PoW Camp 30 Carpenters Road

The site of the former PoW Camp 30 Carpenters Road is now occupied by the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. There are no traces of the former camp or links to the past.

Location

London Stadium (ex Olympic Stadium), Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London.

Description

Site Visits

June 2019

Material

DSLR Photos
UK Foreign Office Inspection Report

Carpenters Road in East London is now essentially an access road in East London for the Olympics Park and sports stadiums built for the London Olympics and is now known as the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The location supplied by English Heritage as the site of the former PoW Camp is at the base of the Orbit Tower and close to the main stadium.

On the day I visited the site the local roads were closed off owing to an event due to start latter in the day at the stadium as well as a lorry shedding its load on the approach road.

The images shot of the site in and around the site show the Tower, Stadium and above all the barriers and fences being erected for entry control and searching people as they enter the stadium. I had planned to use my Drone to take images in and around this site, but the stadium is within a declared No Flight Zone.


Camera Images and and around the site of former PoW Camp 30 Carpenters Road


Extracts from UK Foreign Office Inspection Report from UK National Archives Kew:

FO 939/114 PoW Camp 30 Carpenters Road – Inspection Report
FO 1120/183 PoW Camp List 20Feb47 inc PoW Camp 30