Our dazzling dance halls

Dust off your dancing shoes – it’s time to take a trip down memory lane

- ZOE WEST

Cast your imagination back to a romantic age, when sparks flew during a dreamy waltz while chandeliers twinkled overhead. Georgians, Victorians and Edwardians danced their way through the ballrooms of grand hotels, but it was after World War One that we really fell in love with ballroom and Latin in glamorous venues.

Of course, there's nowhere quite like the iconic Tower Ballroom in Blackpool to bring that dream alive. Opened in 1899, this spectacular space, with its gilded balconies and ornate ceiling, is now the highlight in Strictly Come Dancing's calendar. But Britain has more than one dazzling ballroom. Let's take a twirl round some other heavenly halls.

Rivoli Ballroom 
London