{"id":4183,"date":"2026-08-04T06:32:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T05:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london"},"modified":"2026-08-06T06:20:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:20:52","slug":"queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-parks\">\u2190 Best parks in London in 2026 \u2014 TOP 10<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Park<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>London<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 9.1\/10 \u00b7 32747 reviews  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-08-04 08:22:17<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>London, United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:+448000722110\">Call<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=51.5439614,-0.0152116\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a753ca151764\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a753ca151764\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london\/#Queen_Elizabeth_Olympic_Park_%E2%80%94_the_largest_new_urban_park_in_Europe_for_150_years\" >Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park \u2014 the largest new urban park in Europe for 150 years<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london\/#Highlights\" >Highlights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london\/#What_youll_find\" >What you&#8217;ll find<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london\/#Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\" >Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london\/#Getting_there_practical\" >Getting there &amp; practical<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london\/#When_to_visit\" >When to visit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london\/#Good_to_know\" >Good to know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london\/#Visitor_tips\" >Visitor tips<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london\/#Questions_answers\" >Questions &amp; answers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Queen_Elizabeth_Olympic_Park_%E2%80%94_the_largest_new_urban_park_in_Europe_for_150_years\"><\/span>Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park \u2014 the largest new urban park in Europe for 150 years<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Five hundred and sixty acres of riverside meadow, wetland, playground and world-class sporting venue, built from scratch on the industrial floodplain of the Lower Lea Valley for the 2012 Games and then rebuilt again for everyday use. Nothing here is inherited: the ground was contaminated land criss-crossed by pylons and culverted rivers, and the whole landscape \u2014 the rivers reopened, the wetlands planted, the meadows sown \u2014 was designed and made within about five years. It is the only London park where you can swim in an Olympic pool, ride an Olympic track, climb Britain&#8217;s tallest sculpture and walk into a national museum, all inside the same boundary.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ArcelorMittal Orbit<\/strong> \u2014 a 114.5-metre looping steel tower by the artist Anish Kapoor with the engineer Cecil Balmond, built from around 2,000 tonnes of steel and the tallest sculpture in the United Kingdom. Two viewing platforms look out over the park, the City and, on a clear day, far into Essex and Kent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Slide<\/strong> \u2014 Carsten H\u00f6ller&#8217;s tunnel slide, wound around the outside of the Orbit and opened on 24 June 2016. At 178 metres it is the world&#8217;s longest tunnel slide, with twelve twists, transparent sections that flash views of the skyline, and a descent of about forty seconds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>London Aquatics Centre<\/strong> \u2014 Zaha Hadid&#8217;s building with its wave-form roof, holding two fifty-metre pools and a diving pool. The temporary side wings that took spectator numbers to 17,500 during the Games were removed afterwards, leaving a public swimming pool of extraordinary architectural quality that anyone can use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lee Valley VeloPark<\/strong> \u2014 the 2012 velodrome by Hopkins Architects, whose 250-metre track is built from Siberian pine \u2014 around 56 kilometres of timber held down by some 350,000 nails \u2014 with an outdoor BMX track, a one-mile road circuit and mountain-bike trails alongside. All of it is open to the public for booked sessions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The East Bank cultural quarter<\/strong> \u2014 a new district on the park&#8217;s southern side: UCL East, with the Marshgate building by Stanton Williams opened in 2023; the London College of Fashion, also 2023; Sadler&#8217;s Wells East, a 550-seat dance house that opened to audiences in January 2025; the BBC&#8217;s music studios relocated from Maida Vale; the V&amp;A East Storehouse by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, opened on 31 May 2025, where the public walks through the working store of a quarter of a million objects; and the V&amp;A East Museum by O&#8217;Donnell + Tuomey, opened on 18 April 2026.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The 2012 Gardens and the meadows<\/strong> \u2014 a 250-metre run of planting along the Waterworks River designed by Sarah Price with Professors Nigel Dunnett and James Hitchmough, arranged as a horticultural journey through Europe, North America, the Southern Hemisphere and Asia, together with the naturalistic annual meadows that turn large parts of the park scarlet and gold in high summer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_youll_find\"><\/span>What you&#8217;ll find<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The park splits into a wilder, greener North Park and a harder, event-driven South Park, joined by the rivers and by a network of paths and bridges.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>London Stadium<\/strong> \u2014 the 2012 Olympic Stadium, now the home of West Ham United, with a regulated capacity of about 62,500, an athletics configuration of around 66,000 and up to 80,000 for concerts. It hosted the 2017 World Athletics Championships and still stages a top-level summer athletics meeting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Copper Box Arena and Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre<\/strong> \u2014 the indoor arena, completed in 2011, is a public sports centre and the home court of a professional basketball team; the hockey and tennis centre next to it keeps two international-standard pitches in community use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rivers and wetlands<\/strong> \u2014 the River Lea and its channels, including the Waterworks River and the City Mill River, were dug out of their culverts and re-landscaped with reed beds and wet woodland. Herons, kingfishers, sand martins and otters have all been recorded. Carpenters Road Lock, restored in 2019, is an unusual twin radial-gate lock brought back into working order.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Playgrounds<\/strong> \u2014 Tumbling Bay Playground in the North Park is the standout, with treehouses, sand pits, rock pools, water channels and wobbly bridges set among the trees; there are further play areas in the south, and the Great British Garden nearby.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Here East and the ABBA Arena<\/strong> \u2014 the former Olympic press and broadcast centre is now a technology and creative campus with public-facing food and workspace, and a purpose-built arena in the south has hosted a digital concert residency since May 2022.<\/li>\n<li><strong>East Village and the new neighbourhoods<\/strong> \u2014 the athletes&#8217; accommodation became a residential quarter of some 3,600 homes, and five further neighbourhoods have been built out around the park, which is why it feels like a place people live rather than a monument.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\"><\/span>Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Families with energetic children<\/strong> \u2014 Tumbling Bay Playground alone justifies the trip, and it is free; add the water play, the wide lawns and the fact that nothing here is precious or fenced off.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Swimmers and cyclists who want the real thing<\/strong> \u2014 you can book a lane in the Olympic pool or a session on the Olympic track. There is nowhere else in Britain where elite venues are this openly available to the public.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Culture visitors<\/strong> \u2014 the East Bank now puts a national museum, a major dance house, a fashion college and a university campus within a few minutes&#8217; walk of each other, and the V&amp;A East Storehouse in particular is unlike any other museum experience in the country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Runners, walkers and cyclists<\/strong> \u2014 flat, wide, well-surfaced routes along the waterways with almost no road crossings, linking north to the Lee Valley and south towards the Thames.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Design and landscape people<\/strong> \u2014 Hadid, Hopkins, Kapoor, Stanton Williams, Diller Scofidio + Renfro and O&#8217;Donnell + Tuomey are all represented within one park, alongside the most influential naturalistic planting scheme built in Britain this century.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wildlife watchers<\/strong> \u2014 the wetlands, reed beds and river margins were designed as habitat rather than decoration, and the bird list is long for a park that did not exist twenty years ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_there_practical\"><\/span>Getting there &amp; practical<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The park lies in east London, spread across the boroughs of Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest, with Stratford at its southern end and Hackney Wick on its western edge. Stratford station is the main gateway and one of the best-connected stations in Britain: the Central and Jubilee lines, the Docklands Light Railway, the London Overground Mildmay line, the Elizabeth line and mainline services all call there, and the station sits directly beside the park with a shopping centre in between. Stratford International, a short walk away, adds high-speed services towards Kent and further DLR connections. Hackney Wick on the Overground Mildmay line is the closest station to the North Park, the playground and the canal-side bars. Pudding Mill Lane on the DLR, rebuilt in 2014, serves the southern end and the stadium, and Leyton on the Central line covers the north-eastern corner. Many bus routes converge on the two Stratford bus stations. Entry to the parklands is free, and unlike the Royal Parks the open space has no closing time \u2014 the paths stay accessible around the clock, while the playgrounds, venues and gardens keep their own hours. Everything else is priced separately: the Orbit and its slide, swimming sessions, velodrome rides, sports bookings, theatre and stadium tickets. The V&amp;A East Storehouse is free to enter. Allow two hours for a walk through the landscape, half a day with a playground and a swim, and a full day if you are adding the East Bank institutions.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_visit\"><\/span>When to visit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Spring is when the new landscape shows what it is: blossom along the waterways, the wetlands greening up, sand martins returning to the river banks, and the beds in the 2012 Gardens coming into leaf before the crowds arrive. Summer is the park at full power \u2014 the annual meadows sown by Dunnett and Hitchmough peak in July and August in sheets of scarlet, gold and blue, the water play at the playground runs all day, the lawns fill for events and the long evenings make the riverside walks the best in east London. Autumn turns the reed beds bronze and the wet woodland yellow, the light along the Lea gets low and clean, and the park empties enough to walk it properly; this is also the strongest season for birds along the water. Winter is the park&#8217;s practical advantage over almost every other London green space: because the venues are indoor and public, a cold wet day still works \u2014 the Aquatics Centre, the Copper Box, the velodrome and now the East Bank museums and theatre all operate whatever the weather, and the paths are lit and open at any hour. There are no deer in this park and therefore none of the autumn rutting restrictions that apply in Richmond and Bushy Park; the wildlife caution here is simply to keep to the paths through the wetland margins and keep dogs under control near the reed beds in the nesting season.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_to_know\"><\/span>Good to know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Before 2005 this was one of the most damaged pieces of land in London: a floodplain of scrapyards, chemical works, fridge mountains and culverted rivers in the Lower Lea Valley, cut through by fifty-two electricity pylons. Winning the 2012 Games triggered the largest single act of land remediation in Britain \u2014 the pylons were taken down and the cables buried in new tunnels, contaminated soil was washed and reused on site, and the buried river channels were reopened. Construction ran from 2008 to 2011 and drew a workforce of more than eighty thousand people over its life. The masterplan came from the EDAW consortium with Allies and Morrison, Buro Happold, Arup and Atkins; the landscape was designed by LDA Design with the American practice Hargreaves Associates, and the planting by Sarah Price with Nigel Dunnett and James Hitchmough of the University of Sheffield, whose naturalistic annual meadows became the visual signature of the Games and changed British public planting afterwards. After the Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2012, the site was closed and substantially rebuilt for permanent use: temporary venues were taken away, the stadium and the Aquatics Centre were reduced to sensible everyday capacities, and the park reopened in stages \u2014 the North Park in July 2013 and the South Park in April 2014. The London Legacy Development Corporation was created to steer the whole transformation. The venues stayed in serious use: the first Invictus Games in September 2014, matches in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the 2016 track cycling world championships, the 2017 World Athletics Championships, and West Ham United moving into the stadium for the 2016\u201317 season. From 2021 onwards the park gained an entirely new dimension with East Bank, a cultural and education quarter assembled at scale: UCL&#8217;s campus, the London College of Fashion, the BBC&#8217;s relocated music studios, Sadler&#8217;s Wells East, the V&amp;A East Storehouse \u2014 which opened on 31 May 2025 and lets visitors walk into a working museum store of roughly 250,000 objects, 350,000 books and 1,000 archives, and even order individual items to inspect \u2014 and finally the V&amp;A East Museum, which opened on 18 April 2026. Taken together, this is the largest new urban park created in Europe in more than 150 years, and the rare example of an Olympic site that became busier after the Games than during them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_tips\"><\/span>Visitor tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Arrive at Hackney Wick rather than Stratford if you want the green half first. You walk in past the canal and the North Park meadows and reach the venues at the end, instead of starting in a shopping centre.<\/li>\n<li>The meadows are worth timing. Mid-July to late August is when the sown annual planting is at its most spectacular; in April and May the same ground looks like plain grass.<\/li>\n<li>Swimming and velodrome sessions need booking ahead, especially at weekends and in school holidays. The Orbit slide has minimum height and age requirements, so check before promising it to a child.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_answers\"><\/span>Questions &amp; answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Is the park free?<\/strong> The parklands, paths, playgrounds, gardens and wetlands are all free, and the V&amp;A East Storehouse is free to enter. You pay for the Orbit and its slide, swimming, velodrome and other sports sessions, theatre performances and stadium events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the opening hours?<\/strong> The open parkland has no gates and no closing time; you can walk through at any hour and the main routes are lit. Individual venues, playgrounds and gardens have their own opening times, so check those separately. This is a real difference from the Royal Parks, which close at dusk on a timetable that moves each month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can the public really swim in the Olympic pool?<\/strong> Yes. The London Aquatics Centre operates as a public pool with lane swimming, lessons and diving sessions in Zaha Hadid&#8217;s building. The same applies to the velodrome, the BMX track and the mountain-bike trails at Lee Valley VeloPark, which take public bookings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How tall is the Orbit and what is the slide like?<\/strong> The tower stands 114.5 metres, making it the tallest sculpture in Britain, and has two viewing platforms. The slide wrapped around it is 178 metres long with twelve twists and takes about forty seconds; there are height and age restrictions, and it is a separate ticket from the viewing platforms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is East Bank and is it open yet?<\/strong> It is the cultural and education quarter on the park&#8217;s southern side. UCL East and the London College of Fashion opened in 2023, Sadler&#8217;s Wells East in January 2025, the V&amp;A East Storehouse on 31 May 2025 and the V&amp;A East Museum on 18 April 2026, alongside the BBC&#8217;s relocated music studios. All are now operating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it good for young children?<\/strong> Very. Tumbling Bay Playground in the North Park \u2014 treehouses, sand, water channels and rock pools among the trees \u2014 is one of the best free playgrounds in London, the paths are flat and buggy-friendly throughout, and there are further play areas and lawns in the south.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does it compare with the Royal Parks?<\/strong> Completely differently. There is no royal history, no Georgian planting and no ancient trees; instead you get contemporary architecture, working sports venues you can book, restored rivers and wetlands, and a landscape designed in the twenty-first century for the way people use parks now. It is also far bigger than Hyde Park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which station should I use?<\/strong> Stratford for the venues, the shops and the fastest connections, with the Central and Jubilee lines, the DLR, the Overground Mildmay line, the Elizabeth line and mainline trains. Hackney Wick for the North Park and the playground. Pudding Mill Lane on the DLR for the stadium, and Leyton on the Central line for the north-eastern corner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london-1.jpg\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london-2.jpg\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london-3.jpg\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london-4.jpg\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london-5.jpg\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london-6.jpg\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<details>\n<summary>Show 1 more photos<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-london-7.jpg\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Den Den<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n4 May 2023<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>If you&#039;ve been to Westfield beforehand, then this park is the best place to flop down onto the grass, lie back and rest up after all that shopping!))<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Roman Stepanov<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n2 October 2022<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A big, beautiful park&#8230;<br \/>\nWonderfully done after the Olympics&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Olena Potapenko<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n26 April 2021<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A wonderful spot for a run, both in the morning and in the evening. There&#039;s an open-air area for sport with basic elements and equipment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>ivan kolopelnyk<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n6 July 2019<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>We had a really nice ride on the boat))))<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>True work<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n12 November 2022<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 8.1\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A modern park for walks. Recommend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Reviews last updated: 2026-08-04 08:22:17<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Data is refreshed monthly. Sources: londoname.com and editorial picks based on reviews.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Best parks in London in 2026 \u2014 TOP 10 Park \u00b7 London \u00b7 \u2b50 9.1\/10 \u00b7 32747 reviews \u00b7 updated: 2026-08-04 08:22:17 Address: London, United Kingdom Call Get directions Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park \u2014 the largest new urban park in Europe for 150 years Five hundred and sixty acres of riverside meadow, wetland, playground [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":574,"featured_media":4157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3810],"tags":[],"moimportance":[],"motype":[],"moformat":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-parks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4183"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5044,"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183\/revisions\/5044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4183"},{"taxonomy":"moimportance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moimportance?post=4183"},{"taxonomy":"motype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motype?post=4183"},{"taxonomy":"moformat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moformat?post=4183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}