2012

TQ3784 : Aquatic Centre - Olympic Park

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

Aquatic Centre - Olympic Park
Aquatic Centre - Olympic Park
Used for the swimming and diving events at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games
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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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 3796 8426 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:32.4232N 0:0.7243W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 37863 84243
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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