Inside the Olympic Park

The main centre for lots of the activities, such as the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, will be the Olympic Park which covers 500 acres – about the size of Alton Towers.

During the Games, it will only take seven minutes to get there from the centre of London by a special train. The Olympic Park will contain the main Stadium, Aquatics Centre, and smaller stadia like the Hockey Centre and the Velopark for Cycling. The Athletes Village, where the athletes will stay during the Games, will also be in the Park.

The whole of the Park will be designed to make sure that visitors always feel part of the Games, whether they are watching the sport competitions, walking along the river bank or sitting in front of one of the big screens watching events.

You can follow the progress of building the Olympic Park on London 2012's many webcams.