We have compiled a comprehensive list of Dry ski slopes and indoor skiing centres, in the UK.

Learning to ski before you go on your holiday in the mountains is a great investment, see my previous post: Learn To Ski Before You Go To A Ski Resort. There is an abundance of ski slopes throughout the UK including artificial ‘plastic’ slopes and indoor real snow centres.

Dry Ski Slopes

The original ski slopes in the UK are still the most widespread. The surface is made of a nylon like material which feels and looks like large bristles similar to a toothbrush. They are good for learning to ski and progressing through to parallel turns. It is worth taking at least 3 lessons to enable you to have basic control of speed and direction. These slopes are almost always outdoors but even if the weather is warm it is essential to wear long sleeves and gloves, as the surface can be abrasive if you fall on it.

Click on the Ski centre to view their website:

English Dry Ski Slopes

• The Ackers Urban Outdoor Activity Centre, Birmingham
• Alpine Snowsports – Aldershot, Hants
• Avon Ski & Action Centre, North Somerset
• Bassingbourn Snowsports Centre, Cambridgeshire
• Bowles Ski Centre – Tunbridge Wells, Kent
• Bracknell Ski & Snowboard Centre, Berks
• Brentwood Park Ski & Snowboard Centre, Essex
• Bromley Ski Centre, Kent
• Calshot Activities Centre, Hants
• Chatham Ski & Snowboard Centre, Kent
• Christ’s College Ski Club – Guildford, Surrey
• Dorset Snowsports Centre, Dorchester
• Folkestone Sports Centre, Kent
• Gloucester Ski & Snowboard Centre
• Gosling Ski & Board Centre, Herts
• Kendal Ski Club, Cumbria
• Kidsgrove Ski Centre, North-Staffs
• Knockhatch Ski & Snowboard Centre, Sussex
• Norfolk Ski Club – Norwich, Norfolk
• Oval Ski Club – Bebington, Wirral
• Pendle Ski Club – Clitheroe, Lancashire
• Plymouth Ski & Snowboard Centre, Devon
• Runcorn Ski Centre, Cheshire
• Sandown Sports Club, Surrey
• Ski Rossendale, Lancashire
• Ski Village Sheffield
• Snowtrax Outdoor Activity Centre, Christchurch, Dorset
• Southampton Alpine Centre
• Sportsman Inn & Leisure – Halifax, West Yorkshire
• Stoke Ski Centre, Staffs
• Suffolk Ski Centre, Ipswich
• Swadlincote Ski & Snowboard Centre, Derbyshire
• Telford Snowboard & Ski Centre
• Torquay Alpine Ski Club, Devon

Scottish Dry Ski Slopes

• Aberdeen Snowsports Centre, Scotland
• Alford Ski Centre – Howe of Alford, Aberdeenshire
• Ancrum Outdoor Education Centre, Dundee
• Bearsden Ski & Board Club, Glasgow
• Firpark Ski Centre – Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire
• Glasgow Ski & Snowboard Centre
• Midlothian Ski Centre, Edinburgh
• Newmilns Snow & Sports Complex, Ayrshire
• Polmont Ski Centre, Falkirk

Welsh Dry Ski Slopes

• Ski & Snowboard Centre Cardiff
• Llandudno Ski & Snowboard Centre
• Pontypool Ski Centre

Indoor Snow Domes

During the last few years a number of indoor skiing centres with real snow have sprung up across the UK, called Snow domes. They are generally about the same length as many artificial slopes although the benefits of skiing on real snow have made these centres very popular. Like artificial slopes, it is possible to either take lessons with qualified instructors or simply turn up for recreational practice. These centres are always indoors and artificially cooled to preserve the snow conditions. Although there are not as many indoor Snow domes as Dry ski slopes, they are spread out across the UK and growing in number all the time.

Click on the Ski centre to view their website:

• SNO!zone Braehead
• SNO!zone Castleford
• The Snow Centre Hemel Hampstead
• SnowDome High Wycombe Opening Sept. 2009
• Chill Factor Manchester
• SNO!zone Milton Keynes
• SnowDome Tamworth