Work begins today in Greenwich Park to prepare it for this summer’s Olympic test event.
Contractors will be working between now and July and to set up a temporary 2000-seater arena south of the Queen’s House.
Athletes and horses will begin to arrive in Greenwich on 1st July, with the Greenwich Park Eventing International taking place on the 4th, 5th and 6th. The Cross Country element of the competition will see 40 horses and riders traverse a course across the east side of the park.
The Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final will take place on the 9th and 10th of July. Removal of temporary structures will begin the day after and organisers say the the park will be handed back for reinstatement to begin on August 1st.
There will be no access to the main competition area, marked in orange below, from today until August 10th. The eastern side for the park, to be used for the cross country course and marked in amber below, will be closed from 1st June to August 10th.
Thousands of tickets for the events will be made available to Greenwich schools and to Greenwich residents through a council run ballot.