Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - The bigger picture
From 2005, when London won the Bid for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, this neglected part of London was transformed. Learn the history of the area, from monasteries, agriculture and a range of important industries, from gunpowder and weapons manufacture to food. Plastic was manufactured for the first time in the world in Hackney Wick, which is now more famous for its art galleries and cafes.
- See 18th century water mills and 20th century film studios.
- See how transport developed here from slow barges to freight Rail Lands to international high speed trains.
- Cycle virtually along the canal by Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Discover the St Pancras Olympic connection.
- From the Jubilee Greenway, admire the ‘Cathedral of Sewage’, envy of the world!
