Walk the Olympic park
Object
Guide
Production date
2006
Object number
2008.131
Physical Description
Pamphlet titled 'Walk the Olympic Park' provides a Guide to walks around the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games sites.
Associated Event
Olympic & Paralympic Games 2012
Associated Place
East London (Place)
Material
paper
Credit line
walktheolympicpark@newham.gov.uk
On display?
No
Inscription
Walk in the olympic park
A Guide to Olympic Games and Paralympic Games sites
Snapshot of London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
26 sports
11.000 athletes
70,000 volunteers
1.2m visitors
£2.5 bn boost for business
Billions of TV viewers
Snapshot of Olympic Park post 2012
9,000 new homes in the Olympic park
12,000 new jobs in the Olympic park alone
New schools, health and community facilities
New international station, Stratford-Paris 2 hours 15 minutes
Stratford City, shopping centre similar size to bluewater
State of the art sports facilities for athletics, swimming, hockey, cycling, and much more
Green route from Hackney Marshes to the Thames
Regeneration of East London, Thames Gateway and Lower Lea Valley
Visit the Olympic host boroughs today!
Greenwich
Visit the maritime Greenwich world heritage Site, Eltham Palace, the Thames Path, Thames barrier and Green Chain walks, Firepower, the Royal Artillery Museum.
www.greenwich.gov.uk
Hackney
Visit the historic Hackney Marshes, hackney and Geffrye museums, Ridley Road and Broadway Markets and the Hackney Empire.
www.hackney.gov.uk
Newham
Visit Green Street, West Ham FC and the theatre royal Stratford.
www.newham.gov.uk
Tower Hamlets
Visit Canary wharf, the museum in Docklands, Ragged School Museum and Museum of Childhood (closed to Autumn 2006), Spitalfields, Columbia Road and brick lane markets
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
Waltham forest
Visit the Vestry house museum, William Morris Gallery, the beckham trail, Walthamstow market and Leyton Orient football club.
www.walthamforest.gov.uk
NHS
Lee Valley Park
Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham forest
2008.131
2008.338
Beijing 2008
A Guide to Olympic Games and Paralympic Games sites
Snapshot of London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
26 sports
11.000 athletes
70,000 volunteers
1.2m visitors
£2.5 bn boost for business
Billions of TV viewers
Snapshot of Olympic Park post 2012
9,000 new homes in the Olympic park
12,000 new jobs in the Olympic park alone
New schools, health and community facilities
New international station, Stratford-Paris 2 hours 15 minutes
Stratford City, shopping centre similar size to bluewater
State of the art sports facilities for athletics, swimming, hockey, cycling, and much more
Green route from Hackney Marshes to the Thames
Regeneration of East London, Thames Gateway and Lower Lea Valley
Visit the Olympic host boroughs today!
Greenwich
Visit the maritime Greenwich world heritage Site, Eltham Palace, the Thames Path, Thames barrier and Green Chain walks, Firepower, the Royal Artillery Museum.
www.greenwich.gov.uk
Hackney
Visit the historic Hackney Marshes, hackney and Geffrye museums, Ridley Road and Broadway Markets and the Hackney Empire.
www.hackney.gov.uk
Newham
Visit Green Street, West Ham FC and the theatre royal Stratford.
www.newham.gov.uk
Tower Hamlets
Visit Canary wharf, the museum in Docklands, Ragged School Museum and Museum of Childhood (closed to Autumn 2006), Spitalfields, Columbia Road and brick lane markets
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
Waltham forest
Visit the Vestry house museum, William Morris Gallery, the beckham trail, Walthamstow market and Leyton Orient football club.
www.walthamforest.gov.uk
NHS
Lee Valley Park
Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham forest
2008.131
2008.338
Beijing 2008