The Olympic Park’s most recognisable venue, the London Stadium is a magnificent arena that will be the only venue in the UK able to host both world class football and athletics events.
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The East of London has recently become an area bursting with exciting attractions for visitors. The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park offers more than just tours, you can get involved in sports, arts, performance and one of the many exhibits, plus climb the ArcelorMittal Orbit. The Docklands Museum is nearby, as well as local city farms.
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The first science centre on the world to be located in working biological laboratories
Centre of the Cell is a science education centre based at Queen Mary, University of London. It is the first science education centre in the world to be located within working biomedical research laboratories.
The museum reconstructs the conditions in educational establishments that taught impoverished children in 1800s Britain. On display, there are numerous unique items, such as desks, ink bottles, and slate boards, as well as objects relating to contemporary leisure and work life. The museum’s crowning glory is its Victorian classroom!
Britain's oldest manufacturing company, having been established in 1570 (during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I) and being in continuous business since that date
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is the oldest manufacturing company in Britain and was the birthplace of Big Ben, the great bell of the Palace Of Westminster. Founded in 1570, it still produces and supplies bells all over the country.
If you’ve always dreamed of travelling in time, this museum is ideal for you
The Geffrye collects objects, images and texts in order to explore the history of English homes from 1600 to the present day.
World Cup winners' medals from West Ham's three 1966 stars are the pride of the east London club's collection.
The medals won by Bobby Moore, Sir Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters are on display in the museum at the club's Upton Park home - as are others won by the club's most celebrated players.
Next to the Olympic village, this skatepark is quite quirky, the main feature being a huge bowl with some nice lines and a massive cradle for the more adventurous. Then at one end of the park is a small open end bowl section with pool coping and a few ledges and banks dotted around.
Tudor house surviving in the heart of a thriving East London community
Built in 1535 by prominent courtier of Henry VIII, Sir Ralph Sadleir, Sutton House retains much of the atmosphere of a Tudor home despite some alterations by later occupants, including a succession of merchants, Huguenot silkweavers, and squatters. Discover oak-panelled rooms, original carved fireplaces and a charming courtyard.
Main pool, teaching pool, and diving pool with 1m and 3m springboards and 5m platform. Learning creche and indoor play area also on site.
Toddler World is a fun-filled environment designed to challenge and stimulate children between the ages of 6 months to under 5 years through innovative play sessions. Supervision required.
Wilton's is the world's oldest surviving Grand Music Hall and London's best kept secret. This stunning and atmospheric building is led by Frances Mayhew and produces an exciting programme of imaginative, diverse and distinct entertainment including theatre, music, comedy, cinema and cabaret.
Mile End is a heavily street-orientated skatepark, although there is a small swimming pool style bowl and wooden mini ramp indoors. It has several ledges spread out around the park, lots of flat land areas, manual pads and a nice hip with a ledge on top. It’s very much a good park to train your street skills up.
Outset Contemporary Art Fund is a philanthropic organisation dedicated to supporting new art by bringing private funding from its patrons, partners and trustees to public museums and art projects. Since the inception of Outset England in 2003 the foundation has raised £4 million and supported more than 80 international institutions and 160 artists.
Welcome to Urban Adventure Base. We believe that life in Tower Hamlets should be much more than just computer games, school and TV. We’re here to offer young people in the borough a whole range of activities and excursions that are stimulating, exciting and, above all else, fun.
Shadwell Basin Outdoor Activity Centre provides watersports and adventurous activities. We are open to everyone and there are lots of ways to get involved.
We organise training courses, events and sessions for groups, schools and individuals throughout the year.
Located in the heart of London’s Docklands at the west end of Millwall outer dock, the Centre is based in an award winning purpose built facility with great views from the upstairs bar over the dock, and wet facilities downstairs. We are a Royal Yachting Association recognised training centre, and deliver courses in Sailing, Windsurfing and Powerboating under the RYA scheme.
The Prince’s Trust Hackney Centre offers the Fairbridge programme to young people aged 13 – 25 who are struggling with education or are unemployed. The Fairbridge programme is an individually tailored personal development programme combining one-to-one support and group activities.
FSC London is the FSC's 17th Centre and its first inner-city centre, opening on 1st January 2011.
The Centre uses the evolving and vibrant mix of buildings, spaces and parks around London to inspire and educate.
London Fields Lido is a 50m Olympic size, heated outdoor swimming pool open all year round and located in Hackney, central London.
Explore London's connections with the rest of the world through an epic 2,000-year story of trade, expansion and immigration.
The Bank of England offers a wide range of resources and services to build awareness and understanding of its role and functions, and of central banking more generally.
ExCeL London, the exhibition and international convention centre, is the host venue for a variety of events from award winning exhibitions and conferences to international association meetings, product launches, banquets, award ceremonies, sporting events and great days out.
The Artists’ Gallery for Everyone
For over a century the Whitechapel Gallery has premiered world-class artists from modern masters such as Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Frida Kahlo to contemporaries such as Sophie Calle, Paul Noble, Thomas Struth, Sarah Lucas and Mark Wallinger.
Welcoming over 400,000 visitors through its doors every year, the V&A Museum of Childhood in London's Bethnal Green houses the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection of childhood-related objects and artefacts, spanning the 1600s to the present day.
Dr Johnson's House is a charming 300-year-old townhouse, nestled amongst a maze of courts and alleys in the historic City of London. Samuel Johnson, the writer and wit, lived and worked here in the middle of the eighteenth century, compiling his great Dictionary of the English Language in the Garret.
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