Appleby Ice Centre — Local services in Burlington

We have been coming here for the past 4 years. Started with kids CanSkate program which has been very well run over the years. I personally took adult skating lessons here too. There are 4 ice pads. 1/2 share the front car park, 3/4 share the back car park with electrical vehicle charging stations. You can walk through all 4 ice pads internally. Pads 1/2/3 are mostly used for hockey all with decent audience seating and wheelchair access (but not great baby changing facilities) and decent changing rooms. 3/4 are used for figureskating and CanSkating and with good amount of free parking and audience seating (and baby changing facility) but rink 4 doesn't have any changing rooms (there are - but they seem to be for staff only). There are far more seating and tables at the communal area compared to Rink 1/2. All 4 ice pads and their car parks are well maintained. There is a LiNing sports shop next to it as well as an A&W burger restaurant. Just need a good coffee place...

The Arena is fine, but the parking is horrible. It's not large enough at all with no lighting, so if your child has skating lessons after dark, the lot is always packed and you have to walk a long way through an unlit parking lot to get in to the arena which feels very unsafe... it's too dark to even see if you're stepping on any black-ice patches! Also, one of the instructors for level 3 skating is very rude and thinks she can tell people where on the outside of the rink parents can watch their children... i was standing where i see other parents standing all the time and she saw fit to insist that I go somewhere else because i could be a distraction... i was just standing there and look like an average person... not waving, jumping or...

Personally I love iceskating, and due to the inconsistent weather as of late, indoor iceskating is the best solution. All the Burlington rinks are under the same management as it were in that if you purchase a seasons pass for about $30 you can skate at any of the 5 or 6 rinks in the Burlington area. This is an amazing deal. Regular admission is $3, so if you go 10 times or more you've got your moneys worth. They have an easily accessible schedule online to find out the particular skating session times. They also have hockey and shinny skate sessions. The ice is always well maintained and depending on the day and time you go you may only see 5...