East Village, London

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East Village
Olympic and Paralympic Village, April 2012. To the rear is the temporary Basketball Arena
East Village Location within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ385845
• Charing Cross	6 mi (9.7 km) WSW
London borough	Newham
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	E20
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	West Ham
London Assembly	City and East
List of places UK England London 51°32′51″N 0°00′35″W / 51.547375°N 0.009656°W / 51.547375; -0.009656

East Village is a housing development in Stratford, East London that was designed and constructed as the Olympic Village of the 2012 Summer Olympics and has been converted for use as a new residential district, complete with independent shops, bars and restaurants. The area was formerly contaminated waste land and industrial buildings to the north of Stratford town centre.