To celebrate our fifth birthday, the Royal Pavilion Ice Rink is launching a woolly hat knitting competition for all those craft lovers out there. This is your chance to create the perfect woolly hat for our dashing ice marshalls to wear when the ice rink opens on the 8^th November until 18^th January.

Our guest judge and knitting expert is Peter Allinson, famed in the North Laine for his fantastical knitting creations, including a complete replica of the Royal Pavilion palace (displayed in his shop windows at Temptation and Whirligig)!!

Peter and our marshalls will be choosing the best hats, which will be modelled on ice before being auctioned to raise funds for charity.

The winner will not only receive fame, but can choose from a skating season ticket, a meal for two at the Bar & Kitchen with skating tickets, or a family skate ticket. Four runners up will also win skate tickets for two.

To enter:

Step 1 – Design and knit or crochet a stunning woolly hat, for an average adult size.

Step 2 – Submit a photograph of it, either directly to our Facebook page: Pavilion Ice Rink, by Twitter: @pavilionicerink or by email: Alisha@naturalpr.biz by the 8^th November – our ice rink opening day!

Book your ice skating tickets now from www.ticketmaster.co.uk/royal-pavilion-ice-rink or call 0844 8472352 or for group bookings of ten or more call 0844 8471512.

The South East’s most beautiful winter ice rink will open for its fifth year on November 8 to January 18 on the Royal Pavilion’s Eastern lawns in Brighton.

With the former Royal pleasure palace as backdrop, huge rinkside bar and restaurant and 40m terrace, this hidden gem of a rink is beautifully lit at night and is a great choice for those wanting to skate in a beautiful setting and sit down to eat rinkside apres ice. With all of Brighton’s gorgeous independent shops on its doorstep and just 50 minutes from Victoria by train, you can get a little Christmas shopping in too.

The 800 square metre rink has space for 250 skaters per session, with a beginners’ area, penguin skate aids and skate sizes from ‘just walking’ to adult. There’s no charge for spectating for those who prefer to sit and soak up the atmosphere in the stunning rinkside Bar & Kitchen, offering mouth-watering patisserie and festive toffee apples for a Christmas treat, a quick drink after work with the best view in the City or a full three-course meal with family and friends.

Ice skating tickets cost from £10 for adults (aged 12 and over) and £7 for juniors (children under 12) and the one-hour skate times run from 10am to 10.15pm daily. Club Rinkidinks (10am – 11am daily) offers children under 5 the chance to skate for free when accompanied onto the ice by an adult paying full price. There are also season tickets for those who want to learn to skate (check website for details) and great concessions for students. Box office is open from 9.30am to 9.45pm, but it is advisable to book tickets in advance.

Buy your tickets now from www.ticketmaster.co.uk/royal-pavilion-ice-rink or call 0844 8472352 or for group bookings of ten or more call 0844 8471512.

Find out more at www.royalpavilionicerink.co.uk

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Media enquiries: Paula Seager, Natural PR, Tel: 01273 857242 or email: paula@naturalpr.biz

Join the Rinkidinks every day from 10am to 11am. Children under 5 years of age skate for free when accompanied by an adult paying full price for their session.

Terms and conditions apply: Only 1 child under 5 may skate for free per paying adult. Tickets for any additional children will be charged at the standard rate for that session.

It’s a great opportunity for pre-school children to try out the ice for free!