2012 Summer Olympics venues
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The Summer Olympics 2012 was held in London. This page records the mapping associated with the various venues, many being elsewhere in the UK. Additionally, international teams used other cities in the UK and elsewhere as pre-Olympics training/holding centres. See also Wikipedia article on this topic: Venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
This page is retained as a future project inspired by another sporting event may re-use the venues.
Star ratings
- 1: ★ No distinct features of the site are visible on map
- 2: ★★ Site is visible as a generic area, with well-mapped road network
- 3: ★★★ Stadium building appears on the map, with major roads and footways leading to building
- 4: ★★★★ Including detail of paths, steps, grass areas, fences, trees...
- 5: ★★★★★ Full detail, including on-site surveys to list fast-food vendors, loos, etc.
Olympic sports
- Aquatics ★★★ Aquatics_Centre_(London) at 51.5397, -0.0102. Building is on map
- Archery ★★ Royal Artillery Barracks at 51.4865, 0.0605. Only an outline of military area
- Athletics ★★★ Olympic Stadium (London) at 51.5383, -0.01632. Building is on map. See also #marathon course
- Badminton ★★★ Wembley Arena at 51.558106, -0.282457. Building is on map
- Basketball ★ Basketball Arena (2012 Olympics) at 51.54852, -0.01389. Nothing on map
- Boxing ★★★ ExCeL London at 51.50886, 0.03143. Building and some paths
- Canoe and Kayak ★★★★ Lee Valley White Water Centre at 51.68837, -0.01548. Paths mapped within the site
- Cycling - track ★★★ London Velopark at 51.55016, -0.015735. Building is on map
- Cycling - road - lots of locations, listed in their own section
- Cycling - MTB ★★ Hadleigh Farm at 51.54299, 0.60917. Pre-olympic paths
- Cycling - BMX - outdoor location somewhere near the velodrome?
- Equestrian ★★★★ Greenwich Park at 51.47743, 0.00163. Well-mapped park
- Fencing ★ Handball Arena (2012 Olympics) at 51.544287, -0.019757. Nothing on map
- Football - several stadiums, listed in their own section
- Gymnastics ★★★ The O2 Arena (London) at 51.50293, 0.00326. Building on map, including businesses inside
- Handball - same location as Basketball
- Hockey ★ Olympic Hockey Centre (London) at 51.549411, -0.020481. Nothing on map
- Judo - same location as Boxing (ExCeL)
- Marathon Swimming - same location as Triathlon
- Modern Pentathlon - same location as Aquatics
- Rowing ★★★ Dorney Lake at 51.49309, -0.66421. Roads and paths
- Sailing ★★ Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy at 50.56976, -2.4529. Outline of area
- Shooting - same location as Archery
- Table Tennis - same location as Boxing (ExCeL)
- Taekwondo - same location as Boxing (ExCeL)
- Tennis ★★★ All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at 51.4339, -0.21413. Main buildings in map
- Triathlon ★★★★ Hyde Park, London at 51.50717, -0.17254. Well-mapped park
- Volleyball - beach ★★★★ Horse Guards Parade at 51.504621, -0.12795. Well-mapped urban area
- Volleyball - indoor ★★★★ Earls Court Exhibition Centre at 51.48869, -0.1975. Well-mapped urban area
- Weightlifting - same location as Boxing (ExCeL)
- Wrestling - same location as Boxing (ExCeL)
Paralympic sports
- Boccia - same location as Boxing (ExCeL)
- Football Five-a-side - same location as Hockey
- Football Seven-a-side - same location as Hockey
- Goalball - same location as Fencing
- Paralympic Archery - same location as Olympic Archery
- Paralympic Athletics
- Paralympic Cycling ★★★★ Brands Hatch at 51.35698, 0.26228. Motor racing track is in OSM
- Paralympic Equestrian - same location as Olympic Equestrian (Greenwich park)
- Paralympic Judo
- Paralympic Powerlifting
- Paralympic Rowing - Eton Dorney
- Paralympic Sailing
- Paralympic Shooting - same location as Olympic Archery
- Paralympic Swimming
- Paralympic Table Tennis
- Volleyball (sitting)
- Wheelchair Basketball - same location as Olympic Basketball
- Wheelchair Fencing - same location as Boxing (ExCeL)
- Wheelchair Rugby - same location as Basketball
- Wheelchair Tennis ★ Eton Manor at 51.55385, -0.01492. Building-site on map
Venues
- Aquatics venue
- Basketball Arena
- Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre
- Earls Court
- Eton Dorney [1]
- Eton Manor
- ExCeL [2]
- Football stadia, UK-wide:
- Greenwich Park
- Hadleigh Farm, Essex [7]
- Handball Arena
- Hockey Centre
- Horse Guards Parade [8]
- Hyde Park [9]
- Lord's Cricket Ground [10]
- North Greenwich Arena 1
- North Greenwich Arena 2
- Olympic Stadium
- Regent's Park
- The Royal Artillery Barracks
- VeloPark
- Weymouth and Portland [11]
- Wimbledon [12]
Marathon
Well-mapped areas of Central London, basically Tower Bridge to Buckingham Palace and back, north of the river, with some fiddly bits through the City of London
Road cycling
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12416914
Following-along that map, I get (can someone check this?):
- The Mall
- A317 Kings Road
- Putney Bridge
- A205 Upper Richmond Road
- Richmond Park (Saywers Hill)
- Twickenham
- Waldegrave Road, Teddington
- Bushy Park, Chestnut Avenue
- Hampton Court Bridge
- A3050 Hurst Road through Walton on Thames, Weybridge
- B374 Brooklands Road
- A245 Old Woking Road
- B367 to Ripley
- Ripley Lane to West Horsley
- Epsom Road, then Staple Lane to Shere
- A25 through Dorking
- Box Hill
- Headley Common Road B2033
- Leatherhead
- Oldlawn road
- A244 Leatherhead road
- Esher
- A307 past Sandown Park
- A309 Hampton court way
- A308 to Kingston
- Queens Road through Richmond Park
Note: much of this is well mapped, but threatened by license change
Football
- Football ★★★★ Wembley Stadium at 51.55577, -0.27868. Building, pedestrian areas, restaurants
- Football ★★★ Ricoh Arena at 52.44806, -1.4961. Building and service-roads
- Football ★★★ Hampden Park at 55.82571, -4.25211. Building is showing-up as a pitch? Think I tagged as leisure=stadium - but can building tag too Hawkeye
- Football ★★★★ Millennium Stadium at 51.47867, -3.18223. Well-mapped urban area
- Football ★★★ Old Trafford at 53.46288, -2.29129. Building and some businesses
- Football ★★★ St James' Park at 54.97564, -1.62162. Another green building? Think I tagged as leisure=stadium - but can building tag too Hawkeye
- 5/7-a-side - Olympic Hockey Centre, mentioned above
Torch Relay
The torch relay route has been published and pdf's for each day have been posted on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17358291
Possible tagging?
2012olympics=torch_relay_bearer 2012olympics=torch_relay_convoy 2012olympics=torch_relay_date