Located in the West Kensington area of London, Olympia is an enormous exhibition centre and event venue featuring a capacity of 4000 to 10000 visitors. Opened to the public over 130 years ago, in 1886, the venue hosted many events of gigantic proportions, including concerts of Jimi Hendrix, The Cure, Status Quo, Procol Harum and The Chemical Brothers. Until the present day, Olympia was renovated and expanded three times, in 1987, 2011 and 2013.
Venue Details
Getting there
Due to its gigantic size and its favourable position in West Kensington, the venue is pretty hard to miss. Travellers can easily get to Olympia via car, train, tube or bus.
By train and tube: The venue is only a four-minute walk from the Kensington (Olympia) train and subway station, which serves the tube line District.
By bus: Olympia is situated right in front of the Kensington Station bus stop K, which serves the routes 9, 10, 27, 28, 702, N9 and N28.
By car: In case you want to get to Olympia by car, keep your eyes open for the Hammersmith Rd/A315 main road. Once you’re there, you’ll eventually see the venue.
International: Visitors from abroad will be pleased to learn that Olympia is just a 21-minute drive from the Heathrow International Airport. In case you don’t have a car at your disposal, you could also get from the airport to the venue via the Piccadilly tube connection.
Parking facilities
Olympia has a large private parking facility for its patrons, the Olympia Multi-Storey Car Park P3. There you can find many spots for Blue Badge Holders.
Access for people with special needs
Olympia is accessible to people with special needs, as it provides plenty of modern amenities like accessible toilets and cloakrooms, elevators, ramps, hearing loops and even a Typetalk system for the hearing impaired. Furthermore, blind people are allowed to enter the venue accompanied by guide dogs.
There are no events available at Olympia right now