London Olympic Venues

Wembley Stadium & Arena London's £6.8 billion Olympic Park 25 SQ KM PARK, NORTH EAST LONDON Home to the 80,000 capacity Olympic Stadium, the 17,500 seater Aquatics Centre, 6,000 seat Velodrome, 400 metre BMX Track, 12,000 capacity Basketball Arena, 10,500 seat Eton Manor, 7,000 seat Copper Box Handball Arena, 15,.000 spectator Riverbank Hockey Arena, 5,000 capacity Water Polo Arena, 17,320 bed Olympic Village and the UK's largest artwork - the 115 metre ArcelorMittal Orbit NORTH WEST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUES The two venues at Wembley will form the main Olympic football hub and host badminton and rhythmic gymnastics Lord's Cricket Ground NORTH LONDON OYMPIC VENUE The spiritual home of cricket will stage the London Olympic archery competition Eton Dorney 25 MILES WEST OF LONDON Lee Valley White Water Centre 400 acre park at Eton School will host 20 MILES NORTH EAST OF LONDON Brand new state-ofthe art canoeing centre on the edge of 1,000 acre country park the rowing and canoe sprint events Horse Guards Parade Hyde Park CENTRAL LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE 5,000 tonnes of sand will be dumped at Whitehall for the beach volleyball CENTRAL LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE Royal Park and its boating M4 lake to host triathlon and marathon swimming Hampton Court Palace SOUTH WEST OF LONDON Oldest surviving Tudor palace in England to host Olympic cycling time trials ExCel Centre EAST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE Most used venue outside the Olympic Park with 143 sessions of 7 sports Wimbledon Earls Court The Mall SOUTH WEST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE All England Club, the spiritual home of grass court tennis, will be a worthy Olympic tennis venue WEST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE Historic exhibition centre and live music venue to host Olympic volleyball CENTRAL LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE The Queen can watch the road cycling marathon and race walk from her Palace balcony LONDONTOWN.COM North Greenwich Arena - 0? OLYMPIC VENUES IN LONDON EAST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE Former Millennium Dome (0) hosts gymnastics and basketball finals By Katherine Baxter & Steven Potter Greenwich Park What makes the Olympies in London so different from any previous Olympies is its use of the whole city throughout the Games. No spectators in central London will ever be more than 30 minutes away from an Olympie venue, with some of the capital's most iconie landmarks acting as a backdrop for the greatest show on earth. Most events will take place at the ground-breaking 2.5sq km Olympie Park in Stratford, a mere seven minutes away from the city centre by Olympie Javelin train. Other events will be scattered around in all direcetions at key venues in town or a short distance away. Some 96 million tickets have been issued for the Olympies - but the major tieket will be London itself, with the capital set to come alive throughout the summer. Royal Artillery Barracks EAST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE Woolwich's long military history remembered with shooting events SOUTH EAST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE Our oldest Royal Park will be a perfect backdrop for the equestrian events and modern pentathlon 日 回 Wembley Stadium & Arena London's £6.8 billion Olympic Park 25 SQ KM PARK, NORTH EAST LONDON Home to the 80,000 capacity Olympic Stadium, the 17,500 seater Aquatics Centre, 6,000 seat Velodrome, 400 metre BMX Track, 12,000 capacity Basketball Arena, 10,500 seat Eton Manor, 7,000 seat Copper Box Handball Arena, 15,.000 spectator Riverbank Hockey Arena, 5,000 capacity Water Polo Arena, 17,320 bed Olympic Village and the UK's largest artwork - the 115 metre ArcelorMittal Orbit NORTH WEST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUES The two venues at Wembley will form the main Olympic football hub and host badminton and rhythmic gymnastics Lord's Cricket Ground NORTH LONDON OYMPIC VENUE The spiritual home of cricket will stage the London Olympic archery competition Eton Dorney 25 MILES WEST OF LONDON Lee Valley White Water Centre 400 acre park at Eton School will host 20 MILES NORTH EAST OF LONDON Brand new state-ofthe art canoeing centre on the edge of 1,000 acre country park the rowing and canoe sprint events Horse Guards Parade Hyde Park CENTRAL LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE 5,000 tonnes of sand will be dumped at Whitehall for the beach volleyball CENTRAL LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE Royal Park and its boating M4 lake to host triathlon and marathon swimming Hampton Court Palace SOUTH WEST OF LONDON Oldest surviving Tudor palace in England to host Olympic cycling time trials ExCel Centre EAST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE Most used venue outside the Olympic Park with 143 sessions of 7 sports Wimbledon Earls Court The Mall SOUTH WEST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE All England Club, the spiritual home of grass court tennis, will be a worthy Olympic tennis venue WEST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE Historic exhibition centre and live music venue to host Olympic volleyball CENTRAL LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE The Queen can watch the road cycling marathon and race walk from her Palace balcony LONDONTOWN.COM North Greenwich Arena - 0? OLYMPIC VENUES IN LONDON EAST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE Former Millennium Dome (0) hosts gymnastics and basketball finals By Katherine Baxter & Steven Potter Greenwich Park What makes the Olympies in London so different from any previous Olympies is its use of the whole city throughout the Games. No spectators in central London will ever be more than 30 minutes away from an Olympie venue, with some of the capital's most iconie landmarks acting as a backdrop for the greatest show on earth. Most events will take place at the ground-breaking 2.5sq km Olympie Park in Stratford, a mere seven minutes away from the city centre by Olympie Javelin train. Other events will be scattered around in all direcetions at key venues in town or a short distance away. Some 96 million tickets have been issued for the Olympies - but the major tieket will be London itself, with the capital set to come alive throughout the summer. Royal Artillery Barracks EAST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE Woolwich's long military history remembered with shooting events SOUTH EAST LONDON OLYMPIC VENUE Our oldest Royal Park will be a perfect backdrop for the equestrian events and modern pentathlon 日 回