Sports
Sports facilities are plenty in the City, many of them private or hotel health clubs. We’ve only listed those open to the public and highlighted some of the more interesting activities, such as lawn bowling and ice skating.
Plush ‘boutique bowling’ alley on Brick Lane decorated in retro 50s style with a diner, a bar and music.
Fancy a game of bowls? Where better than on the bowling green in Finsbury Circus Gardens, amid the colourful floral displays and lush green lawns that make this place an oasis of calm from the hustle and bustle of City life.
One of the best and the only publicly-funded leisure centre in the City. Facilities include a 20-metre swimming pool, two all-weather tennis/netball courts and a multi-purpose indoor hall (not suitable for indoor football).
Fancy representing the City of London at tennis? This mixed singles or doubles league runs in seasons and is divided into groups of about six players of similar standards.
Fed up of toiling in a sweaty gym? The Rat Race uses the City as its workout space – personal trainers lead jogs around the Square Mile with intervals to do flab-busting exercises. Costs £5 for first session.
Returning for its seventh successive year, the very special atmosphere of this ice rink, which is located in this romantic 18th-century courtyard of Somerset House, makes for the perfect seasonal outing.
Enjoy tennis (and netball, if you've a team) in the glorious surroundings of St Botolph Bishopsgate with its magnificent church and garden. Recently resurfaced and floodlit, the court is centrally located just near Liverpool Street station.
Back at the Tower for a fourth year of winter fun, the magnificent Tower of London ice rink is situated in the dry moat beneath the Outer Curtain Wall of the Tower.
Enjoy the UK's largest indoor golf facility, featuring eight simulators, a bar and lounge, two putting greens and unrivalled coaching facilities.