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Wembley Stadium
will be the venue of the football Olympic Final. The knock-out
rounds will be played at football stadiums around the country.
These will be at Hampden Park, Scotland; the Millenium Stadium
in Wales; Villa Park in Birmingham; Old Trafford, Manchester and
St James' Park in Newcastle.
Wembley Stadium is one of the most spectacular football stadium
in the world and is in north west London, around six miles from
the city centre. It seats 90,000 and has a sliding roof to
protect against bad weather. Each seat has an unrestricted view
of the pitch and plenty of leg room. There are also more than
2,000 toilets – a stadium world record.
The new stadium’s arch stretches over 130m into the sky, over
four times the height of Wembley Stadium’s original Twin Towers.
The London Eye could be rolled underneath the Arch.
Wembley has played host to a number of sporting events and music
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Getting there
The Stadium is served by three stations:
WEMBLEY CENTRAL STATION
(Bakerloo line and Silverlink
train line)
Turn right and walk in an eastewards
along High Road until you reach the Wembley triangle junction. Turn left
into Wembley Hill Road, cross the road and follow the pedestrian route
across the White Horse Bridge. Allow a 15-20 minute walk to the Stadium.
WEMBLEY PARK STATION (Jubilee
and Metropolitan lines)
Follow the pedestrian route along
Olympic Way. Allow for a ten minute walk to get to the Stadium.
WEMBLEY STADIUM STATION
(Chiltern line)
Wembley Stadium train station is on the
south side of the Stadium. When travelling by train from London
Marylebone station, use the White Horse bridge. If arriving from the
north, take the ramp from the platform.
BY COACH
National Express is the Official
Transport Provider for Wembley Stadium and has coach services direct to
Wembley Stadium. National operating 13 new coach routes to the Stadium
from 43 major towns and cities across the UK. Coaches park directly
outside the Stadium, For more information, please visit
www.nationalexpress.com/wembley or call 0870 580 8080.
PARK AND TRAIN/TUBE
A limited number of secure car parking
spaces are available at London Underground car
parks. To guarantee a space call
0845 680 0023
or visit
www.ncpwembleyparking.co.uk.
BUSES
Local buses include: 18, 83, 92, 182,
224 and 297. Please note that on major event days London Buses in Brent
run an event day timetable, which may differ from their normal
timetable. For further details on London uses
visit www.tfl.gov.uk/buses.
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