The venues: where games will be held
London's bid will be a mix of the hi-tech and the historic. Here are the proposed venues:
New venues in an Olympic Park in east London:
- Olympic Park stadium (athletics, opening/closing ceremonies).
- Olympic Park aquatic centre (swimming and diving events).
- Olympic Park velodrome (track cycling).
- Olympic Park BMX track (BMX cycling).
- Olympic Park hockey complex (hockey).
- Olympic Park multi-sport complex (basketball, handball, volleyball, modern pentathlon events).
- Greenwich Peninsula hall 1 & 2 (badminton, gymnastics, table tennis).
- Broxbourne (canoe slalom).
- University of East London (water polo preliminaries).
Existing venues:
- Wembley Stadium (football finals).
- Wimbledon (tennis).
- Lord's (archery).
- Horse Guards Parade (beach volleyball).
- Hyde Park (triathlon, road cycling).
- Regent's Park (baseball, softball).
- Greenwich Park (equestrian, modern pentathlon riding and running events).
- ExCel exhibition centre (boxing, judo, taekwondo, weightlifting, wrestling).
- The Dome (artistic gymnastics, trampolining, basketball and handball finals).
- Eton Dorney rowing centre (rowing and flatwater canoeing events).Bisley (shooting).
- Swinley Forest, Berkshire (mountain biking).
- Weymouth-Portland (sailing).
The men's and women's football tournaments will be held at:
- Hampden Park, Glasgow.
- Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.
- Old Trafford, Manchester.
- St James's Park, Newcastle.
- Villa Park, Birmingham.
- Windsor Park, Belfast.