Candlepin in Portsmouth and Berlin

New Hampshire: one candlepin room and two 4.6-star alleys

New Hampshire has five bowling centers with 32 lanes in total. Bowl-O-Rama Family Fun Center in Portsmouth has the most, 22 lanes, and it is the state's only candlepin venue. North Country Bowling Center in Berlin has 10 lanes. Boutwell's Bowling Center in Concord and North Country share the top rating of 4.6.

Most lanesBowl-O-Rama · 22 lanes

Latest closingBoutwell's Bowling · 11 PM

Best Google ratingBoutwell's Bowling · 4.6 from 418 reviews

Candlepin in Portsmouth

Bowl-O-Rama Family Fun Center is the only candlepin venue in the state, and its 22 lanes make it the largest room in New Hampshire. With 22 of the 32 lanes, it holds more than two-thirds of the state's total.

Anyone looking for candlepin in New Hampshire will find it at this one center. The other four centers are not candlepin rooms.

The four tenpin rooms

North Country Bowling Center in Berlin has 10 lanes and a 4.6 rating from 163 reviews. Boutwell's Bowling Center in Concord has the most reviews of the top-rated group, 418 at 4.6 stars, and Exeter Bowling Lanes has 293 reviews at 4.5. Bowling Acres in Peterborough completes the list, and each of the five centers is in a different town.

North Country Bowling Center

283 Main St, Berlin, NH 03570

10 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

A ten-lane ten-pin center on Main Street in Berlin, New Hampshire, open until 1 AM on several evenings.

Boutwell's Bowling Center

152 N State St, Concord, NH 03301

Hours listed  Open to the public

A Concord, New Hampshire, bowling center on North State Street with a 4.6 Google rating and late Saturday hours.

Interior of Exeter Bowling Lanes, published in Kevin Hong / Maple+Pine photographic gallery. Photo date unknown; current conditions may differ. Photo credit: Kevin Hong / Maple+Pine.

6 Columbus Ave, Exeter, NH 03833

Hours listed  Open to the public

An Exeter, New Hampshire, bowling listing on Columbus Avenue, open from 9:30 AM most days and rated 4.5 on Google.

Bowling Acres

32 Elm Street, Peterborough, NH 03458

Open to the public

A bowling center at 32 Elm Street in Peterborough, New Hampshire, with a listed phone number and website.

Illustrative photo of bowling lanes, not this venue

599 Lafayette Rd, Portsmouth NH 03801

22 lanes Open to the public

A Portsmouth, New Hampshire, family center with 22 candlepin lanes, more than 35 arcade games and a bar and restaurant.

Questions

New Hampshire bowling questions

Where is the candlepin center in New Hampshire?

Bowl-O-Rama Family Fun Center in Portsmouth, with 22 lanes, the only candlepin venue in the state.

Which New Hampshire center has the most reviews among the top-rated?

Boutwell's Bowling Center in Concord, with 418 reviews at 4.6 stars. Exeter Bowling Lanes has 293 at 4.5.