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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Olympic Park and Orbit Opening from 5th April 2014
OPENING THE PARK
From 5 April 2014, there will be lots more to explore at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Come and experience London’s newest open space as the Park and its venues continue to open.
This spring, one of the Park’s most exciting areas will open to the public – the new parklands in the south of the Park. From 5 April, you can:
- Relax among the beautiful parklands, fountains and waterways designed by internationally renowned landscape architects
- Take advantage of world-class sporting venues made famous during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, including the Aquatics Centre and Lee Valley VeloPark
- Experience 25 public artworks across the Park and cultural events in new and exciting spaces
- Get a new perspective on London from the ArcelorMittal Orbit, the UK’s tallest sculpture at 114.5 metres
- Walk four new interactive trails covering the London 2012 Games, nature and biodiversity, education and art and culture
- Let your kids run free in new play areas offering everything from climbing walls to sandpits and giant fountains
- Eat and drink at the Podium or one of a number of kiosks along the Park’s new promenade, lined with 100 mature trees
What’s open now?
You don’t need to wait until 5 April to visit.
The northern part of the Park and the Copper Box Arena have been open since July 2013, and we’ve seen more than a million visitors since then to these and to the series of concerts, festivals and sporting events we held over the summer.
If you visit the park today, you will be able to:
- Sign up for the gym, play badminton or see live sport at the Copper Box Arena
- Walk around the beautiful northern parklands with their lawns and riverside wetlands
- Take your kids to play at the superb Tumbling Bay playground
- Relax with food and drink at the Timber Lodge Café
What is open when?
Opening dates for venues across the Park this spring are as follows:
- The Aquatics Centre opens on 1 March
- Lee Valley VeloPark opens in March
- The south of the Park and the ArcelorMittal Orbit open on 5 April
- Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre opens in May
If you’re planning to visit these venues when they open, we suggest booking online where possible – see individual pages for more information.
Please be aware that while we complete the building and landscaping work across the Park some access has to be restricted.
For information on how to find us, see travelling to the Park.
Nightjar Cocktail Bar – City Road, Old Street, London
Last night I tried out Nightjar bar just round the corner from Old Street Tube Station. The entrance is quite discrete and we walked past twice.
We arrived at the entrance to be greeted by the door person who checked our name off on the list and we were allowed to “step inside” and make our way to the top of the steps but to go no further! We were then told we were allowed to descend the stairs and taken to our table.
The cocktail list, divided into historical eras (pre-Prohibition, post-war and so on), makes for enthralling reading with all its unexpected ingredients, including: smoke, squid ink, burning pine cones and foam. Part of the fun here is watching the way the cocktails are mixed using smoke machines and blow torches. It’s a full table service and the staff know the cocktails inside out so you can get recommendations.
Prices range from around £10-£14 per drink, so pretty much normal cocktail prices, but nothing about these cocktails are normal and they certainly pack a punch! We had to try the one with Squid Ink, the smell wasn’t great but the it was surprisingly delicious and well worth a try!
The only downside – we had a table booked from 6-8pm and at 7.30pm we were told that our time was nearly up and we should consider buying our last drink and we would have to leave, only to be repeated by another waitress shortly after.(However, we did manage to persuade them to give us another table as they’d had a cancellation.)
If you’re in the area it’s well worth a visit, but you must book a table as you won’t get in.
129 City Road
London
EC1V 1JB
Open 6pm-1am Mon-Wed, Sun; 6pm-2am Thur; 6am-3am Fri, Sat
London Transport Depot Open Weekend 15th & 16th March
If you’ve never been before it really is worth it.
The Museum Depot at Acton houses the majority of the Museum’s collections which are not on display in the main Museum in Covent Garden. With 400,000 items, including many original works of art used for the Museum’s celebrated poster collection, vehicles, signs, models, photographs, engineering drawings and uniforms, it’s a wonderful treasure trove that together form one of the most comprehensive and important records of urban transport anywhere in the world.
Acton Open Weekends
Dates: 15-16 March
Time: 11.00 – 17.00
They’re opening up the Museum Depot at Acton on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 March 2014, this time in celebration of buses. Big ones, small ones, and even teeny weeny ones.
The bus bonanza is part of National Science and Engineering week and features static bus displays, bus pit tours, a bouncy bus, curator led small object store tours, a (small) bus rally, and bus themed films and talks. We will also be displaying a number of layouts from various exhibitors, with a special emphasis on buses. Look out for the LEGO and BAYKO bus displays and join the make and takes and storytelling for families.
Tickets
Prices: £10, £8
Book Online
Amazing Street Art by Xenz at The O2 Greenwich London #xenz
Amazing Street Art well worth a visit opposite The O2 at North Greenwich.
Artist Xenz and Bowzer the Schnauzer are doing some great art work down at North Greenwich, well worth a look if you’re near The O2 or going on the Emirates Air-Line.
You can find out more about Xenz at his website or why not follow him on Twitter @xnz
