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Stratford

Practical London guides tagged Stratford.

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The London Stadium and the ArcelorMittal Orbit seen across the River Lea from Hackney Wick

London areas

Stratford Area Guide: The Olympic Park, East Bank and Westfield

Six lines meet at Stratford and the Elizabeth line reaches Liverpool Street in nine minutes. The Olympic Park, the Orbit slide, swimming in the Aquatics Centre pool, East Bank and Westfield — 560 acres that were contaminated industrial land until 2012.

  • Stratford
  • Olympic Park
  • Westfield
  • Neighbourhoods
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Royal Victoria Dock from the footbridge, with the Sunborn yacht moored in front of the ibis and Novotel hotels and the dock cranes

Stay

Where to Stay Near ExCeL London: Hotels by Entrance, and the Last Train Back

Hotels for a show, convention or conference at ExCeL London, sorted by the entrance they suit: Western Gateway by Custom House, the east end by Prince Regent and the ICC, Canary Wharf and Woolwich one stop away, and the budget chains. With the last trains back after an evening event.

  • Where to stay
  • Hotels
  • ExCeL London
  • Royal Docks
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The O2's white dome and yellow masts with cable car gondolas crossing in front of the Canary Wharf towers, seen from the Royal Docks side with a DLR viaduct in the foreground

Stay

Where to Stay Near The O2: The Bases That Get You Home After the Show

Hotels for a show at The O2 or indigo, sorted by base: Canary Wharf and Canning Town one stop away, the Royal Docks, Stratford, Greenwich and London Bridge, with door-to-door times, last trains and what the peninsula charges on a concert night.

  • Where to stay
  • Hotels
  • The O2
  • Indigo at The O2
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Inside London Stadium during the Novuna London Athletics Meet, a packed crowd under the distinctive roof and "LONDON STADIUM" branding on the pitch-side screens

Things to do

How to Get to London Stadium: Parking, Trains and Getting Home

Why London Stadium has almost no parking of its own, which of Stratford's seven rail and tube services to actually use for West Ham, an athletics meet or a concert, the walk through Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, and getting home again on the Central and Jubilee lines.

  • London Stadium
  • West Ham United
  • Stratford
  • Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
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