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Lee Valley Velopark
Architects	Velodrome – Hopkins Architects Track – Ron Webb
Awards (selection)	Shortlisted for 2011 Stirling Prize ArchMarathon Award 2014 Sports Category Prime Minister’s Better Public Buildings Award 2011
Operator	Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
Opened	31 March 2014
Visitors	560k visitors March – Dec 2015 1.2M visitors since opening
Construction/ Sustainability	Red cedar external cladding 56km of Siberian pine used on track 300,000 nails used to fix track in place Rainwater harvesting reduces mains water usage by 70% Natural ventilation eliminates need for air conditioning
Facilities	4 cycling disciplines in one venue: track, road, mountain bike and BMX Seats 6,000 (1,000 more than Games-time) 250m long track banks 42 degrees and is 7m wide Infield surface is 3m below ground level BMX track has 390m of bumps, curves and loops 5 miles of mountain bike tracks graded by difficulty One mile floodlit road cycle circuit
Events/Usage	Sir Bradley Wiggins rode in the Velodrome to break the world hour record on 7 June 2015, cycling 54.526km UCI World Track Cycling Championships 2-6 March 2016 Round 3 Revolution series November 2015

Lee Valley Velopark