Full name | Lee Valley VeloPark |
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Location | Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London, E20 England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°33′01″N 0°00′55″W / 51.5504°N 0.0153°W |
Public transit | Stratford Stratford International |
Operator | Lee Valley Regional Park Authority[1] |
Capacity | 6,750 (velodrome) |
Field size | 250 m (820.21 ft) |
Surface | Siberian pine (velodrome) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 2009 |
Built | 2009–2011 |
Opened | 22 February 2011 |
Construction cost | £105 million (velodrome) |
Architect | Hopkins Architects (Mike Taylor), Grant Associates |
Structural engineer | Expedition Engineering |
Services engineer | BDSP |
Main contractors | ISG |
Lee Valley VeloPark is a cycling centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London, England. It is owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, and it was opened to the public in March 2014. The facility was one of the permanent venues for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Lee Valley VeloPark is at the northern end of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It has an indoor velodrome and a BMX racing track, which have been used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and 5 miles (8 km) of mountain bike trails.[2] The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. The facilities built for the Olympics were constructed between 2009 and 2011. The first event in the Velopark was the London round of the 2011 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup series.
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