Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Lee Valley Park, Hackney Marshes, Olympic Stadium, River Lea, Lea Valley Walk, Victoria Park, London, King Edward Memorial Park, Lee Valley White Water Centre, Lee Navigation, Picketts Lock, Turnford and Cheshunt Pits, Temple Mills, Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Tower Green, St George in the East, River Lee Country Park, Walthamstow Marshes, Lea Valley Lines, Mile End Park, Altab Ali Park, Waltham Abbey SSSI, Broxbourne Mill, Tower Hamlets parks and open spaces, Tottenham Marshes, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, Mudchute, Cornmill Stream and Old River Lea, Island Gardens, Bartlett Park, Fishers Green, Lee Valley Athletics Centre, Lee Valley Leisure Complex, Chingford Reservoirs, Bob's Park. Excerpt: The London Olympic Stadium will be the centrepiece of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. The stadium is located at Marshgate Lane in Stratford in the Lower Lea Valley and has capacity for the Games of approximately 80,000 making it temporarily the third largest stadium in Britain behind Wembley Stadium and Twickenham Stadium. Land preparation for the stadium began in mid 2007, with the official construction start date on 22 May 2008, although piling works for the foundation unofficially began four weeks ahead of that date. Construction ended on 29 March 2011. Axonometric view of the Olympic Stadium, showing the various layersThe stadium design was launched on 7 November 2007. The architect, Populous, is an architectural firm specializing in the design of sports facilities and convention centres, as well as planning of major special events. As a "unique 80,000 seat stadium, it will be the centrepiece for the 2012 Games, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletics events, converting down to a 25,000 seat permanent stadium after the Games, when it will become the new home for West Ham United F.C, ...