2012

TQ3784 : River Lea near Olympic Stadium

taken 12 years ago, near to Stratford, Newham, England

River Lea near Olympic Stadium
River Lea near Olympic Stadium
The Orbit can also be seen to the left of the stadium
Olympic Park, London

This is a sporting complex is being used for the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics, situated to the east of the city adjacent to the Stratford City development. It contains the athletes' Olympic Village and several of the sporting venues including the Olympic Stadium and Aquatics Centre. The park is overlooked by ArcelorMittal Orbit, an observation tower and Britain's largest piece of public art. After the Olympics, the park will be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
See LinkExternal link for more details on the various parts of the park.


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Geographical Context: Sport, Leisure Rivers, Streams, Drainage People, Events Place: London Stratford River: Lea other tags: Olympic Park Olympic Stadium The Orbit Tower London 2012 Paralympics Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Olympic Park [641] · River Lea [381] · Olympic Stadium [261] ·
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TQ3784, 1611 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Paul Gillett   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 5 September, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 8 September, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3767 8427 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:32.4328N 0:0.9748W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 37632 84383
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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