Olympic gold medallist and skating legend Robin Cousins launches stunning new £30m ice centre in east London today

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Pupils from Eden Girls School in Waltham Forest skate at the launch of the new £30 million Lee Valley Ice Centre in Leyton ahead of it opening to the public on Saturday. Picture date: Wednesday June 14, 2023. PA Photo. The centre is one of only three in the country, and the first in the South East, to have two Olympic-sized rinks which means customers can take part in public skating sessions while athletes are able to train. It has a gym, dance studios, community spaces and café, and will debut British Ice Skating’s brand new learn to skate programme, Skate UK.
Pupils from Eden Girls School in Waltham Forest skate at the launch of the new £30 million Lee Valley Ice Centre in Leyton ahead of it opening to the public on Saturday. Picture date: Wednesday June 14, 2023. PA Photo. The centre is one of only three in the country, and the first in the South East, to have two Olympic-sized rinks which means customers can take part in public skating sessions while athletes are able to train. It has a gym, dance studios, community spaces and café, and will debut British Ice Skating’s brand new learn to skate programme, Skate UK.
Robin Cousins and Adrienne Caston, aged 14, skate at the launch of the new £30 million Lee Valley Ice Centre in Leyton ahead of it opening to the public on Saturday. Picture date: Wednesday June 14, 2023. PA Photo. The centre is one of only three in the country, and the first in the South East, to have two Olympic-sized rinks which means customers can take part in public skating sessions while athletes are able to train. It has a gym, dance studios, community spaces and café, and will debut British Ice Skating’s brand new learn to skate programme, Skate UK.
Robin Cousins and Adrienne Caston, aged 14, skate at the launch of the new £30 million Lee Valley Ice Centre in Leyton ahead of it opening to the public on Saturday. Picture date: Wednesday June 14, 2023. PA Photo. The centre is one of only three in the country, and the first in the South East, to have two Olympic-sized rinks which means customers can take part in public skating sessions while athletes are able to train. It has a gym, dance studios, community spaces and café, and will debut British Ice Skating’s brand new learn to skate programme, Skate UK.
Members of the Lee Valley Lions skate at the launch of the new £30 million Lee Valley Ice Centre in Leyton ahead of it opening to the public on Saturday. Picture date: Wednesday June 14, 2023. PA Photo. The centre is one of only three in the country, and the first in the South East, to have two Olympic-sized rinks which means customers can take part in public skating sessions while athletes are able to train. It has a gym, dance studios, community spaces and café, and will debut British Ice Skating’s brand new learn to skate programme, Skate UK.
Members of the Lee Valley Lions skate at the launch of the new £30 million Lee Valley Ice Centre in Leyton ahead of it opening to the public on Saturday. Picture date: Wednesday June 14, 2023. PA Photo. The centre is one of only three in the country, and the first in the South East, to have two Olympic-sized rinks which means customers can take part in public skating sessions while athletes are able to train. It has a gym, dance studios, community spaces and café, and will debut British Ice Skating’s brand new learn to skate programme, Skate UK.

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Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
Ice Centre