Tours for the 2012 Olympics Games

Tours in the area of the games

London's professional BLUE BADGE GUIDES can take you on a tour of the sites of the games to chart the progress of the regeneration of parts of east London and the creation of the new Olympic area and corresponding locations.

Below you will find descriptions of different tours you can take with our guides, whether you are arriving on foot, by rail or in a coach.

This walk begins by following the former industrial Lower Lea valley, past old mills and along a tow path, whilst discovering why this area was chosen for the Olympic Park. We finish on a footpath from where there are excellent views of the 2012 Olympic Park construction site. Your guide will tell you the latest news on the venues, athletes and what will happen to it all after the 2012 Games are over. (Please note that members of the public are not allowed access to the interior of the Olympic Park).

The tour runs every day at 11am. For more information and booking details, go to the Daily Walk page

Following on from the continuing success of the Daily Olympic Walk, Blue Badge Tourist Guides have now launched a new Olympic tour to coincide with the final run up to the 2012 Games. Our mid week Evening Olympic Walk will take place every Wednesday evening during the summer months.

Bring a group of friends or turn up on your own - a great way to meet new friends as everyone will be introduced! Walkers will be directed to a pub or restaurant afterwards, with just a short ride on the Docklands Light Railway. We hope this walk will appeal to commuters and other groups of office workers and think this is the perfect way to spend a summer evening.

The tour runs every Wednesday at 6pm until mid-August. For more information and booking details, go to the Mid-Week Evening Walk page

A guided walk starting on the other side of the Olympic Park from the Daily Walk and closer to the Velodrome and Athletes Village. It is also longer, so if you’re a regular walker this extended walk is the one for you! View all the main Olympic Park venues on this walk and discover why this part of London was chosen to host the greatest sporting event in the world. (Please note that members of the public are not allowed access to the interior of the Olympic Park).

The tour runs every Saturday afternoon at 1.45pm. For more information and booking details, go to the Other Olympic Walk page

For a thousand years the finest and strongest sportsmen met in Olympia every 4 years to show off their strength and skills and at the same time to honour their gods.

The story of the ancient Olympic Games comes to life in this tour of the British Museum where you will learn about the ancient games, the participants, their prizes and you will see these sportsmen taking part in the games, recorded for ever on some of the precious artifacts in the Museum. This tour is revelatory and full of surprises!

The tour starts at 10.30am and runs every Friday. For more information and booking details, go to the Olympic Connections page

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London 2012 Olympics: test event tickets on sale to public by end of May

Members of the public will be able to purchase tickets via Ticketmaster from May 26 as part of what Locog has branded as the 'London Prepares' series ahead of the London 2012 Olympics in July of next year.

In addition to Mountain Biking Locog will also ticketing the FIVB Beach Volleyball International at the Horse Guards Parade, an international invitational basketball tournament at the Basketball Arena and the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup at the BMX Track – all in August.

In contrast to the Games – where top tickets to some events are as much as £750 – the test event prices will range from just £5 to £35 but can only be purchased using a Visa card.

    * FACTS AND FIGURES
      42 – Events
      26 – Venues
      3 – 'Clusters'
      17 – International Federation events
      6 – Events where Locog is not the event organiser
      10,000 – Volunteers
      8,000 – Athletes
      50 – Countries
      200,000 – Spectators

These events are included in the first 'cluster' of test events, which take place between May 2011 and September 2011 and will include events not organised by Locog and events that are not publicly ticketed.

Locog's aim is to test the 'field of play' at venues (lane markings in the canoe sprint for example), its technology (scoring, timing and ticket scanning) and its team of volunteers and staff.

Paul Deighton, Locog chief executive, stressed that 'London Prepares' should not be seen as a day-by-day rehearsal of the Olympics but rather as an opportunity to see elite sport at the new Olympic venues.

"It's a big lengthy programme of 42 events but what we're not putting on is a 'Mini Olympics' as it won't all happen over 19 days," said Leighton.

"I think we've been very creative and pragmatic about how we test what we need to test but in a highly efficient and controlled way. A way that helps us feedback into our planning for the Games that doesn't ever mean we take our eye off the ball getting ready.

"It will also give the public the chance to see some world class athletes in the UK at some of our new venues. In the events that we're ticketing we'll be able to test and learn from the behaviour of the spectators. We'll be watching them just as they'll be watching us.

"These are effectively dress rehearsal opportunities for us but the public are going to see the rehearsal and not the dress. We won't be branding our venues and they will look and feel very different at Games-time. So that's a surprise we'll be keeping for then."

Leighton confirmed that the cost of the programme would be in the region of £40 million before stressing that Locog did not consider the series to be a commercial project, with ticket and sponsorship revenue expected to be fairly insignificant.

Locog ticketed test events in Summer 2011:
Mountain Bike: July 31 – Hadleigh Farm, Essex
Beach Volleyball: August 9-14 – Horse Guards Parade
Basketball: August 16-21 – Basketball Arena, Olympic Park
BMX: August 19-20 – BMX Track, Olympic Park

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