Regatta Centre The Children’s Garden Early Years Centre Newham Dockside Road E16 2QD University of East Campus, @ Sat/Sun 10am-5pm. First come basis. d P R T University Way E16 2RD Robust and sharply angular boathouse. A 2-storey building @ Sat 10am-5pm. First come basis, queuing outside if with glass façade overlooking the Royal Dock, containing a necessary. Max 10 at one time. D T G gym, indoor tank, restaurant and accommodation. Constructed from recycled and refurbished building modules, Ian Ritchie Architects 1999. a welcoming environment for children located in a landscaped DLR: Royal Albert educational garden clad in untreated Scottish larch. Much natural light and the interior is free from reception desks, E13 MIX Maryland Early Years Centre corridors and signage to simplify the children’s experience 1a Cumberland Road, Plaistow E13 8LH Maryland Primary School, Gurney Road E15 1SL @ with angled walls for the playrooms, bespoke geometric Sat 10am-5pm/Sun 10am-1pm. Max 60 at one time. D P R T @ Sat 10am-5pm. Architect-led tours at 10.30am, 12.30pm, furniture and colour-washed surfaces. Sustainable features A purpose-built youth centre on a tight urban site, designed 2.30pm, first come basis. Max 30 per tour. D T A include natural cross-ventilation and additional insulation. by and for young people. Facilites include performance A fun, playful and enjoyable environment. The building wraps Civic Trust Award Winner. Arts Lettres Techniques 2007. arts space, chill-out room, IT suite and garden. Cottrell & an off-site timber building system in translucent orange and Vermeulen Architecture 2006. NB. Photographic exhibition. lime-green GRP cladding, and allows children to see beyond DLR: Cyprus Docklands; Rail/DLR: Stratford; 366 Tube: Plaistow; Rail: Canning Town; 69 the outer skin through to the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the building. The Hub Grassroots The new facility includes a full-time daycare room, training 123 Star Lane, Canning Town E16 4PZ Memorial Park, Memorial Avenue (inside entrance) E15 3DB room, classroom, office and reception areas. Fluid 2007. @ Sat 10am-5pm. Last entry 4.30pm. Max 50 at one time. @ Sat 10am-5pm. Last entry 4.30pm. Max 50 at one time. DLR/Tube/Rail: Stratford; Rail: Maryland; 69,257 D P R T Community resource centre with glazed façade and a C D P R T G A Olympic Park Viewing Gallery at Holden Point Crawford door that creates open aspect for café/lounge/ Partially subterranean, energy-efficient building of cutting- Holden Point, Waddington Road, Stratford E15 1QN reception areas. Winner 2005 Regeneration Award and edge design with grass roof and internal courtyard, set in a @ Sat/Sun 10am-3.30pm. 1 hour slots, pre-book ONLY on Runner-up 2005 Prime Minister’s Building of the Year Award. park. Community and nursery use. Eger Architects 2005. Entry: 020 8430 2012. Last entry 3.30pm. Max 15 at one time. A E Eger Architects 2005. Civic Trust Award Winner. all main areas, Early Start area and inner courtyard. See spectacular birdseye views of the Olympic Park from the Tube: West Ham viewing gallery, constructed for the International Olympic DLR/Tube: Canning Town; 69 Hariben Bachubhai Nagrech Hall Committee’s visit during London’s bid to host the London 2012 Theatre Royal Stratford East 198-200 Leyton Road E15 1DT Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Newham Council Gerry Raffles Square E15 1BN @ @ Sat/Sun 1pm-5pm. Last entry 4.30pm. B D N P T team on site to answer questions. Olympic Park Architects – Sun 10am-12noon. Backstage tours 10am, 11am, first come A new Hindu cultural centre, the main building is clad in Foreign Office, HOK, EDAW, Allies & Morrison. NB. Site sits on basis. Talk 12noon in auditorium by Murray Melvin, theatre colour-coated insulated panels on a steel frame, with a 21st floor of housing block, please respect residents. archivist and Kerry Michael, artistic director. fully glazed atrium aligned at an angle to this. It reflects the Tube/Rail: Stratford; 25,69,86,104,108 Max 15 per tour. D R T Built as a playhouse and entertaining audiences for over 100 industrial aesthetic of the area whilst contributing to its St Mary Magdalene Church & Nature Reserve years. Having undergone £7.5million refurbishment it now future regeneration. Clements and Porter Architects 2007. High Street South/Norman Road E6 6HN has the best of both worlds: an original Victorian auditorium Tube: Leyton; DLR/Tube/Rail: Stratford; 58,158 @ Sat 10am-4pm. D P R T with beautiful Frank Matcham interior; and state-of the-art Grade I listed 12C church, with London’s largest churchyard House Mill backstage and front of house facilities. Grade II* listed. JG and one of the best-preserved Norman archways in the Three Mill Lane E3 3DU Buckle, Frank Matcham 1884. Entry: theatre, backstage areas. @ country, as well as other interesting features, including Sat/Sun 11am-4pm. Regular tours. Last tour 3.30pm. DLR/Tube/Rail: Stratford; 25,108,69 Max 18 per tour. B D P R T 750-year-old wall paintings. Entry: church, churchyard, parish The UK’s oldest and largest tidal mill. 5-storey, timber-framed, hall, nature reserve. University of East London Docklands Campus brick-clad watermill with four waterwheels, originally built Tube: East Ham; DLR: Beckton; 15,58,101,104,300 University Way E16 2RD @ Sat/Sun 10am-4pm. D R T G A 1776 to mill grain for distillery trade. Operational until 1940. St Mary the Virgin An imaginative composition of brightly coloured residential (Organised by River Lea Tidal Mill Trust.) Entry: mill and house. Church Road, Manor Park, Little Ilford E12 6HA towers and faculty buildings designed by award-winning Tube: Bromley by Bow; DLR: Devons Road; 25,108,D8,S2 @ Sat 10am-5pm/Sun 12noon-5pm. D P T architects. A flagship of sustainable design in the heart of Small Grade I listed 12C chapel in lovely churchyard setting, London 2012 Olympic Park the London Docklands. Edward Cullinan Architects/Building it retains original architectural features and has interesting Meet: The Score Complex, Oliver Road, Leyton E10 5JY Design Partnership (Phase 2) 1999/2006. Entry: all common brasses, monuments and stained glass windows. @ Sat/Sun 9am-6pm. Regular tours departing from Score. areas except offices and some laboratories. Tube: East Ham; Tube/Rail: Manor Park; 25,86,101,104,147 Maximum of 45 people per tour. A minimum age of 8 years DLR: Cyprus will apply. Pre-book ONLY on 0845 671 8010. Flat soled Stratford Picture House West Ham Parish Church of All Saints shoes must be worn. Gerry Raffles Square, Salway Road E15 1BN Church Street, Stratford E15 3HU The Olympic Park which is being created in the Lower Lee @ Sat/Sun 2pm-4pm. Tours on the hour. Last tour 4pm. @ Sat 10am-6pm/Sun 12.30pm-5.30pm. NB. Closed Sun Valley will be at the heart of the London 2012 Games. It is one Max 10 per tour. D R T 1.30pm-3.30pm. D R T of the largest construction and engineering projects in Europe. Stylish contemporary cinema in the heart of Stratford, a linear Grade I listed Norman church (1138) much enlarged reveals the The 2.5sq km site will provide a fantastic setting for the Games east-west glass and steel building, dramatically revealing its building styles of many periods. Many notable monuments transforming during legacy into one of the largest new urban structure and functions to the passer by. Four screens with with sanctuary by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Entry: nave, parks in Europe for 150 years. The ‘big build’ stage began 3 state-of-the-art sound. Burrell Foley Fischer Architects 1997. chancel, north & south aisles, tower with guide. months early, when construction started on the Olympic Entry: by tour only. Stadium in May 2008. Building work will accelerate over the Tube: Plaistow, West Ham; DLR/Tube/Rail: Stratford; DLR/Tube/Rail: Stratford; 25,69,86,104,108 next year when construction begins on each of the other ‘big 69,241,262,276,473 five’ venues: the Aquatics Centre, VeloPark, International Broadcast Centre/Media Press Centre and the Olympic Village. Supported by Entry: limited to bus tours. DLR/Tube/Rail: Leyton

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