Outdoor ice skating rink at the Tower of London. The setting is fabulous and atmospheric with the Tower looming above. Go on Christmas Eve when the rink is flood lit for a particularly exhilarating experience.

HM Tower of London, London, EC3N 4AB
+44(0)20 8241 9818
www.toweroflondonicerink.com/index.aspx
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The ice rink at Somerset House is surely the most romantic place to go on a winter's night. Enjoy the mulled wine and the good music in a twinkling winter wonderland. Don't bother with the skating unless you've been practising. Spectating is much warmer.

The Strand, nr Waterloo Bridge nearest station Covent Garden, Charing Cross, Waterloo.
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If you’ve never attempted ice-skating before then this is a great time to try it out – on an outdoor rink. A few places in and around London, most notably the Tower of London, Hampton Court and Somerset House, have converted large areas into makeshift rinks over the festive period and it’s a great place to take the family, partners or just a bunch of mates.

I’ve been three Decembers in a row and it’s such great fun and very reasonably priced too which is always a bonus! Just make sure to pack a scarf, thick socks and some warm gloves...

Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA

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A peaceful place to contemplate. Great Christmas and Easter services. What is more the park adjacent to the church serves as an oasis in the very heart of London

Mayfair; nearest tube: Green Park

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The Christmas Lights are well known in London, but don't bother walking down Oxford Street during the festive season, get the 94 bus from Notting Hill or Marble Arch and cruise down the Oxford Street and Regent Street, seeing the Christmas lights and gliding past the crowds.

Oxford Street

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