GBR - UNITED KINGDOM | ||||||||||||||||
LONDON (2004) | ||||||||||||||||
Not to be confused with | Crystal Palace - London (1968) - London ExCeL - London Olympic Park - London, Docklands - London, Revolution Karting - Wembley Stadium | |||||||||||||||
Description | In May 2004 Bernie Ecclesone was at loggerheads with Silverstone for future home of British F.1 GP. As an alternative for the traditional circuit, there were rumors about a new circuit to be made in London. BBC Sport tried to draw a possible layout. Some sections are in common with 1968 proposal. | |||||||||||||||
Location | London LND - London, City of (London borough) - England | |||||||||||||||
Location | Center of London, between Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, Marble Arch and Piccadilly Circus | |||||||||||||||
Latitude - Longitude | + 51°30'34" - 0°08'41" 51.509444 -0.144722 | |||||||||||||||
UTM Coordinates | X = 698133.28 - Y = 5710345.047 - Zone 30U | |||||||||||||||
Aerial photo / Map (*) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||
Altitude AMSL | 33 m - 108 ft | |||||||||||||||
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Designer | Nichols John Nichols | |||||||||||||||
Sources and links (Translation) (**) |
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Proposal not developed | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Street course | ||||
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Last update of this page | April 6th 2009 | ||||
Info last update | 2004 | ||||
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Distinctive points | The Mall - Constitution Hill - Duke of Wellington Place - Park Lane - Cumberland Gate - Marble Arch - Oxford Street - Regent Street - Piccadilly Circus - Shaftesbury Avenue - Charing Cross Road - St, Martin’s Place - Trafalgar Square | ||||
length | 6850 m | 22475 ft | 4.257 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (2) |
London: comparison between 1968, 2004 proposals and London Olympic Park
Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Earth
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)
London 2004
Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Earth
- milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)
Updates | |||||||
Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
April 6th 2009 |   | Guido de Carli | Roelard Smit | Roelard Smit | New | Description with map | |
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list |