Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is a sporting complex and public park in Stratford, Hackney Wick, Leyton and Bow, in east London. It was purpose-built for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, situated adjacent to the Stratford City development. It contains the Olympic stadium, now known as the London Stadium, and the Olympic swimming pool together with the athletes' Olympic Village and several other Olympic sporting venues and the London Olympics Media Centre. The park is overlooked by the ArcelorMittal Orbit, an observation tower and Britain's largest piece of public art.
Aerial view of the park in October 2022
The London Aquatics Centre with the ArcelorMittal Orbit on the right
Lee Valley VeloPark
Olympic gardens in front of the River Lea and its tributary the City Mill River
Stratford is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Newham. Part of the Lower Lea Valley, Stratford is situated 6 miles (9.7 km) east-northeast of Charing Cross, and includes the localities of Maryland and East Village.
West Ham Town Hall, Stratford
Bow Bridge depicted in 1851
London 2012 Opening Ceremony – Stratford's historically agrarian economy
London 2012 Opening Ceremony – Industrial Revolution
