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London 2012 Venues and Sports
A to G:
Aquatics Centre
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Broxbourne
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Earls Court
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Eton Dorney
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ExCeL London
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Greenwich Arena
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Greenwich Park
H to M:
Hampden Park
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Hockey Centre
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Horse Guards Parade
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Hyde Park
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Lords Cricket Ground
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Millennium Stadium
M to R:
Multi Sport Arenas
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Old Trafford
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Olympic Park
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Olympic Stadium
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Regents Park
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Royal Artillery Barracks
S to W:
St James Park
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The Dome
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Velopark
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Villa Park
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Weald Country Park
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Wembley
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Weymouth and Portland
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Wimbledon
Sports: Water Polo, Diving (synchronised Diving), Modern Pentathlon (running, shooting, swimming, fencing and show jumping), Swimming (50 to 1.500 meter events) and Synchronised Swimming (women only). Location: Stratford City, South east corner of the new Olympic Park, Aerial Image: Birdseye View (51.539482, -0.009903). Capacity: 20.000 seats. Public transport by Javelin shuttle trein service,
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Sports: white-water Kayaking and Canoeing (see also Eton Dorney for flatwater kayaking and canoeing). Location: Hertfordshire river Lea. Aerial Image: Birdseye View. Capacity: 12.000 people. Public transport: Broxbourne Station and motorway A10.
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Sports: Volleyball (indoor volleyball and beach volleyball). Location: Exhibition centre in west London, Aerial Image: Birdseye View (centre coordinates: lat. 51.489019, lon. -0.197357). Capacity: 18.000 seats. Public transport through West Brompton station by National Rail as Silverlink and Earls Court station by District line and Piccadilly line,
read more at ... www.eco.co.uk about Earls Court, show me all hotels at Earls Court West London
Sports: Rowing (rowing and sculling) and flatwater Kayaking and Canoeing (see also Broxbourne for white-water kayaking and canoeing). Location: West of London 12 miles from Heathrow Airport, Dorney rowing lake. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (centre coordinates: lat. 51.493836, lon. -0.661325). Capacity: 20.000 seats. Transport: Motorway M4 junction 7, by train from Waterloo Station to Windsor & Eton Riverside Station or from Paddington Station to Slough.
read more at ... www.dorneylake.com about Dorney Lake.
Sports: Table Tennis, Boxing (11 weight divisions from light flyweight to super heavyweight), Taekwondo, Judo, Weightlifting (women and men) and Wrestling (greco roman and freestyle). Location: East London Victoria Dock and close to London City Airport, Aerial Image: Birdseye View (centre coordinates: lat. 51.507928, lon. 0.031285). Capacity: 4 arenas from 6.000 to 10.000 seats. Public transport through Docklands Light Rail, Prince Regent station and Custom House station.
read more at ... www.excel-london.co.uk about ExCeL London.
Sports: Rhythmic Gymnastic and Badminton. Location: Greenwich peninsula a temporary location adjacent to the Dome. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (51.500729, 0.000161). Capacity: 6.000 spectators. Public transport through North Greenwich station at Millenium Way by Jubilee Line.
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Sports: Modern Pentathlon and Equestrian events (dressage, showjumping and crosscountry). Location: East London at south bank of river Thames. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (51.476625, 0.001159). Capacity: unknown. Public transport through Docklands Light Rail, Prince Regent station and Custom House station.
read more at ... www.royalparks.gov.uk about the Royal Park.
Sports: Football. Location: South of Glasgow city centre. Aerial Image: Birdseye View.
Capacity: 52.000. Public transport: There is a regular bus service from Glasgow Airport to Glasgow Central Train Station and regular trains run from Glasgow Central to Hampden Park.
read more about ... www.hampdenpark.co.uk.
Sports: Hockey. Location: Two stadia in the middle of the Olympic Park. Capacity: main 15.000 and second 5.000 people. Public transport: see Olympic Park
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Sports: Beach Volleyball (played by teams of two). Location: 2 temporary stadia at Whitehall close to Downing Street and Trafalgar Square. Capacity: 15.000 people. Public transport: Tube and bus.
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Sports: Triathlon (swimming, cycling and running) based in Hyde Park with cycling and running circuits along known landmarks. Location: In the heart of Londons West End and Londons largest park. Aerial Image: Birdseye View. Capacity: 3.000 grandstand seats. Public transport: Londons underground.
read more at ... www.royalparks.gov.uk about the Royal Park.
Sports: Archery. Location: St John's Wood next to and west of Regent's Park, corner of Wellington Road and Johns Wood Road. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (centre coordinates: lat. 51.529371, lon. -0.172144). Capacity: 6.500 people. Public transport: St Johns Wood Station at Wellington Road (travelcard zone 2), serving Jubilee Line. By car: On-street parking is not available.
read more ...www.lords.org
Sports: Rugby and Football (total six venues for football events, see also Wembley Stadium). Location: Cardiff city centre. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (centre coordinates: lat. 51.478162, lon. -3.181862). Public transport: Cardiff railway station. By car: motorway M5 and M4.
read more ... www.millenniumstadium.com Sorry you have to copy and paste this link! We do not link to websites with irritating popups!
Sports: Volleyball, Handball, Modern Pentathlon, Fencing, and Basketball (preliminary matches). Location: Multi Sport Arenas are located within the Olympic Park. Aerial Image: see Olympic Park. Public transport: see Olympic Park.
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Sports: Football. Location: Couple of miles from Manchester city centre. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (53.46304, -2.291111). Capacity: 75.000. Public transport: Manchesters tram to and from airport as well as city centre. Motorway M60 junction 7, 9 or 12.
read more on ... www.manutd.com
Location: East London in the Lower Lea Valley only 6 kilometers from the Tower. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (51.536086, -0.122566). Venues: Olympic Stadium, Hockey Centre, Multi-sport arenas, Velodrome and Aquatics Centre. Public transport: High-speed Javelin shuttle, 7 minutes to central London (St. Pancras), transfers 25.000 passengers an hour. This means every second 6.9 people possibly will arrive in Olympic Park by the high-speed Javelin shuttle. Totally there are 10 train lines serving the 3 stations (Stratford International station) in an interval of 15 seconds.
Sports: Athletics (42 disciplines) also the opening and closing ceremonies will be held in the Olympic Stadium. Location: Centre of Olympic Park. Aerial Image: Birdseye View. Capacity: 80.000 seats. Public transport: See Olympic Park.
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Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay
Sports: Sailing. Location: National Sailing Academy in Osprey Quay at the south coastline of England. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (50.570809, -2.443085). Capacity: . Transport: by motorway A353 and direct rail service to and from London Waterloo.
read more ... www.wpnsa.org.uk
Sports: Road Cycling. Location: North of Londons West End. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (51.529572, -0.155611). Capacity: 3.000 seats. Public transport:Public transport: The Tube by Baker Street, Regents Park Station or Great Portland Street. See also Londons underground.
read more at ... www.royalparks.gov.uk about Regent's Park.
Sports: Shooting (indoor). Location: Woolwich in south east London. Aerial Image: Birdseye View. Capacity: 7.500 people Public transport: by Mainland train and bus, also by Docklands Light Rail (access through a pedestrian foot tunnel)
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Sports: Football. Location: North east of England Newcastle-upon-Tyne city centre. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (54.975483, -1.621578). Capacity: 52.400 seats. Public transport: Newcastle Central Railway station 10 minutes walk.
a little confusing info at ... www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk about St James' Park.
Sports: Gymnastics and Basketball finals, see also Greenwich Arena and the Multi Sport arenas for preliminary matches of basketball. Location: Greenwich peninsula above the Blackwall Tunnel on the Meridian line and 12 minutes from central London by Jubilee Line. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (51.502478, 0.0000000). Capacity: 20.000 seats (no seatingplan available). Public transport to O2: North Greenwich station by Jubilee Line.
Floor plan of the Dome inside O2, read more ....
Sports: BMX and Cycling (see also Hyde Park for triathlon cycling, Regents Park for road cycling events and Weald Country Park for mountain biking). Location: Northern part of Olympic Park with the outdoor BMX circuit and the Velodrome. Aerial Image: Birdseye View. Capacity: 2 x 6.000 people. Public transport: see Olympic Park.
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Sports: Football. Location: Birmingham, east of the city centre. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (52.508862, -1.884617). Capacity: 50.000 seats. Transport: Aston train station, Witton station and motorway M6 junction 6.
a little confusing info at ... www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk about Aston Villa.
Sports: Mountain Biking. Location: Essex east of London. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (51.627129, 0.268135). Capacity: 3.000 seats. Transport: Motorway 25 junction 28 about 29 miles from Westminster.
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Sports: Finals of the football tournament (players aged under 24 only, for football see also Millennium Stadium, Hampden Park, Old Trafford, St James Park and Villa Park). Location: Stratford City, North west of London, six miles to city centre,
Aerial Image: Birdseye View
(51.555942, -0.278875). Capacity: 90.000 seats. Public transport by Jubilee Line, Metropolitan Line, Bakerloo Line, Chiltern and Silverlink. Bus 79 passes the door and buses 224, 92, 83 and 182 stop nearby. Distance to Heathrow Airport is 13miles.
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Sports: Tennis (singles and doubles for men and women). Location: South west of London. Aerial Image: Birdseye View (51.433504, -0.213783). Public transport: Tramlink. South Wimbledon station and Southfields station.
read more on Wimbledon's official site ... www.wimbledon.org
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