Editing London Borough of Tower Hamlets (section)

===Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park===
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Tower Hamlets was one of five host boroughs for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]];<ref>[http://www.economist.com/node/16647677 "The 2012 Olympics: The greatest sideshow on Earth"], ''[[The Economist]]'', 22 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2011.</ref> the [[Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park]] was constructed in the [[Lea Valley]]. As such, the borough's involvement in the Olympics includes:

* A small part of the Olympic Park is in [[Bow, London|Bow]], a district of the borough, which makes the borough a host borough. 
* The energy centre (King's Yard Energy Centre) of the Olympic Park is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and gives energy to all the venues, none of which are located in Tower Hamlets. 
* The world square and the London 2012 mega-store is also in the borough. The world square is for spectators, who can buy food or drink; the world's biggest McDonald's is in the world square in Tower Hamlets. 
* The London 2012 mega-store provides official gifts and souvenirs. High Street, which is the main road to the Olympic park from west and central London, combines [[Whitechapel Road]], [[Mile End Road]] and [[Bow Road]]. 
* [[Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets|Victoria Park]], in Tower Hamlets, is an important part of the Olympics because spectators without tickets can watch the games on big screens (London live 2012); that park is less than a mile away from the Olympic park. The main spectator cycle park is located in Victoria park. One of the entrances to the Olympic park is in Tower Hamlets, and is called the Victoria gate.
* A few schools in Tower Hamlets have taken part in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic games as well as all the other host boroughs. The section of the Olympic Park in Tower Hamlets will be named "Sweetwater", one of the 5 new neighbourhoods after the games. Sweetwater will cover Tower Hamlets' part of the Olympic Park near [[Old Ford]]. 
* The Olympic marathon was planned to run through the borough but later ran through the City and [[Westminster]]. However, the [[U-turn]] was located in the borough near [[The Tower of London]].
* [[Danny Boyle]], the artistic director of the [[London 2012 opening ceremony]], lives in [[Mile End]].
* A large number of Tower Hamlets' residents became Olympic volunteers; Tower Hamlets ranks second, after neighbouring borough [[Newham]], for the number of volunteers from the borough.