London Regatta Centre

The London Regatta Centre is a rowing and dragon boat racing centre located in the heart of the Docklands area in the East End of London. It is built at the west end on the northern quayside of the historic Royal Albert Dock directly opposite London City Airport. The site is owned by the Royal Albert Dock Trust, and is home to the Queen Mary, University of London Boat Club, London Youth Rowing, Curlew Rowing Club, University of East London Boat Club, Raging Dragons Dragon Boat Club, Thames Dragons, Wave Walkers Windy Pandas DBC and Typhoon DBC amongst others

The Regatta Centre was opened formally in March 2000 by HRH the Princess Royal. The building was designed by the award-winning Ian Ritchie Architects. The 200-year lease on the land for the centre was to the Royal Albert Dock Trust, by the London Docklands Development Corporation.

The centre has a 2,000 metre course, with seven lanes plus a return lane. The existing 1,750-metre length of the dock was extended to 2,000 by the removal and replacement of the Woolwich Manor Way Bridge at the east of the dock. The new bridge was built further east and is now officially known as the Sir Steve Redgrave Bridge. Amongst the centre's other facilities are a rowing tank and a boathouse.

The centre is near Royal Albert Docklands Light Railway station.

External links

Official website

Rowing

Australian rowing	Rowing Australia Rowing Championships Head of the River

Canadian rowing	Canadian Henley Rowing Canada Secondary School Rowing Association University Rowing Association

New Zealand rowing	New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics Maadi Cup Rowing New Zealand The Great Race

UK rowing	Boston Marathon British Rowing British Rowing Championships Head of the River Race Henley Boat Races Henley Royal Regatta Henley Women's Regatta Scottish Boat Race Scottish Rowing Nat. Schools The Boat Race University rowing Welsh Rowing Women's Boat Race Women's Eights Head of the River Race

US rowing	College rowing CRASH-B Sprints Dad Vail Regatta Harvard–Yale Regatta Head of the Charles Regatta Head of the Fish Head of the Hooch Head of the Ohio Head of the Schuylkill Regatta IRA Championship Regatta NCAA Rowing Championship Poughkeepsie Regatta Stotesbury Cup

FISA events	European Rowing Championships Olympic Games Paralympic Games World Rowing Championships World Rowing Cup World Rowing Junior Championships World Rowing U23 Championships

Types of rowing	Adaptive Coastal Indoor rower Lightweight Racing shell Sculling Sweep Rowing tank Women's

Lists	Glossary of rowing terms Club oars National oars Rowing boat manufacturers Rowing venues School and university oars World records

Category Commons

Coordinates: 51°30′28″N 0°02′29″E / 51.5077°N 0.0415°E / 51.5077; 0.0415

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

London Regatta Centre

See also

External links