Skittle Alley

The Victorian Skittle Alley (or Bowling Alley) was installed in 1873, the inaugural year of the Royal Naval College, for the use of officers in training and is still in action for visitors to play today.

Located in the Chalk Walk, a long, vaulted basement room connected to the Ripley Tunnel, which was previously used to serve food to charity boys of the Royal Hospital School until 1779 and then as a smoking gallery for the Pensioners before being converted into a Bowling Alley.

Open daily. The Skittle Alley is included on your general admission ticket, and on the 600 Years of History Tour.