event details
Event Organiser
Organisation:
Walk London
Contact Name:
Walk London - Autumn Ambles 2011
Contact Number:
0870 240 6094
Contact Email:
info@walklondon.org.uk
Organisation URL:
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The Olympics are Coming
Where is it?
| Meeting Point: | West Ham station - Memorial Avenue |
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| Starting Postcode: | E15 3BN |
| Finishing point: | Pudding Mill Lane |
| Region & County: | Greater London |
When is it?
| Date: | 24th September 2011 |
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| Start Time: | 14:15 |
What kind of walk is it?
| Duration: | 2 hours |
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| Length of Walk: | less than 5 miles |
| Walk Description: | This walk with a Blue Badge Guide will light the place up for you like an Olympic Torch! Start at West Ham tube, one of three gateway stations to the Olympic Park, to walk the Elevated Greenway, part of the Jubilee Greenway and Capital Ring network, that lots of spectators will be taking in 2012. You'll get a feel for the whole area - past, present and future. East London has a long and eventful history (one of Chaucer's pilgrims - the Prioresse - learned her "Frenssh" at Stratford and arguably the most extraordinary industrial history in London, which is one of the reasons the area was chosen for London's most spectacular regeneration. The walk will be a crash course in the history of the Olympics, especially the London Olympics 1908, 1948 and now 2012- the only city that will have hosted the Games three times. |