{"id":2279,"date":"2011-09-08T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T06:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2011-09-07T09:48:10","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T09:48:10","slug":"van-rental-location-guide-2012-london-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/2279","title":{"rendered":"Van Rental Location Guide: 2012 London Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As promised in my<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/2271\">\u00a0recent article<\/a> about the London 2012 Olympic Route Network, this article will provide a guide to the venues being used for London 2012 Olympic events.<\/p>\n<p>These fall into two categories &#8211; in London and out of London.<\/p>\n<h3>London Olympic Venues<\/h3>\n<p>London venues will be at the heart of the Olympic games and will undoubtedly draw the largest numbers of visitors &#8211; often to areas that are already busy with tourists for much of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing where the busy venues are and planning your van rental requirements well ahead of time will be essential if your business (or personal) activities are to remain on schedule and not be disrupted by poor van availability or traffic chaos. Here&#8217;s a list of London venues and nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london\">London van hire locations<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Earls Court (nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-fulham\">van hire branches in\u00a0Fulham<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-kensington-olympia\">Kensington Olympia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-victoria-station\">Victoria Station<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>ExCel Centre (nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-barking\">van hire in\u00a0Barking<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Greenwich Park (nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-lewisham\">van hire in\u00a0Lewisham<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Hampton Court Palace (nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-kingston\">van hire in\u00a0Kingston<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Horse Guards Parade (nearby van hire at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-waterloo\">Waterloo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-victoria-station\">Victoria<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Hyde Park (nearby van hire at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-victoria-station\">Victoria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-marble-arch\">Marble Arch<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-st-johns-wood\">St Johns Wood<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Lord&#8217;s Cricket Ground (nearby van hire at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-st-johns-wood\">St Johns Wood<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-edgware-road\">Edgware Road<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>North Greenwich Arena (a.k.a. the Millenium Dome &#8211; nearby van hire at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-lewisham\">Lewisham<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-barking\">Barking<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-peckham\">Peckham<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The Mall (nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-victoria-station\">van hire at Victoria\u00a0Station<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The Royal Artillery Barracks (nearby van hire at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-barking\">Barking<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-lewisham\">Lewisham<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Wembley Arena &amp; Wembley Stadium (nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-wembley\">van hire at Wembley<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Wimbledon (nearby van hire at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-fulham\">Fulham<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-merton\">Merton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/sutton\">Sutton<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Olympic Venues Outside London<\/h3>\n<p>Away from London, the Olympic venues are more widely spread out. Here&#8217;s the run down:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brands Hatch (nearby van rental at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/swanley\">Swanley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/tonbridge\">Tonbridge<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/rochester\">Rochester<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>City of Coventry Stadium (nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/coventry\">van hire in Coventry<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Eton Dorney (nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/slough\">van hire in Slough<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Hadleigh Farm, Essex (nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/southend-on-sea\">van hire in Southend-on-Sea<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/hawkwell\">Hawkwell<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Hampden Park, Glasgow (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/glasgow\">van hire in Glasgow<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Lee Valley White Water Centre (nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london-enfield\">van hire in Enfield<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Millenium Stadium, Cardiff (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/cardiff\">van hire in Cardiff<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Old Trafford, Manchester (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/manchester\">van hire in Manchester<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>St James Park, Newcastle (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/newcastle-upon-tyne\">van hire in Newcastle<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Weymouth &amp; Portland (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/weymouth\">van hire in Weymouth<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/dorchester\">Dorchester<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>For full details of all London 2012 venues, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.london2012.com\/venues\" target=\"_blank\">visit the official website<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London 2012 Olympic van rental location guide &#8211; in London and throughout the south of England. Van hire branches near to Olympic locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[1012,658,1115,1123,18,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2279"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2335,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions\/2335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}