of Lee Valley Ice Centre. The new skating surface will make a real difference to our skaters and the refurbishment helps secure the short-term future of Lee Valley Ice Centre.

“With these repair works now completed it is essential that we now turn our attention to securing the long-term future of Lee Valley Ice Centre, which can only be achieve through a new, redeveloped Ice Centre.”

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority’s ambition is to provide a new centre with two Olympic size ice rinks which would allow the centre to host events at the same time as community activities. A new Lee Valley Ice Centre would secure the future of ice skating in Waltham Forest for decades to come.

If you have any questions regarding the redevelopment of Lee Valley Ice Centre then please email LVIC@communitycomms.co.uk or call 0800 093 1716. If you would like to provide your views the improvements you would like to see for the new Ice Centre then you can contribute on the Have your say page.