Free downloads: The best viewing spots at Hyde Park

Haven’t got a ticket for the tri events? Then fret ye not, for everywhere is free to view apart from the bridge and, obviously, the ticketed venue itself.

But the best vantage points from which to watch the action are: The Wellington Arch (number 1 on the map)/Hyde Park Corner; Buckingham Palace (2, use Green Park tube station); the south side of the Serpentine Bridge (access onto the bridge will not be possible during the event); The Lido (3, one of the best vantage spots for the swim and run); Hercules Monument (4); South Carriage Drive and inside the park at Knightsbridge (southern access from South Kensington and Knightsbridge tube stations).

The BT London Live site (number 5 on the map), as the name suggests, will be showing the triathlon live, free, on a large screen. The area has space for 80,000 people.

Matt Baird Editor of Cycling Plus magazine

About

Matt is a regular contributor to 220 Triathlon, having joined the magazine in 2008. He’s raced everything from super-sprint to Ironman, duathlons and off-road triathlons, and can regularly be seen on the roads and trails around Bristol. Matt is the author of Triathlon! from Aurum Press and is now the editor of Cycling Plus magazine.