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Hackney Wick Stadium was a greyhound racing and speedway stadium located at Waterden Road in Hackney Wick, London, England.
Two of these tracks were in Hackney at Millfields Road in Clapton, and Waterden Road in Hackney Wick. Clapton Stadium originally opened as Whittles Athletic Ground, and was a venue for whippet racing, but its main use became football when Clapton Orient (now Leyton Orient) moved there in 1869.
Hackney Wick station (15-minute walk) is served by the London Overground . For additional information regarding train travel to London Stadium, visit Transport For London ’s website here.
18 hours ago · Stratford Stratford International Pudding Mill Lane station Hackney Wick station . Buses: The stadium can be reached on the following bus services: 388, 308, 339, D8 The closest car parks are ...
The historic Hackney Wick Stadium, well known throughout the East End for greyhound racing and speedway, became derelict in the late 1990s and closed in 2003. However, it became the site for the 2012 Olympic media and broadcast centre and, after the Games, was to be turned over for commercial use.
Hackney Wick Stadium at Waterden Road was opened in 1932. It was used for Greyhound racing, one of Britain’s most popular spectator sports. Dog racing appealed to working men in particular, as...
Hackney Wick sits on the fringe of the Olympic Park and as such has undergone some tremendous changes since the Olympics in 2012. What was once a derelict industrial estate has been transformed into an urban centre thanks to the mega-project that was underway in 2012.
