Timber Lanes (Candlepin)

Candlepin by the lane-hour on Route 18

Candlepin is New England's own version of the sport, played with small balls and slim pins, and Timber Lanes is a 24-lane candlepin house at 460 Bedford Street, which is Route 18, in Abington, Massachusetts. Its website is candlepin.com, a sign of how central the game is to the business.

Lanes are reserved online and priced by the hour per lane, with shoes included and up to six bowlers sharing a lane. The site also carries a tournaments section and a candlepin pro shop page, so serious players are catered for as well as casual groups. The center has not posted a weekly schedule in a form that can be repeated here.