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4-731: The Lee Valley Athletics Centre is located at the Lee Valley Leisure Complex formerly known as Picketts Lock in Edmonton , London Borough of Enfield . The centre cost £15m to build, and was officially opened on 16 January 2007 by Minister for the Olympics , Tessa Jowell . The centre is owned and managed by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) The centre is the largest indoor and outdoor athletics facility serving London and South East England . Housing
8-662: A London sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lee Valley Leisure Complex Lee Valley Leisure Complex is located at Edmonton in the Middle Lea Valley , and is part of the Lee Valley Park . The site was formerly known as the Picketts Lock Sports Centre . In 2000 it was announced that the centre would be the site of the National Athletics Stadium, and it
12-541: The only indoor 200 metre six lane track in the South of England, it also comprises a 130-metre sprint straight, permanent seating for 500 spectators both inside and out, full jumps and throws capacity, and cutting-edge sports science and physiotherapy suites. The site is open to the general public as well as elite athletes. On 11 September 2014, the centre hosted the Invictus Games . Rail Bus This article about
16-624: Was intended that it would host the 2005 World Athletics Championships . The project was abandoned by the Government in October 2001 on the grounds of increased costs and inadequate transportation links. It now comprises an 18-hole golf course which borders the River Lee Navigation , camping site, indoor bowls club (housed in the remains of the now-demolished Picketts Lock Sports Centre), multiplex cinema and restaurants. A new athletics centre
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