Lee Valley news

London has a new double Olympic skating centre following a £30m investment by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. The aim is to encourage physical ... More

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) has appointed Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) to manage its range of sports facilities on a 10-year contract. GLL, a ... More

Plans have been unveiled for an ice skating destination in east London. Featuring an Olympic-size, twin-rink ice centre, the facility project is being driven by ... More

Car manufacturer Škoda has teamed up with 10-time Paralympic champion Dame Sarah Storey to launch a cycling academy for female cyclists who have aspirations to ... More

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) and inland surfing company The Wave have unveiled plans to create an inland surfing venue in London. To be ... More

A ‘floating’ ice rink has opened in Romford as part of a new £28m leisure centre built to improve sports and fitness facilities in the ... More

Two state-of-the-art hockey pitches will be built ahead of the Women’s Hockey World Cup in England next summer. The pitches, costing £600,000, will be constructed ... More

British architecture practice FaulknerBrowns have been selected to design a £50m (US$64m, €54.3m) indoor sports centre for the University of Portsmouth. The building, to be ... More

UK Sport is redoubling its efforts to boost the numbers of elite athletes in canoeing, skeleton and martial arts with the launch of talent identification ... More

UK Sport and British Cycling have teamed up to launch a talent identification programme which aims to encourage promising athletes in other sports to take ... More

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is attempting to increase its reach in the UK by partnering with Odeon cinemas to broadcast its London-based Global Game. ... More

Hopkins Architects’ plans to build a new £1.75m ($2.66m, €2.4m) pavilion at the historic Herne Hill Velodrome in London have been approved. The velodrome dates ... More

With east London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to fully open to the public for the very first time tomorrow (5 April), Prince Harry and Boris ... More

A new paralympic-style sporting event will see more than 300 wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women compete across a number of sports in London ... More

The London Aquatics Centre, which was home to high drama in the London 2012 Olympics, opened its doors to the public on Saturday (1 March). ... More

The Lee Valley White Water Centre has opened today for the 2014 season, following the completion of a £6.3m development and expansion project at the ... More

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS) have announced the winners of ... More

RDHS is pleased to announce it has won the contract award for quality monitoring services at Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. A three-year contract has ... More

London Mayor Boris Johnson has announced that the future of all eight permanent venues at the Olympic Park have been secured following the deal made ... More

Work has started on a £6.3m development project at Lee Valley White Water Centre in North London as part of legacy plans for the London ... More

Image: Olympic winners Baillie and Stott at the centre Lee Valley White Water Centre near Waltham Abbey, Hertfordshire has opened its door to the public, ... More

Image: Paralympian Agitos have replaced the Olympic rings throughout the UK, including here in Edinburgh The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic ... More

Image: Chobham Manor is the first neighbourhood The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has appointed Taylor Wimpey and London and Quadrant (L&Q) to build the ... More

Image: London 2012's spectacular opening ceremony A spectacular Opening Ceremony capturing "a picture of ourselves as a nation" will launch the London 2012 Olympic Games ... More

Image: Olympic Stadium, London - one of the winners National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh and the Olympic Stadium in London are among this year's ... More