Greenwich Park in London. picture-alliance / Frank May/Newscom. Find it at Newscom.com: dpaphotos366160
Olympic Park Venues
Aquatics Centre. Events here: diving, swimming, modern pentathlon, synchronised swimming.
Basketball Arena. Events here: basketball and handball.
BMX track. Events here: cycling- BMX.
Copper Box. Events here: handball and modern pentathlon.
Olympic Stadium. Events here: Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and the ‘athletics‘ competition.
Riverbank Arena. Events here: hockey.
Velodrome. Events here: cycling-track.
Water Polo Arena. Events here: water polo.
London Venues (outside of the Olympic Park)
Box Hill through (Surrey and London). Events here: cycling-road.
Earls Court. Events here: volleyball.
Greenwich Park. Events here: equestrian and modern pentathlon.
ExCel in the Docklands. Events here: boxing, judo, table tennis, wrestling, fencing, taekwondo and weightlifting.
Hampton Court Palace (southwest). Events here: cycling-road.
Horse Guards Parade(central). Events here: beach volleyball.
Hyde Park. Events here: swimming and triathlon.
Lord’s Cricket Ground. Events here: archery.
North Greenwich Arena. Events here: basketball, trampoline and artistic gymnastics.
The Mall (central). Events here: ‘athletics‘ and cycling-road.
The Royal Artillery Barracks. Events here: shooting.
Wembley Arena and Stadium. Events here: badminton, rhythmic gymnastics and football, or soccer.
Wimbledon. Events here: tennis.
Venues outside of London
City of Coventry Stadium in Coventry. Events here: football, or soccer.
Eton Dorney at Dorney Lake, West of London. Events here: canoe sprint and rowing.
Hadleigh Farm in Essex. Events here: cycling- mountain biking.
Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland. Events here: football, or soccer.
Lee Valley White Water Centre in River Lee Country Park. Events here: canoe slalom.
Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Events here: football, or soccer.
Old Trafford in Manchester. Events here: football, or soccer.
Saint James’ Park in Newcastle. Events here: football, or soccer.
Weymouth and Portland in Dorset on England’s South Coast. Events here: sailing.
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General view of Hampton Court at Richmond in south west London, Britain, 11 April 2012. The former home of Henry VIII, Hampton Court Palace has been chosen as an official London 2012 Olympic Games venue and will host the Road Cycling Time Trial on 01 August 2012. The Time Trial road cycling event will be contested individually against the clock over a distance of 44km for men and 29km for women. ANDY RAIN/EPA/Newscom. Find it at Newscom.com: epaphotos361383
A gondola passes above London 2012 Olympic Games bunting as it departs from at a station in Royal Docks in east London June 17, 2012. The scheme, revealed in July 2010, links the Greenwich Peninsula to the Royal Docks, where the O2 and ExCel respectively will host London 2012 Olympics competitions. TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it at Newscom.com: rtrlfive312058
General view of the British Gas Swimming Championships at the London Aquatics Centre. Robert Piper/ActionPlus Images/Newscom. Find it at Newscom.com: apsphotos094003
United Kingdom – Bmx – UCI BMX Supercross World Cup 2011 – London 2012 Test Event – BMX Track, Olympic Park – 19/8/11. ZUMA Press/Newscom. Find it at Newscom.com: zumawirewestphotosfive488707
A handout picture obtained from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) received on January 13, 2012 and taken on January 12, 2012 shows an installation entitled “RUN” by Italian artist Monica Bonvicini being installed at the plaza of the Copper Box, the London 2012 handball venue, in the Olympic Park in London. The three nine-metre tall letters of RUN will be the largest standalone artwork on the Olympic Park and forms part of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA’s) Art in the Park programme. -/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. Find it at Newscom.com: afplivefour225730
Render of the exterior of the Velodrome for the 2012 Games. Photoshot/Newscom. Find it at Newscom.com: ptsphotoshot416026
British olympic hopeful David Fletcher poses for photographs during a a test cycle on part of the Hadleigh farm Olympic mountain bike venue, Hadleigh, eastern England. PAUL HACKETT/Reuters/Newscom. Find it at Newscom.com: rtrlfive166779
A handout photo taken on 16 April 2012, and released by the Organizing Committee of the 2012 London Olympics on 17 April, shows 260 guardsmen from the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots and Welsh Guards form a giant ’100′ at the Horse Guards Parade in London, Great Britain, to mark 100 days to go until the 27 July to 12 August Olympic Games. LONDON OLYMPICS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE/EPA/Newscom. Find it at Newscom.com: epaphotos368964
London 2012 Olympic games rowing and canoe venue The Eton College Rowing Centre at Dorney Lake. UPPA/Photoshot/Newscom. Find it at Newscom.com: ptsphotoshot066384
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