Policy and media

The Olympic Park

Facts and figures for the 2012 Olympic Park

The following are facts and figures for the Olympic Park in London.

	2.5 square kilometres (246 hectares) in size - the equivalent size of Hyde Park, London; 8.35km of waterways in and around the Park; Will become one of the largest urban parks to be built in Europe for 150 years; 100 hectares of new parklands were created, including new gardens stretching for half a mile between the Aquatics Centre and Olympic Stadium; 10 rail lines will serve the Olympic Park; 5 new permanent venues; 30 new bridges; 80,000 seats in the Olympic Stadium; 11 residential blocks will make up the Olympic Village; 5 jumbo jets could fit inside the International Broadcast Centre; 30,000 people will have worked on the project by 2012; 4,000 smooth newts, 100 toads and 300 common lizards relocated off the Park, as well as fish including pikes and eels; 30,000 tonnes of silt, gravel and rubble removed from waterways; 3 new fully operational logistics centres serving the Park; More than 4,000 trees, 74,000 plants, 60,000 bulbs and 300,000 wetland plants will be planted; 4 skeletons were discovered and removed from a prehistoric settlement discovered on the site of the Aquatics Centre; 100% of spectators will get to the Games by public transport, walking or cycling.