Articles tagged ‘Lord’s’
London’s major sporting venues
By Chris | July 31st, 2007 |
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Wembley Stadium
Tel:0844 980 8001
Fax:020 8795 5050
Address: Wembley National Stadium Ltd, Wembley, London, HA9 0WS - Map
Underground stations: Wembley Park (Metropolitan and Jubilee Lines), Wembley Central (Bakerloo Line)
Mainline railway stations: Wembley Stadium (Chiltern Railways from Marylebone), Wembley Central (Silverlink from Euston)
Daily Dose 07.27
By Chris | July 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Climate change activists to stage a week of protests at Heathrow against the airport’s expansion.(BBCNews)
* City of London policeman charged with murder in a bar.(TheIndependent)
* Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces plans for a UK border police. Definitely a case of after the horse has bolted.(EveningStandard)
Waiting for summer
By Chris | June 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Quite a few of London’s major sporting venues are in use this weekend and not just for sports events. Tennis continues at Wimbledon, Lord’s hosts a One Day International cricket match between England and the West Indies on Sunday, Rod Stewart plays the 82,000 seat Twickenham rugby stadium on Saturday and on Sunday the new [...]
International cricket in London this summer
By Chris | May 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The England cricket team have a chance to get back to winning ways this week after a disastrous winter tour of Australia and an equally poor showing at the Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean in March. On Thursday, 17 May, England start their summer programme of international games with the first of four five [...]
Stadium tours in London
By Chris | January 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
There’s a lot of sport that goes on in London throughout the year and many of the major venues offer stadium tours. I should probably include the Circus Tavern in Purfleet after Monday’s epic world championship final between Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld, one of the greatest matches in darts history, but [...]
Professional Sports in London - Cricket
By Chris | October 11th, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Cricket is England’s summertime team sport and has seen a massive resurgence in interest over the last few years especially after the England team were succesful against Australia in a 2005 series called The Ashes.
An overview of London’s neighbourhoods-part 2
By Chris | October 3rd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
If you decided to head north out of the West End you would find yourself passing from the Borough of Westminster to the Borough of Camden, home to Regent’s Park, a 487acre area that has a lake, sports pitches, plenty of open space and on its north side the famous London Zoo.
