Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Park · Stratford, England
The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park covers 560 acres and straddles four east London boroughs — Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest. The London Legacy Development Corporation states that it is "free to visit every day of the week" and publishes no gate times for the park as a whole. The Newham-side venues are the London Stadium at E20 2ST, the ArcelorMittal Orbit at E20 2AD, the London Aquatics Centre at E20 2AF and the East Bank buildings on Carpenters Road at E20 2AR.
History
The park was built for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and reopened in stages afterwards under the London Legacy Development Corporation. The operator names as its venues the London Stadium, the ArcelorMittal Orbit, the London Aquatics Centre, the Copper Box Arena, Lee Valley VeloPark and Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, alongside V&A East Museum, Sadler's Wells East, BBC Music Studios, London College of Fashion UAL and UCL East. Named features include the Tumbling Bay Playground, gardens, waterways and parklands. No part of the park appears on the Historic England Register of Parks and Gardens; the two Newham entries on that register are the City of London Cemetery, NHLE 1000286, and West Ham Park, NHLE 1001685.
Visit
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London E20 2ST
Featured in these guides
More in Stratford
- Theatre Royal Stratford East · Theater
- V&A East Museum · Museum
- ArcelorMittal Orbit · Attraction
- London Stadium · Stadium