British Figure Skating Championships

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British Figure Skating Championships
Status	Active
Genre	National championships
Frequency	Annual
Country	Great Britain
Inaugurated	1903
Previous event	2025 British Championships
Organised by	British Ice Skating

The British Figure Skating Championships (known in some years as the British Ice Figure and Dance Championships and the British Ice Figure & Synchronized Skating Championships) are held annually to crown the national champions of Great Britain. Skaters compete in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. The event is organized by British Ice Skating, the sport's national governing body.

The championships were originally called the Swedish Challenge Cup and were inaugurated by the National Skating Association of Great Britain in 1903, but were not established as the British Championships until 1904.^[1] The Swedish Challenge Cup had been presented to Great Britain on behalf of the Stockholm General Skating Club (Swedish: Stockholms Allmänna Skridskoklubb) by Viktor Balck, the then-president of the International Skating Union.^[2]

The British Championships were explicitly in the international style, versus the English style, which had been the standard in Great Britain.^[3] The international style incorporated ballet and dance movements with skating and was championed by early British skaters like Edgar Syers and Henry Yglesias.^[3] The English style, on the other hand, was much more rigid and formal. The International Skating Union adopted the international style as the standard for all international competitions in 1897.^[3] While English style championships continued in Great Britain, the official British Championships were in the international style.

The British Championships were open to skaters from members of the British Commonwealth; skaters from Canada, Australia, and South Africa occasionally competed.^[4][5][6]

Although figure skating at the time was dominated by men, women were not barred from competing in the championships. In fact, the very first championships in 1903 were won by Madge Syers.^[7] A separate category for women was established in 1927.^[8] Kathleen Shaw, the winner of the inaugural women's event, stated: "It is much fairer now that there is a championship for women as well as for men... It is possible that ice skating will become more popular now that women are allowed their own championship."^[8]

Since 2010, the British Championships have been held at IceSheffield in Sheffield, England.