The Summer Olympic Games 2012, officially known as the “Games of the XXX Olympiad”, will be taking place in London, United Kingdom. The games have been scheduled from July 27 to August 12 of 2012 and it would be the third time in sporting history that London is going to host the Olympics having previously done so in 1908 and 1948. During these 17 days,26 types of different sports would be organised at about 34 venues spread all over London. Some of the existing venues have been renovated for the purpose and some new venues are being planned for the Games.

The London Regent’s Park

Regent’s park of London is one of the greatest parks in the world and it is also one of the royal parks in London. It is spread on a vast area. The Park occupies a part of the city of Westminster, a part of north western part of central London and a part of the London Borough of Camden. This park also contains Regent’s college and the London Zoo. It is one of the existing venues in the Central Zone and will be used for Road Cycling, Baseball and Softball events during the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games.

Features and Constructions

The Regent’s park is having an area of about 166 hectares. The Regent’s park is surrounded with two ring roads. The Outer ring road, surrounds the park along its periphery, is called the Outer circle and has a length of about 4.3 kilometres. The inner ring road which is called the Inner circle surrounds the most carefully tended section of the park. West, east and south of the park is lined with white stucco terraces which were designed by John Nash.

Historical Background

At the middle Ages, this land was the property of Barking Abbey. Henry VIII appropriated this park as Marylebone Park. Later, King George IV appointed architect John Nash to make a master plan of the ground which was approved and work started at 1818.

Sports

This park is provided with facilities for playing tennis, netball, , Athletics, Cricket, Softball, Rounder, Football, Hockey, Australian Rules Football, Rugby, Ultimate Frisbee and Running. So, it is a perfect choice to select this venue for the events road cycling, baseball and softball for Olympic 2010.

After the Olympic

As this ground is very old and full of heritage, it will continue to be used as it is now.

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