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Site of the London 2012 Olympics and the ArcelorMittal Orbit with the world's longest slide.
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.
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"The Hammers" were relegated in 2026 and now play soccer in the Championship, the second tier. Their home ground is London Stadium, capacity 60,000, in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Their women's team play in the Women's Super League, their top tier, with home games at Victoria Road (aka Chigwell Construction Stadium) in Dagenham.
Three floors with a view of the vast store of objects owned by the V&A. There are mini curated displays scattered throughout but otherwise this is a fairly uncurated experience. A major attraction of the site is the David Bowie Centre where objects related to the late musician are stored with a selection on display. If you can see the cardboard tag of any object, it can be looked up on the store house database accessible from a smart-phone after scanning a QR code. All bags coats etc must be left in free lockers on the ground floor. Food & drink are available from e5storehouse on the ground floor.
Watch a live performance: comedy, music and more.
Digital recreation of famous Swedish super-group in a purpose built arena with live musicians.
Tidal mill in the River Lea, built 1776.