Get your skates on! Manchester and its surrounding areas are brimming with roller skating spots that you can roll on over to, many of which offer the tunes, lights and atmosphere reminiscent of an 80s-style roller rink. We’ve done the hard work for you and rounded up all the best places for roller skating in and Manchester, so grab your leg warmers, strap on your skates and go!
1. Manchester Roller Skating
Providing affordable, inclusive, and convenient roller skating experiences for all, Manchester Roller Skating at Ardwick Sports Centre is just £5 per person. Whatever your age or skill, you can come roll at the sports centre. You can either attend their vibrant roller skating discos held every weekend from 3pm to 5pm, family-friendly sessions or participate in their free skate sessions. Not only does Ardwick Sports Centre host roller skating session but it is also home to Manchester Roller Hockey Club.
📍Ardwick Sports Centre, 225 Stockport Road, Manchester, M12 4DY.
2. Rollercity Rochdale
Located at Royale Centre just outside of Rochdale town centre, Rollercity hosts roller skating discos and music-themed nights including a Taylor Swift one where you can hear two hours’ worth of Tay Tay as you skate around. Rollercity is a great spot if you’re looking for a birthday party venue as they offer a number of packages which includes games, skate hire, roller skating and refreshments. If you’re wanting to become a skating pro, Rollercity also has a skate school where you an purchase 10 sessions for the price of nine and be taught a variety of skills from beginner skate tuition to high grade performance skating.
📍Rollercity Arena, Royale Centre, Platting Lane, Rochdale, OL11 2LS.
3. Wigan Roller Rink
Another roller skating spot just outside Manchester to visit is Wigan Roller Rink. Said to the largest roller rink in Europe, the Wigan venue boasts a bar and cafe alongside hosting skating lessons. Wigan Roller Rink also hosts adults-only sessions, skate fit classes, late night skate sessions and even spooky skating near Halloween.
📍Wigan Roller Rink, Unit 2 Eckersley Mill, Swan Meadow Road, Wigan, WN3 5BD.
4. North West Roller Sports
If you’re looking to have some amazing fun roller skating with family, friends or solo, North West Roller Sports in Atherton, offers an exciting atmosphere to roll around with its music selection and great facilities. Boasting not only a huge rink for roller skating, Northwest Rollersports has a licensed bar, café and live DJ entertainment so you can enjoy plenty of tunes during your session and refreshments post-skate. The roller skating venue north-west of Manchester hosts family sessions, public sessions, skating classes as well as inline hockey team training and birthday parties.
📍North West Roller Sports CIC, Bolton Rd, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9JG.
5. Rollers Club
Rollers Club is the largest roller disco company in the North West and host roller discos and skating parties across Cheshire and Manchester including locations such as Wythenshawe, Poynton, Wilmslow, Macclesfield and Knutsford. At these roller skating discos you can skate to the latest tunes mixed with classics, as well as join in with games making for extra fun on the rink. Rollers Club hosts weekly roller discos which are great for birthday, stag do and hen do celebrations or if you simply want to skate to music.
📍Rollers Club, Poynton Leisure Centre, Yewtree Ln, Poynton, Stockport, SK12 1PU | Wythenshawe Forum, Forum Centre, Simonsway, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M22 5RX | Wilmslow Leisure Centre, Station Rd, Rectory Fields, Wilmslow, SK9 1BU.