Lee Valley White Water Centre
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| About | |
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| Locale | Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°41′18″N 0°00′56″W / 51.6883°N 0.0156°WCoordinates: 51°41′18″N 0°00′56″W / 51.6883°N 0.0156°W |
| Managing agent | Lee Valley Regional Park Authority |
| Main shape | Two Loops |
| Water source | Groundwater |
| Pumped |
Olympic: 5 pumps Training: 3 pumps |
| Practice pool | Yes |
| Lighting | yes |
| Canoe lift | yes |
| Opening date | 9 December 2010 |
| Stats | |
| Length | 300 m (980 ft) |
| Drop | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Flowrate | 13 m3/s (460 cu ft/s) |
| Lee Valley White Water Centre | |
Olympic: 5 pumps
Lee Valley White Water Centre (previously known as Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre) is a white-water slalom centre, that was constructed to host the canoe slalom events of the London 2012 Olympic Games. On 9 December 2010, Anne, Princess Royal officially opened the venue which is owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. The £31 million ($50 million US) project to construct the centre finished on schedule and was the first newly constructed Olympic venue to be completed.
The Olympic canoe slalom competition was held from 29 July through 2 August. The venue also hosted the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
The venue is located between the towns of Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire and Waltham Abbey in Essex. The site is just outside the northern boundary of Greater London and 9 miles (14 km) north-west of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, east London. It is in the heart of River Lee Country Park which is part of the 10,000-acre (40 km2), 26-mile (42 km) long Lee Valley Park. The venue opened in late 2010 offering canoeing and rafting activities to the public ahead of the London 2012 Summer Olympics.
The venue has a purpose-built slalom course for the Olympic white-water canoe events (flatwater canoeing and kayaking events took place at Dorney Lake, Buckinghamshire, west of London). The main competition channel is an international- and Olympic-standard 300-metre canoe and kayak slalom course. It and the shorter warm-up course empty into the warm-up and cool-down lake. The white water is created by a system of pumps which lift water into the two start pools. All of the water contained in the system is slightly chlorinated in order to retain water quality. During the Games, temporary seating was installed around the venue for 12,000 spectators.
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