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| Location | Knightsbridge, London |
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| Owner | Prince's Club |
| Surface | Ice |
| Opened | 7 November 1896 |
| Closed | 1917 |
| Tenants | |
| Princes Ice Hockey Club (1896–1914) London Canadians (1902–????) | |
Prince's Skating Club was an ice rink in the Knightsbridge area of London, England. It saw a number of firsts for ice hockey in Britain and Europe.
The rink was opened on Montpelier Square on 7 November 1896 by the Prince's Sporting Club. It operated on a membership-only basis and was aimed at the elite of British figure skaters who wished to practise on uncrowded ice.[1]
Prince's was the second large rectangular rink in Britain after Stockport, its ice measuring 210 by 52 feet (64 by 16 metres). This made it an ideal venue for the developing sport of ice hockey.
The rink closed in summer 1917. The building was later used by Daimler Hire, and ultimately demolished in the mid-1970s.
- ^ [s.n.] (June 2004). The Establishment of Artificial Ice-rinks. News off the Edge, news bulletin of the Ice Skating Association of Queensland. 39. Archived 17 June 2005.