Wembley Stadium
The 133 m arch does real work: it carries the entire north roof and most of the retractable one — the world's longest unsupported roof structure.
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England's 90,000-seat national stadium (opened 2007, home of the FA Cup Final) hangs its entire north roof and 60% of the retractable one off a single 315 m steel arch that rises 133 m and tilts back off vertical. Designed by Foster + Partners and Populous, the arch reads as a landmark across London.
What to look for
- The Bobby Moore statue outside the stadium entrance — England's 1966 World Cup-winning captain — looking down Olympic Way from Wembley Park station.
- The 315 m arch overhead, tilted back off vertical rather than standing upright.
- The sliding roof sections, which slide back so direct sunlight can reach the pitch — the grass needs it to grow.
Take the Jubilee or Metropolitan line to Wembley Park; Olympic Way runs straight from the station to the arch and the Bobby Moore statue.
Wembley Stadium is one of 40 sights worth the detour in London, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the London pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in London
- British MuseumThe room where a dead language got its voice back — and you walk in for free.
- Buckingham PalaceThe balcony where a whole country turns up to watch a family wave — with 775 rooms behind it.
- Westminster AbbeyNearly every English monarch since 1066 has been crowned on the same worn patch of floor.
- Big BenThe clang in a thousand establishing shots comes from a cracked bell that's rung slightly off-key since 1859.
- Tower of LondonWilliam the Conqueror's keep turned royal prison, where two queens lost their heads and the Crown Jewels still sit under guard.
- Tower BridgeA Victorian drawbridge dressed as a Gothic castle, its roadway still splitting open for passing ships.