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There's one other little bit of Olympic legacy you can go and visit - BT Sport's studio in the ugly shed that used to be the International Broadcast Centre. Some of the shows have a live audience, so you can go along and stand on their fancy light-up floor while Clare Balding interviews some sports stars you might actually have heard of. Free tickets available here, and they'll even bring you up from Westfield (because the 588 doesn't quite stop close enough)

martin | 09.09.13 - 7:17 a.m. | #

I am not quite sure what is planned for the Orbit in the long term but an application has recently been submitted to License the venue for Weddings and Civil Partnerships.

Fishislandskin | 09.09.13 - 9:44 a.m. | #

I'm wondering if Greenwich's very vocal 'No to the games' lobby meant they paid lots of extra attention to-regreening greenwich park (and similaly ignoring woolwich because they were less vocal). Would be a shame if that were true - rewarding negativity

Geoff | 09.09.13 - 11:50 a.m. | #

Both Greenwich Park and (as an indirect result) Woolwich Common, and their current condition, came up for discussion just a few days ago on TheGreenwichPhantom's blog.

dg writes: Ta, I've added that as a link.

It's sad to have to verify everything you say about Woolwich; thanks for revisiting the common and further highlighting the awful state it has been left in.

But, hey... you managed to be in Greenwich [and Woolwich] yesterday? I would've thought you might have seen something worth mentioning as regards the RunToTheBeat half-marathon run?

dg writes: I never said I was there yesterday. Just as well, by the sound of it.

RogerW | 09.09.13 - 3:01 p.m. | #

As a "GamesMaker" in Woolwich (or RAB as we knew it), I'm really saddened that the area is still a wasteland - doubly so because the Rifle/Shotgun legacy from last year is about the sum total of zero.

If only they'd stuck with doing it in Bisley, our sport might have some positive benefits from the Games ...

Jordan D | 09.09.13 - 6:40 p.m. | #

I took a long look round Greenwich with a map of the cross country course, after the weather had given things a chance to grow, and I couldn't find what the NIMBYs were complaining about.

But I was really disgusted by the state of Woolwich Common. I don't know whether it was proper local, but it looked like they'd ploughed through a landfill and rubble pile. Why aren't the local council kicking up a fuss?

martxw | 09.09.13 - 8:38 p.m. | #











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